"Writing Now allows students to explore practical writing efforts and to experiment with formats that seem non-traditional to composition instructors, but yet are totally familiar to students. It helps students understand the importance of writing for an audience."
— Martha Bailie, Iowa Central Community College
"After using this book, my students felt like what they were doing in the classroom really did apply to what they were planning on doing in their careers. This book expands the original concept of First Year Composition being just about writing papers into a stepping stone into a world of communication."
— Darci Kellen, Iowa State University
"With its focus on visual rhetoric and analysis and approach to genres of writing, this text takes an exciting and innovative approach to teaching composition."
— Stephanie L. Dowdle, Salt Lake Community College
"An excellent textbook that integrates written, oral, visual, and electronic communication in an effective manner."
— Donna Niday, Iowa State University
"Writing Now allows students to explore practical writing efforts and to experiment with formats that seem non-traditional to composition instructors, but yet are totally familiar to students. It helps students understand the importance of writing for an audience."
— Martha Bailie, Iowa Central Community College
"My students have produced some very strong work using this text, creating far more sophisticated documents than they thought they were capable of."
— Patricia Lynne, Framingham State College
"This book helps students adopt the writing process — from identifying readers, to writing exploratory drafts, to finding data and polishing a final essay — as a natural way to write."
— Anne M. McGill, Merrimack College