What a Writer Needs, Second Edition
What a Writer Needs is beautifully written and will move readers to become better writers and better writing teachers!---Gail Boushey and Joan Moser,authors ofThe Daily 5I truly feel my work is grounded in the fundamental ideas I learned from What a Writer Needs. Reading the second edition, I realize it s as relevant today as it was then.---Katie Wood Ray,author ofAbout the AuthorsRalph has accomplished the unthinkable he somehow managed to improve a perfect book! With the addition of a chapter on nonfiction and another on revision, he s given us exactly what every writer needs all over again.---Ruth Culham,author of6+1 Traits of Writing"Since we cannot bring Ralph home with us to help us write our own stories or help us teach our students to write theirs, we are fortunate enough to have the next best thing this book. For that, and for Ralph Fletcher, for his books, his stories about his family, the joy that shines through on every page of this book. I am very grateful and a better teacher to boot."-----Jim Burke, author of The English Teacher's Companion