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   Literary writing processes in the digital age (2027)

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Van Dalen-Oskam, K., Bekius, L., Buschenhenke, F., Leijten, M., Neyt, V., Van Hulle, D., & Van Waes, L. (Eds.) (2027). Literary writing processes in the digital age: Challenges for textual scholarship. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. more info.

ISBN 9789048566310

Literary Writing Processes in the Digital Age examines what happens to the creative process when authors write with computers rather than with pen and paper. Taking readers behind the scenes of contemporary literature writing, it uncovers the often-invisible processes that shape the books we read. It explores writing in an era where creation begins - and often remains - on the screen.

This book challenges common assumptions, and it shows that “born-digital” texts offer unprecedented insight into the dynamics of writing, creating new opportunities to observe and reconstruct the creative process of writers at work. It brings together cutting-edge research from textual genetics, digital humanities, and cognitive writing studies, employing innovative methods such as keystroke logging, stylometry, and digital forensics to trace how manuscript drafts evolve, revisions unfold, and writers navigate planning, composition, and research. Contributors demonstrate how these data-rich approaches integrate with established theories of text genetics to reveal writing as a dynamic, traceable process rather than a finished product. The volume also addresses critical challenges of digital materiality—from preserving fragile literary archives to reconceptualizing textual versions—while providing new tools and theoretical frameworks for studying twenty-first-century literary production.

Designed for scholars and graduate students in literary studies, digital humanities, textual criticism, and creative writing research, this book will appeal to researchers interested in authorship studies, manuscript genetics, book history, and the intersection of technology and literature, as well as archivists and librarians working with digital literary collections. The book is also valuable for anyone seeking to understand how contemporary writing practices are shaped by digital tools and what this means for the future of literary scholarship.
The book is published in 2026 by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

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  learning to write effectively (2012)

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Torrance, M., Alamargot, D., Castelló, M., Ganier, F., Kruse, O., Mangen, A., Tolchinsky, L., & Van Waes, L., Eds. (2012). Learning to Write Effectively: Current Trends in European Research. (Studies in Writing Vol. 25). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited | ISBN: 978-1-78052-928-8 | more info.

This book provides a detailed overview of current or recent research exploring a wide range of ideas, theories, and practices around written text production. European researchers from a broad range of disciplines brought together under the European Research Network on Learning to Write Effectively were instructed to contribute short papers summarising their current activity. The papers are grouped around the four main themes. The first deals with issues around the development of basic ('low-level') writing skills, mainly in the early years of education. The second section focuses directly on issues around the teaching and learning of writing. This is divided into five parts that describe: (1) evaluations of different forms of writing instruction, (2) research exploring the processes by which writers learn, (3) methods of text assessment in educational contexts, (4) research exploring the effects of various learner and teacher variables on the development of writing skill, and (5) conceptions of and variation in educational text genres. The third section reports research exploring effective document design. The final section has a main focus on tools for exploring the writing process.
The book is published in 2012 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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  writing & digital media (2006)

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Van Waes, L. Leijten, M. & Neuwirth, C. (Vol. Eds.) & G. Rijlaarsdam (Series Ed.) (2006), Writing and Digital Media (Studies in Writing: Vol. 17.). Oxford: Elsevier (364 p.) | info

In "Writing and Digital Media" we bring together excellent European and American research in the field of writing and computers. The aim of the book is to report on a variety of topics and research methods related to this theme and to create a solid basis that inspires researchers for further research in the field. The book was published in April 2006 by Elsevier.
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  writing and cognition (2007)

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Torrance, M., Van Waes, L., & Galbraith, D. (Vol. Eds.) & G. Rijlaarsdam (Series Ed.) (2007). Writing and Cognition: Research and Applications (Studies in Writing, Vol. 20). Amsterdam/Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN-10: 0-08-045094-6 (382 p.) | info

The volume presents a broad picture of the current state of research and theory in this area. The book describes empirical research and major theoretical advances that develop understanding of the mental processes of writers as they compose text as well as research focussing on the interaction between these processes and an external medium or environment. Contributions range from studies of basic psycholinguistic processes through studies of higher level strategic processing. Research paradigms will include traditional laboratory experiments, protocol analytic studies, intervention studies and text analysis.

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  Taal in stukjes (2005)

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Haest, Reinhilde [Samenstelling: Chris Braecke & Luuk Van Waes] (2005). Taal in Stukjes: Praktische Tips. Leuven, Davidsfonds/ Literair. ISBN 90-6306-516-7

Wordt het Nederlands binnenkort opnieuw een dialect? Reinhilde Haest is zeker niet pessimistisch over het taalbesef van de Vlaming. Waarom dan toch dit praktische taalboek? Bekijk het als een warme oproep om eens extra aandacht aan je taal te besteden. Bijvoorbeeld: Waarom noem je de moeder van je man ‘schoon’moeder? Wat hebben champagne en champignons gemeen? Verloofde, vrijer, lief, teerbeminde, partner… Hoe spreek jij over je vriend of vriendin? Achter alledaagse woorden schuilt vaak het meest verrassende verhaal. Taal in stukjes bevat bijzonder onderhoudende columns over taal in al zijn vormen.

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  Studies in taalbeheersing (2005)

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Van Waes Luuk [edit.], Cuvelier Pol [edit.], Jacobs Geert [edit.], De Ridder Isabelle [edit.](2003). - Studies in taalbeheersing 1. - Assen : Koninklijke Van Gorcum. - 506 p. - ISBN 90-232-3991-1

Studies in taalbeheersing 1 biedt een overzicht van recente ontwikkelingen in taal-beheersingsonderzoek in Nederland en Vlaanderen. De bundel presenteert een selectie van bijdragen aan VIOT 2002, het negende taalbeheersingscongres van de Vereniging voor Interuniversitair Overleg Taalbeheersing (VIOT). Dit congres vond plaats van 16 tot 18 december 2002 aan de Universiteit Antwerpen. De onderzoeksdomeinen die aan bod komen bestrijken het hele gebied van de taalbeheersing: argumentatie, retorica, conversatie, tekstontwerp, tekstbegrip, tekstproductie, taalvaardigheid en professionele communicatie. Qua methode biedt de bundel een staalkaart van benaderingswijzen: van experimenteel onderzoek en corpuswerk tot CA en discourse analysis.

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  Other Books

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Haest, Reinhilde [Ed.], Van Waes, Luuk [Ed.] & Caluwé, Dirk [Ed.] (2002). Communicatief bekeken: liber amicorum Stijn Verrept. Mechelen : Kluwer. ISBN 90-5928-109-8

Degand Liesbeth [edit.], Bestgen Yves [edit.], Spooren Wilbert [edit.], Van Waes Luuk [edit.]. - Multidisciplinary approaches to discourse. - Amsterdam : Stichting Neerlandistiek VU, 2001. - 203 P. . - (Uitgaven Stichting Neerlandistiek VU ; 36). - ISBN 3-89323-443-8

Komen J., Haest Reinhilde [medew.], Van Waes Luuk [medew.], [et al.]. - Taaladviesbank. Elektronische standaard voor taaladvies. - Den Haag : SDU, 1999. - CD-ROM + Handleiding. ISBN 90 75566 89 1

Ringnalda Hester [edit.], Bonset Helge, Van de Bosch Linde, Van Waes Luuk, [et al.]. - Schrijven leren in de basisvorming. - Den Haag : Nederlandse Taalunie, 1997. - 125 p.

De Schryver J., De Boeck W., Bousset H. [edit.], Stevens M. [edit.], Van Waes L. [edit.]. - Spellingboek. - Deurne : Plantyn, 1996. - 168 p. . - (Melopee). - ISBN 90-301-6185-X

Vandekerckhove Freddy [edit.], Van Waes Luuk [medew.], [et al.]. - 18 stappen naar een goed formulier. - Antwerpen, 1994. - 18 p.

Van Waes Luuk [edit.], Woudstra Egbert [edit.], Van den Hoven Paul [edit.]. - Functional communication quality. - Amsterdam : Rodopi, 1994. - 219 p. - (Utrecht studies in language and communication ; 4). - ISBN 90-5183-738-0

Maes A. [edit.], Van Hauwermeiren P. [edit.], Van Waes L. [edit.]. - Perspectieven in taalbeheersingsonderzoek: lezingen van het zesde VIOT-taalbeheersingscongres op 15, 16 en 17 december 1993 aan de Provinciale Hogeschool voor Vertalers en Tolken in Gent. - Dordrecht : ICG Publications, 1994. - 346 p. - ISBN 90-6765-526-0

Van Waes Luc Leo Michiel. - De computer en het schrijfproces: de invloed van de tekstverwerker op het pauze- en revisiegedrag van schrijvers. - Enschede : Universiteit Twente, 1991. - 321 p. - (WMW-publikatie ; 6). - ISBN 90-365-0443-0

Bousset, Hugo, Stevens Mark, Van Waes Luuk et al. (1984-2002). - Melopee 1-6 [L1 Teaching method for secondary schools]. Deurne: Plantyn. [