Ronda Leathers Dively-retired Southern Illinois University Rhetoric and Composition Professor and writing program administrator-is the author of Preludes to Insight: Creativity, Incubation and Expository Writing (Hampton Press, 2006); Invention and Craft: A Guide to College Writing (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2016); Invention and Craft 2E: Exercising Creativity in College Writing and Research (Anthem Press, 2024) and numerous articles on expository writing pedagogy and writing program administration.

List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Impetus, Contexts and Methods; 2. Composition through the Lens of Creativity Theory; 3. First Insight, or the Glimmer of Possibility; 4. Preparation, or Research Broadly Conceived; 5. Incubation, or Breaks from Conscious Attention; 6. Insight, or the Eureka Experience; 7. Verification, or Evaluation; 8. Emergent Patterns; 9. Implications for Writing Instruction; Appendix A: Coding Table; Appendix B: List of Cited Paris Review Interviewees; Appendix C: Diagram of Analytical Categories, Subcategories and Themes; References; Index.