This text is meant to be used in any first year College Composition class or as a general guide to college writing. The book focuses on writing as a process, not a product. The goal is to help students discover their own writing process, trying out different methods and strategies to find what works best for them. We also really focused on writing as an act of thinking. This new third edition has extensive changes, both to update content and MLA/APA style as well as to add relevant sections like Generative Artificial Intelligence in writing.

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Instructors can use the text as a whole or pick and choose the parts that are relevant and useful to their course outcomes and teaching style. They can also change, add, or rewrite the book to suit their courses.

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Note: this is an updated version of the text You, Writing! that was released Spring 2018 and revised in 2019.