Topic: The Confidence to Write

The Confidence to Write is now available as an audiobook! Listen to the book in author Liz Prather's own voice.

In what ways can an understanding of the relationship between reading and writing make planning more efficient?

Highly effective writing teachers teach with mentor texts. In direct instruction lessons, teachers explain the techniques to students.

State standards are a guide to all that we ask kids to do as writers and readers. They are not meant to be out of context as a stand-alone lesson.

Writing courage is necessary for discovering one’s writing identity, and writing identity generates tenacity. The two states are interdependent.

The myth of the master writer has long plagued students and teachers alike, limiting our sense of self-confidence and writerly ability. Is it possible to dispel these notions?