This handy tool guides students through the seven essential steps for writing successfully in any form, from idea to draft to revision to final product. The layout is inviting and offers a valuable review of the essentials: Why Write?"RAFTS" to focus and discover Pre-writing strategiesStrategic DraftingThe Power of VoiceRevision that WorksResponse and Feedback Seven Steps to Successful Writing helps writers get started, stay motivated, and complete pieces of writing they are proud to share. Its straightforward and easy-to-read format will ensure that writers return to it again and again.

Includes exercises, suggested answers, checklists, sample policies and procedures.

In an inspirational handbook, two successful authors outline an easy-to-follow path to creative success, following the seven stages in the writing path--Unhappiness, Wanting, Commitment, Wavering, Letting Go, Immersion, and Fulfillment. Reprint.