Invention and Craft, Second Edition

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SKU: 9781839989773
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Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research

By Ronda Leathers Dively

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Invention and Craft: Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research is a first-year college composition textbook that employs creativity theory to augment best practices in writing instruction. Promoting a problem-solving, insight-driven approach to composing, it casts students in the role of meaning-makers by pinpointing strategies for... Read More

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Invention and Craft, Second Edition

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Invention and Craft: Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research is a first-year college composition textbook that leverages creativity theory to demystify practices associated with writing in various academic and public genres.

This must-read college composition textbook leverages creativity theory to demystify practices associated with writing in various academic and public genres.

Description

Invention and Craft: Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research is a first-year college composition textbook that employs creativity theory to augment best practices in writing instruction.

Promoting a problem-solving, insight-driven approach to composing, it casts students in the role of meaning-makers by pinpointing strategies for transforming knowledge, the hallmark of successful expository prose. The book's explicit treatment of knowledge transfer fosters recognition of patterns within and across genres and encourages students to apply lessons learned in subsequent rhetorical situations. Furthermore, Invention and Craft provides an instructional framework that maps similarities between expository writing and creative activity in other venues as a means of demystifying the former and broadening students' repertoire of composing strategies.

Acknowledging individual cognitive styles and diverse interests, Invention and Craft places a high priority on energising students and building their confidence as writers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839989773

Publisher: Anthem Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Anthem Press

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 641g

Pages: 390

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Ronda Leathers Dively

About the Author

Ronda Leathers Dively retired Southern Illinois University Rhetoric and Composition Professor and writing program administrator is the author of Preludes to Insight: Creativity, Incubation and Expository Writing (Hampton Press, 2006), Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2016) and Creativity and the Paris Review Interviews: A Discourse Analysis of Famous Authors' Composing Practices (Anthem Press, 2022). In addition, she has written numerous articles on expository writing pedagogy and writing program administration.