Writing Choices is a composition reader that recognizes that writing instructors and writing students read in different ways.

While students read for content comprehension and focus on what is presented, instructors often focus on how the writing itself conveys the writer's ideas —the how and the why of the content presentation.

The book is divided into two parts. The first part shows students how the choices that writers make help convey their ideas to an audience. The second part organizes readings in seven thematic clusters and guides students in understanding how the interaction between readers and writers is established and how to use questions to make strategic choices in their own writing.