Introduction : open source composition texts arrive for college writers / Robert E. Cummings -- What is "academic" writing? / L. Lennie Irvin -- So you've got a writing assignment. Now what? / Corrine E. Hinton -- The inspired writer vs. the real writer / Sarah Allen -- Backpacks vs. briefcases : steps toward rhetorical analysis / Laura Bolin Carroll -- From topic to presentation : making choices to develop your writing / Beth L. Hewett -- Taking flight : connecting inner or outer realities during invention / Susan E. Antlitz -- Reinventing invention : discovery and investment in writing / Michelle D. Trim and Megan Lynn Isaac -- "Finding your way in" : invention as inquiry based learning in first year writing / Steven Lessner and Collin Craig -- Why visit your campus writing center? / Ben Rafoth -- Finding the good argument OR why bother with logic? / Rebecca Jones -- "I need you to say 'I'" : why first person is important in college writing / Kate McKinney Maddalena -- Reflective writing and the revision process : what were you thinking? / Sandra L. Giles -- Wikipedia is good for you!? / James P. Purdy -- Composing the anthology : an exercise in patchwriting / Christopher Leary -- Collaborating online : digital strategies for group work / Anthony T. Atkins -- Navigating genres / Kerry Dirk.