How do I burn files to a rewritable (RW) CD?

I never knew there would come a day when using Macintosh would feel like using Windows. That day has arrived. The OS Help was incredibly useless on this topic. It starts by assuming that a dialog box opens when the disk is inserted. But that doesn't happen with a RW disk.
Any ideas would be appreciated. I have already wasted hours trying to use the Disk Utility without instructions.

You need to erase the CD-RW first.
Or this:
Burning multi-session CDs:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2445

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