The Write Stuff: Thinking through Paragraphs equips developing writers with the critical thinking skills they need to interpret and analyze information and express their ideas clearly and logically in writing.

Marcie Sims defines critical thinking and goes on to explain the meaning and function of specific critical thinking terms and tools throughout the book. Part I stresses the importance of developing critical thinking skills and shows students a proven step-by-step process to improve their personal skill set. Sims gets to the core of developing the writer, which is to develop the writer as a thinker-writer.  This approach to writing provides students with the basic tools for writing well-organized and developed paragraphs and essays that are grammatically and mechanically correct.