Academic Writing: Exploring Processes and Strategies, Second Edition helps novice writers develop confidence by offering them many opportunities to express their own ideas, to receive feedback in a nonthreatening environment, and to experience success. Emphasizing the academic applications of key principles of writing, the text guides students through the process of exploration and generation of ideas, seeking out appropriate feedback, and rewording and revising the presentation of ideas. Through its clear presentation and sequence of assignments, Academic Writing helps students develop competence in all of these areas.