How long does it take to read Writing Without Teachers?
Writing Without Teachers by Peter Elbow takes about 3 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 196 pages, about 53,900 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get stuck or blocked in their writing, and is equally useful for writing fiction, poetry, and essays, as well as reports, lectures, and memos. The core of Elbow's thinking is a challenge against traditional writing methods. Instead of editing and outlining material in the initial steps of the writing process, Elbow celebrates non-stop or free uncensored writing, without editorial checkpoints first, followed much later by the editorial process. This approach turns the focus towards encouraging ways of developing confidence and inspiration through free writing, multiple drafts, diaries, and notes. -- Back cover.
Subjects: Rhetoric, Programmed instruction, Report writing, Kreatives Schreiben
