Keys to Successful Writing: Unlocking the Writer Within

Keys to Successful Writing, An essay-level rhetoric/reader/handbook, prepares student writers for college, career, and everyday writing success by illustrating the writing process as a process of reading, thinking, and writing. The distinctive five "key" heuristic of purpose, focus, material, structure, and style, developed by the author and tested in her classrooms, helps students focus on the writing process and critical thinking that will make them stronger writers.