After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method leading through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up process that exposes aspiring authors to the ways writers work in the professional world.

"Warner's style reads like informal, intelligent conversation founded on a genuine desire to share what he knows, and his helpful book will serve as a trusty companion to writers on their own or in class."—Publishers Weekly