How I Write Conversation Transcripts

Conversation transcripts are available for a limited number of How I Write participants.

John Bravman

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education
Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 7 p.m.

"For me, writing the most detailed, complex, scientific paper is still about telling a story—with a beginning, a middle, and an end."

Penelope Eckert

Professor of Linguistics
Thursday, May 22, 2003, 7 p.m.

"I am happiest of the happiest when I’m crafting the words, when I’ve gotten the thing down and am trying to make it beautiful. That’s my favorite part."

George Fredrickson

Professor Emeritus of History
Thursday, May 8, 2003, 7 p.m.

"What I like about a laptop is that there is a lot of room on the desk to pile up papers."

Andrea Lunsford

Professor of English and Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Thursday, January 16, 2003, 7 p.m.

"I don't like to really start writing until I can feel, what I call, the shape of my argument: I can see where I’m going to start, and I can see kind of an arc in my head and can see where I’m going. If I have to start writing before I can see that, I'm in terrible trouble."