Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Homo Symbolificus -- The Making of Meaning -- The Nature of Thinking -- Writing as a Form of Thinking -- Knowledge Representation and Creativity -- Overview -- 2: An Analysis of Meaning-Making -- Components of Writing Skill -- The Cycle of Cognition -- The Constructive Narrator -- Summary -- 3: Process and Performance -- Dimensions of Intellectual Resources and Constraints -- Tracking the Process of Writing -- Measures of Writing Performance -- Process and Performance -- Creative Flow and Affect -- Knowledge Usage and Writing Performance -- 4: Knowledge -- Types of Knowledge -- The Preparation of Writers -- Implicit Memory and Knowledge Access -- Knowledge and the Writing Process -- Knowledge, Amplification, and Automatization -- 5: Personality -- Intelligence -- Motivation -- Cognitive Style -- Anxiety -- 6: Strategies -- Prewriting Strategies -- First-Draft Revision Strategies -- Previous Research -- Task Environment and Strategies -- Conditions of Knowledge Usage -- 7: Word Processors -- Cognitive Technologies -- A Knowledge-Usage Viewpoint -- Seminal Research -- Amplification of Performance -- Restructuring -- Time on Task and Productivity -- Conclusions -- 8: Idea Processors -- Tools for Meaning-Making -- Functions of Idea Processors -- Effectiveness of Computer Aids -- Conclusions -- The Writing Environment -- 9: Work Environments, Schedules, and Rituals -- Work Scheduling -- Rituals and States of Consciousness -- 10: The Psychology of Symbol Creation -- Mindfulness in Writing -- The Constructive Narrator -- Applications in Education and Psychotherapy -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.