PRAISE FOR: WRITING THE PERSONAL -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: WRITING CONSIDERATIO NS: (Writing is) -- WRITING IS -- Labels and Forms of Writing the Personal -- Writing Decisions -- Writing Stories -- Teaching Writing -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 2: FORM AND STRUCTURE: (Scaffolding & Mortar) -- SCAFOLDING & MORTAR -- Narrative -- Memoir & Personal Essay -- Poetry -- Experimental Forms -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 3: CRAFT AND PROCESS: (Now & Later) -- NOW & LATER -- Now -- JUST WRITE. -- I Don't Have Time to Write -- Later -- Later -- Later -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 4: AUDIENCE, PERSONA AND POINT OF VIEW: (The Point of You) -- THE POINT OF YOU -- VOICE: THAT THING WITH WHICH WE SING -- PERSONA: WHICH YOU ARE YOU? -- POINT OF VIEW: TO SEE FROM HERE -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 5: ETHICS AND THE PERSONAL: (Dialogue & Consequences) -- ETHICS AND THE PERSONAL: AN INTERACTIVE MODEL -- DIALOGUE & CONSEQUENCES -- A Dialogue: Sheila and Sandra Talk Ethics and Personal Writing -- 1. How do you write about friends and family ethically? -- 2. Are there pieces you've regretted publishing? -- 3. Are there some topics you have not written about? how do you decide what to write about? -- Hello Kitty Goes to College -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 6: INCORPORATI NG RESEARCH INTO WRITING: (Writing=Research=Writing) -- WRITING=RESEARCH=WRITING -- RESEARCH AS VERACITY, INTEREST, AND FORM -- Types of Research -- Interviews -- Research in Scholarly Journals and Secondary Sources -- Participant Observation -- How to Incorporate Research into Writing -- QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR YOUR WRITING PRACTICE -- EPILOGUE -- RETREAT AS EPILOGUE -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.