Author Description

Fledgling writers work through the processes of generating, drafting, revising, and editing. Multiple drafts are assumed essential for building skills and confidence. Good Writing! is designed for developing writers. It guides them through the interrelated processes of critical reading and personal and academic writing in a non-threatening way, building skills congruent with current research on language and writing. Readers work through generating, drafting, revising, and editing projects using a process-oriented and interactive approach. Good Writing! includes many writing samples by both student and professional writers. It also offers extensive individual and collaborative writing activities. The handbook section features sentence building expansion and revision, with special attention to common problems encountered by ESL writers. Blending the best of traditional and contemporary methods, it is solidly based in what we know not only about the nature of writing, but also about the nature of today's developing writers. Emerging writers who want to build confidence as they hone their skills.