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Multimodal Composing provides strategies for writing center directors and consultants working with writers whose texts are visual, technological, creative, and performative--texts they may be unaccustomed to reading, producing, or tutoring. This book is a focused conversation on how rhetorical, design, and multimodal principles inform consultation strategies, especially when working with genres that are less familiar or traditional. Multimodal Composing explores the relationship between rhetorical choices, design thinking, accessibility, and technological awareness in the writing center. Each chapter deepens consultants' understanding of multimodal composing by introducing them to important features and practices in a variety of multimodal texts. The chapters' activities provide consultants with an experience that familiarizes them with design thinking and multimodal projects, and a companion website (www.multimodalwritingcenter.org) offers access to additional resources that are difficult to reproduce in print (and includes updated links to resources and tools). Multimodal projects are becoming the norm across disciplines, and writers expect consultants to have a working knowledge of how to answer their questions. Multimodal Composing introduces consultants to key elements in design, technology, audio, and visual media and explains how these elements relate to the rhetorical and expressive nature of written, visual, and spoken communication. Peer, graduate student, professional tutors and writing center directors will benefit from the activities and strategies presented in this guide. Contributors: Patrick Anderson, Shawn Apostel, Jarrod Barben, Brandy Ball Blake, Sarah Blazer, Brenta Blevins, Russell Carpenter, Florence Davies, Kate Flom Derrick, Lauri Dietz, Clint Gardner, Karen J. Head, Alyse Knorr, Jarret Krone, Sohui Lee, Joe McCormick, Courtnie Morin, Alice Johnston Myatt, Molly Schoen, James C. W. Truman

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Multimodal Composing serves not only to prepare consultants to work with writers on multimodal assignments but also to supplement their own theoretical and practical knowledge on how to compose their own multimodal projects--which, as we continue to cultivate a field of undergraduate scholarship, will enhance their research. --Nicole Caswell, East Carolina University This book is an excellent resource for students learning how to engage in multimodal composing and for the consultants who will help them to make their work better. --Jacob Babb, Indiana University Southeast

"""Multimodal Composing serves not only to prepare consultants to work with writers on multimodal assignments but also to supplement their own theoretical and practical knowledge on how to compose their own multimodal projects--which, as we continue to cultivate a field of undergraduate scholarship, will enhance their research."" --Nicole Caswell, East Carolina University ""This book is an excellent resource for students learning how to engage in multimodal composing and for the consultants who will help them to make their work better."" --Jacob Babb, Indiana University Southeast"

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Lindsay A. Sabatino is assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Wagner College. Brian Fallon is associate professor and founding director of the Writing Studio at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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