Strategies for writing: problem solving in academic discourse -- Portrait of writers in action -- Understanding your own writing process -- Case study: a personal profile -- Planning and learning -- Making plans -- Generating ideas -- Organizing ideas -- Analyzing a problem and building a thesis -- Designing for a reader -- Writing reader-based prose -- Revising for purpose and editing for style -- Editing for a clear organization --

Two case studies: research writing -- Community writing: problem solving in civic discourse -- Out of the classroom and into the community -- Observation, reflection, and conversation -- Community writing projects -- Dialogue and inquiry -- Community problem-solving dialogues.