This engaging guide offers practical advice to teachers on how to utilize their existing classroom skills to become more effective public writers. After years spent cultivating their expertise and passion for a subject, scholars are uniquely positioned to write great books. Yet, accustomed to writing for an audience of their peers, many scholars find it challenging to adapt their writing to a style that is accessible and engaging to the general public. But what many academics frequently overlook is that they are regularly called on to pitch their research to a general audience: their undergraduates. If only there were a way to translate the skills they use in the classroom into their writing- James M. Lang is just the person to help. In Write Like You Teach, Lang-a veteran writer and teacher-distills the elements of good classroom teaching into guidelines for writing for a general audience. He encourages authors to take an interest in how their readers learn, and to embrace exploration
