Creating The Joyful Writer » (New Edition)

Creating the Joyful Writer is a teacher resource based on holistic education for those educators who want to go beyond _traditional approaches_ but do not know how. In this book, emphasis is placed on the whole person (intellectual, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and environmental) rather than the intellectual way of knowing. Written in an easy-to-read format, the book provides a holistic approach that fosters creativity and joy in the production of written expression.

Preface   Jack P. Miller     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
Background and Influential People     1
Creativity: A Holistic Route to Writing     14
Contemplating Great Things in Soul and Place     23
Walking in the Spirit of the Medicine Wheel: Learning to See What We Normally Do Not See     31
Write Your Own Ending     39
The Connected Self     42
Visioning in Silent Community     48
Screenplay Writing     51
Info-Commercial     55
Cave Art: Is It Literature? Is It Writing?     59
Finding Your Community's Literature     63
Creating a Life's Legacy     68
Music and Dance to Inspire the Pen     74
The Writer's Scrapbook     79
Voice and Identity: The Sound of Respect     83
Writing the Outdoors: 3 Days in Nature     89
Selected Holistic Schools     103
Rhetorical Aims and Organizational Strategies     109
Annotated Bibliography     113
About the Author     121