Habits of the Creative Mind

by Miller, Richard E.; Jurecic, Ann

• ISBN13: 9781457681813
• ISBN10: 1457681811
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-10-01
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Improve your writing by adjusting the way you think and approach assignments in the instantly accessible and flexible Habits of the Creative Mind.

Author Biography

Richard E. Miller has written and lectured extensively on how digital technology is transforming higher education. He is an award-winning teacher, an avid blogger, an amateur graphic novelist, and a poet.

Ann Jurecic is the author of Illness as Narrative, which examines how writers, both literary and amateur, have used writing to make meaning of illness, loss, and impermanence. Her academic work explores the intersection of writing studies, literary studies, and the medical humanities. Jurecic is also an award-winning teacher and she writes a column for the medical journal The Lancet.

Richard E. Miller and Ann Jurecic teach at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors

Orienting　　　

　　 On Habits of Mind: A Letter to Students and Other Readers　　　　　
　
　　 On the Origins of Habits of the Creative Mind: A Letter to Teachers　　　

Beginning　　　

　　 On Unlearning　　　　　

　 　On Confronting the Unknown　　　　

　　 On Joining the Conversation　　　　

　　 Curiosity at Work: Rebecca Skloot’s Extra-Credit Assignment　　　　　

Paying Attention　　　

　　　On Learning to See　　　

　　　On Looking and Looking Again　　　

　　　On Encountering Difficulty　　　

　　　Curiosity at Work: David Simon Pays Attention to the Disenfranchised　　　　

Asking Questions　　　

　　　On Asking Questions　　　

　　　On Writing to a Question　　　　

　　　On Interviewing　　　

　　　Curiosity at Work: Michael Pollan Contemplates the Ethics of Eating Meat　　　　　　　

Exploring　　　

  　　 On Going Down the Rabbit Hole　　　

　 　 On Creative Reading　　　

　　   On Imagining Others　　　

　　　On Motivation　　　

　　　Curiosity at Work: Donovan Hohn Follows the Toys　　　

Connecting　　　　

　　　On the Three Most Important Words in the English Language　　　

　　　On Writing by Formula　　　

　　　On Working with the Words of Others　　　

　　　Argument at Work: Michelle Alexander and the Power of Analogy　　　

Reflecting　　　

　　　On the Miracle of Language　　　

　　　On Making Thought Visible　　　

　　　On Thinking Unthinkable Thoughts　　　　

　　　Reflection at Work: Harriet McBryde Johnson and the "Undeniable Reality of Disabled Lives Well Lived"　　　

Making Space and Time　　　

　　　On Creative Places　　　　　

　　　On a Screen of One’s Own　　　　

　　　On Solitude　　　　　　

　　　Curiosity at Work: Alan Lightman and the Mind-Bending Multiverse　　　　

Practicing　　　

　　　On Seeing as a Writer　　　

　　　On Reading as a Writer　　　　　　　　

　　　On Self-Curation　　　

　　　Creativity at Work: Twyla Tharp and the Paradox of Habitual Creativity　　　

Planning and Replanning　　　

　　　On Structure　　　　

　　　On Revising　　

　　　On Learning from Failure　　　

　　    Curiosity at Work: Alison Bechdel and the Layered Complexity of the Graphic Narrative　　　

Arguing　　　

　　　On Argument as Journey　　　

　　　On the Theater of the Mind　　　

　　　On Curiosity at Work in the Academy　　　

　　　Argument at Work: Sonia Sotomayor and Principled Openness　　　

Diverging　　　

　　　On Writing’s Magical Powers　　　　

　　　On Laughter　　　　　

　　　On Playing with Conventions　　　　

　　　Creativity at Work: James McBride’s Serious Humor

Readings　　　　

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Fear of a Black President

Jill Lepore, The Last Amazon: Wonder Woman Returns

Susan Sontag, Looking at War

　

Index