Elbow, Emig, et al. continued

Elbow and Emig both discuss the important connections among talking, writing, and learning. Elbow's evidence supports the connections between writing and talking, while Emig focuses on writing as a learning mechanism. However, I think it's important to find a common ground between Elbow and Emig's arguments. This is most obvious in their discussion about talking.
Both authors emphasize the fact that talking is an important part of the writing process. I really wish my composition teacher would have encouraged us to use speech when formulating ideas for further inquiry. Emig points out that "talking is a valuable, even necessary, form of prewriting" (Emig 8). Likewise, Elbow suggests talking as a way to go from no words to words. Sometimes the most natural, organic solutions to writer's block seem beyond our grasp. But we only need to strike up a conversation to get the prewriting juices flowing!