The Writing Process: A Concise Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook (9th Edition)

This writing guide/reader/handbook demystifies writing by presenting the writing process as a series of critical thinking decisions about audience and purpose.  Widely admired for its clear, readable style, The Writing Process focuses on writing as decision-making, with a wealth of student samples in various draft stages and a strong collection of professional readings–essays, fiction, poetry, memoirs, and cartoons–to illustrate writing strategies.

Helps readers understand the writing process. Writing process, research process.  Anyone who wants to learn to write well.