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"The Write Course: An Introduction To College Composition; Highly effective, The Write Course is an imaginative way to learn the nuts and bolts of good writing. Now the most widely-used college-level course on writing, it features a comedy series interspersed with interviews to empahsize the process method. Practical advice is offered by such contemporary authors as Irving Wallace, Larry Gelbert, and Irving Stone, while minidocumentaries filmed on location in business and government offices tackle real-life writing problems, emphasizing the need for clarity and organization. Produced by Dallas County Community College District. Released: Fall 1984." "Program 7: The Drama Of Thinking; New ideas can also be discovered by using structured sets of questions as probes, a technique described in this program. Running Time: 30 minutes." "Program 8: Sharpening The Focus; Narrowing a wide range of ideas to a specific topic is the focus for this last of three programs on pre-writing techniques. Running Time: 30 minutes." (from back cover of case)