‍The Humble Essay is so much more than a writing textbook. It gives you tools, tips,and tricks that actually explain what a writer does. It doesn’t sugarcoat theprocess, or dumb down the very real challenges that entering a college writingspace requires. This book is more like a friend. It’s the kind of friend thatwill coach you through a tough time and encourage you, and it will make youlaugh while you go through it. It’s the kind of friend who holds your hair backwhen you’re sick of writing, and gives you the courage to try again.

Roy K. Humble is the kind of writing teacher who understands the struggle oflearning how to write like a college student, and doesn’t just tell you whatyou want to hear. His lessons here are profound, but in the sense that they aredelivered by someone who wants you to feel included in the conversation aboutwhat good college writing should be. He writes to students in languagethey can understand without becoming English majors, and with just enough humorto keep them reading. He writes for faculty, moving step by step throughthe unadorned guiding principles of effective formal writing so that facultyhave a great framework on which to build their classes. Perhaps mostimportantly, Humble understands that the price of a book matters to students,so his books are affordable. From every perspective, Humble gets it.

The Humble Essay has students covered on these important topics:
• Understanding the college essay as an idea
• Grasping the stages of the writing process
• Organizing the college essay around cohesive paragraphs
• Thinking for yourself as a college student
• Gathering and synthesizing sources and information
• Guiding readers through a thoughtful college essay

In addition, Roy K. Humble explains six trusty ways to better understand comma usage.