Enhanced with rich, book-specific video and other media, this writing guide presents both traditional and multi-modal genres and writing assignments.

Daniel Anderson found that students were most engaged in his composition classes when they worked with the media-rich forms they encountered outside class, but did not find a writing guide that adequately supported both traditional, academic forms and the newer forms familiar to his students.  Further, the author wanted his students to have tightly integrated video with their text to address their expectations and multiple learning styles.  Motivated by these desires, Daniel Anderson wrote Write Now.  Write Now recognizes that students today often need to compose in forms that extend beyond the printed essay, but that they also need solid instruction in the fundamentals of rhetoric and the composing process. Combining a compact printed text with an innovative Pearson e-Text that includes all of the printed text plus additional project chapters and extensive media support, the Write Now package offers a flexible and engaging learning experience covering a broad range of writing projects, from academic research and argument to photo essays and multimedia presentations.

To take advantage of the video and other media resources, instructors may adopt the book packaged with access to the Pearson e-Text, or may opt for paperless delivery by adopting only the e-Text.  Instructors who prefer not to use the media have the option of adopting the Write Now paper book alone.