Summary Of Peter Elbow's The Process Of Writing: Cooking

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In an excerpt from “The Process of Writing: Cooking” (Writing without Teachers, 1976), Peter Elbow shares his two-step freewriting method he learned to help him move past the fog of doubt caused by writer’s block. He sympathized with the reader and offered the advice to write indiscriminately, recognize the symptoms of encroaching panic, and redirect when necessary. Lastly, he explained how he could then assemble a mess of words into one idea while avoiding unnecessary frustrations. Then, typically, he would have reserved enough strength to edit constructively. Elbow had experienced that continuing to believe there can be connections made of fleeting, distracted thoughts to be only detrimental. Therefore, coherency must be set aside as a

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