Dear Writers,

If you learn to put your ideas into powerful, meaningful words, you can accomplish anything. Reading is important; math is important; science and social studies are important. But I think writing is the most important subject in school.

But to be a great writer, you have to be a writer all the time. You have to read like a writer, you have to see the world like a writer, you have to breathe like a writer. You have to always carry that writer’s notebook with you. And most of all, you have to believe that you have something to say about the world, and you have a way to say it that no one else does.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck