About the author Preface To the srudent 1 Writing in the pofessional world 2 Nervous grumblings about writing 3 Whats an acceptable essay? 4 Your thesis sentence 5 Finding your writing process 6 Building a strong essay 7 Writing to discover 8 The parts of an essay 9 Introductions are not all the same 10 Something of voice 11 Speaking of voice 12 Organizing your essay 13 The chronological approach 14 Comparing and contrasting 15 Dealing with the opposition 16 Look at your audience 17 Writing with others 18 Standing above our defenses 19 A healthy body paragraph 20 Doctoring a sickly body paragraph 21 Good writing is good thinking 22 Good writing is good development 23 Finding the right word 24 Writing concretely 25 Mephobia:an eye for a ewe 26 Moving out Editing matters Index