The articles in this collection are intended to present a detailed picture of the work of Donald Graves and his associates at the Writing Process Laboratory (WPL) of the University of New Hampshire. The introduction provides an overview of the work of Graves and examines his views of beginning writing, writing conferences, revision, audience, and the role of writing in learning. The remainder of the book consists of the following articles prepared by staff at the WPL: (1) "Patterns of Child Control of the Writing Process," by Graves; (2) "The Researcher Who Watches Children Write," by Susan Sowers; (3) "KDS CN RIT SUNR THN WE THINGK," by Sowers; (4) "Writing Taps a New Energy Source: The Child," by Lucy McCormick Calkins; (5) "What Children Show Us about Revision," by Graves; (6)"Children Learn the Writer's Craft," by Calkins; (7) "One Child, One Teacher, One Classroom," by Barbara Kamler; (8) "When Children Want to Punctuate," by Calkins; (9) "Making Time for Writing," by Judith E. Egan; (10) "Who Says Children Can't Write the First Week?" by Mary Ellen Giacobbe; and (11) "Revision: In Writer's Workshop and Classroom," by Graves and Donald M. Murray. (FL)