Wordsmith Craftsman

Wordsmith Craftsman Finally—a writing course that doesn't pretend everyone's about to pen the next great American novel. Wordsmith Craftsman wraps up the Wordsmith series by doing exactly what you wish more programs did: cut the fluff, teach real skills, and get your teen writing like someone who's going places. Whether he's prepping for college, applying for jobs, or just trying to write an email that won't haunt him later, this course delivers. In Part 1, he'll tackle the everyday stuff—notes, outlines, personal letters, summaries, reports, even business correspondence. Part 2 gets into the nitty-gritty of language itself: paragraph structure, transitions, tone, clarity, and, yes, finally, developing his own voice. Part 3 is all about essays—descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive—with strategies that will make college writing a whole lot less painful. This course won't turn anyone into Shakespeare. But it will build solid, transferable writing habits. The exercises are sma