Toby Fulwiler directs the writing program at the University of Vermont, where he also teaches composition and
literature courses. Editor of The Journal Book (1987), Fulwiler is also author of College Writing: A Personal Approach
to Academic Writing, Second Edition (1997) and coeditor, with Art Young, of Programs That Work: Models and Methods
for Writing Across the Curriculum (1990) and Writing Across the Disciplines: Research into Practice--all published
by Boynton/Cook.
Summary
Writing is a varied critical and imaginative process, not a rigid adherence to a set of conventions. Based on
that premise, the third edition of College Writing, like its previous editions, continually exhorts students to
find and celebrate their own voices. In fact, it is this affirmation of individual creativity that sets College
Writing apart from other process-oriented rhetorics.
Lively and conversational in tone, the third edition boasts a writer-to-writer perspective that will put students
at ease. College Writing walks students through the main elements of writing, from discovery and research to revising
and editing. At the same time, author Toby Fulwiler allows for many detours in his step-by-step approach, with
frequent reminders that everyone's processes are unique and that establishing and maintaining a personal voice
can be achieved while meeting conventional academic expectations.
Fulwiler examines the different, yet overlapping stages of writing. He addresses rhetorical issues of audience,
purpose, and voice, as well as the details of field, library, and Internet research, with particular attention
to evaluating sources. He also offers these new features to keep students and teachers up to date:
new Web-based research information
the most recent MLA guidelines
increased coverage of visual elements of texts
more on approaches to writing "alternative" pieces
a look at the role of creative nonfiction in an academic setting
With frequent examples of the best of undergraduate writing for inspiration, the inclusion of student statements
about their writing problems for reassurance, and appended guides to portfolios, punctuation, and publishing for
reference, College Writing, Third Edition, is a student's best companion for starting the writing process right.
Table of Contents
I. The Writer
1. A Writer's Choices
2. The Composing Process
3 Thinking with Writing
4. Keeping a Journal
II. College Writing
5. Writing in the Academic Community
6. Writing to Remember and Reflect
7. Writing to Explain and Report
8. Writing to Argue and Interpret
III. College Research
9. Researching People and Places
10. Researching Texts: Libraries and Websites
11. Writing with Source
12. Documenting Research Sources
IV. Writing Well
13. Options for Revision
14. Options for Editing
15. Writing Alternate Style
16. Finding Your Voice
Postscripts
1. Guidelines for Writing Groups
2. Guidelines for Writing Portfolios
3. Guidelines for Publishing Class Books and Web Pages
4. Guidelines for Writing Essay Examinations
5. Guidelines for Punctuation
