A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process

<H1> A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process, Fifth Edition</H1><H3> Myths About Writing: An Introduction <H2> Part One: A Troubleshooting Guide to Prewriting <H3> Chapter One: "I Don't Know What to Write." <H3> Chapter Two: "How Do I Write a Thesis?" <H3> Chapter Three: "How Do I Get My Ideas to Fit Together?"<H2> Part Two: A Troubleshooting Guide to Drafting <H3> Chapter Four: "I Know What I Want to Say, But I Can't Say It." <H3> Chapter Five: "I'm Having Trouble With My Introduction."<H3> Chapter Six: "How Do I Back Up What I Say?" <H3> Chapter Seven: "I Don't Know How To End." <H3> Chapter Eight: "I Can't Think of the Right Word."<H2> Part Three: A Troubleshooting Guide to Revising <H3> Chapter Nine: "I Thought my Draft was Better Than This." <H3> Chapter Ten: "I Don't Know What to Change." <H3> Chapter Eleven: "Is It Cheating if Someone Helps Me?" <H3> Chapter Twelve: "My Ideas Seem All Mixed Up." <H3> Chapter Thirteen: "My Draft is too Short." <H3> Chapter Fourteen: "My Draft is too Long." <H3> Chapter Fifteen: "My Writing Seems Boring." <H3> Chapter Sixteen: "My Writing Sounds Choppy."<H2> Part IV: A Troubleshooting Guide to Editing <H3> Chapter Seventeen: "I Don't Find My Mistakes." <H3> Chapter Eighteen: "I Used a Period and a Capital Letter, So Why Isn't This a Sentence?" <H3> Chapter Nineteen: "How Can This be a Run-on or a Comma Splice? It's Not Even Long." <H3> Chapter Twenty: "It is I; It is Me-What's the Difference?" <H3> Chapter Twenty-One: "How do I Know Which Verb Form to Use?" <H3> Chapter Twenty-Two: "I'm Unsure About Modifiers." <H3> Chapter Twenty-Three: "Can't I Just Place a Comma Wherever I Pause?" <H3> Chapter Twenty-Four: "What if I Want to Quote Somebody?" <H3> Chapter Twenty-Five: "I Have Trouble with Apostrophes." <H3> Chapter Twenty-Six: "I Never Know What to Capitalize." <H3> Chapter Twenty-Seven: "I Can't Spell."<H2> Part V: A Troubleshooting Guide to Research <H3> Chapter Twenty-Eight: "How Do I Find Good Sources-and Why Do I Need Them?" <H3> Chapter Twenty-Nine: "What Do I Do with the Sources I Find?" <H3> Chapter Thirty: "What Does an Essay With Sources Look Like?" <H4> Appendixes <H4> Appendix A: "English is Not My First Language"<H4> Appendix B: "I Get Nervous Writing in Class"<H4> Appendix C: "I Need a Writing Topic"<H4> Index