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Method of teaching composition
Writing about Writing (WAW) is a method or theory of teaching composition that emphasizes writing studies research. Writing about Writing approaches to first-year composition take a variety of forms, typically based on the rationale that students benefit when engaging the "declarative and procedural knowledge" associated with writing studies research. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Writing about WritingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Special and General Education Teachers’ Beliefs About Writing and Writing InstructionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Save the Cat!The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Writing conversations: fostering metalinguistic discussion about writingCited 55 times
- Go sideways: First-year compositionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Writing education in the United StatesA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Writing conversations: fostering metalinguistic discussion about writing
Writing about leisure
Writing about Writing and the Multimajor Professional Writing Course
Decomposing scripts: Ethnography and writing about writing
writing about music is writing first
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🆕 Influential since 2022
Special and General Education Teachers’ Beliefs About Writing and Writing Instruction
‘It's missing the heart of what writing is about’: teachers' interpretations of writing assessment criteria
Upper-Elementary Students’ Metacognitive Knowledge about Writing and Its Relationship to Writing Outcomes across Genres
ChatGPT and the Future of Writing about Writing
Not just writing about: a duoethnography of ethnographic becoming through Writing-With
📚 Books worth reading
Save the Cat!Blake Snyder · 2005
Save the Cat! Goes to the MoviesBlake Snyder, George Newbern · 2007
How Not to Write a NovelSandra Newman, Howard Mittlemark · 2010
The NotebookRoland Allen · 2023
Save The Cat Strikes Back More Trouble For Screenwriters Sic To Get Into And Out OfBlake Snyder · 2009
Shokugyō to shite no shōsetsuka村上春樹 · 2015
More Than WordsJohn Warner · 2025
Save the Cat! Writes a NovelJessica Brody · 2018
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