Writing for readers -- How to write true stories readers really want to read -- Drawing stories for readers -- Writing sentences that tell a story -- The power of rereading -- Checklists can help writers make powerful stories -- A vowel chart can help with the middles of words -- Writing readable stories using word walls -- Writing stories with true words : making stories talk -- Using reading partnerships to support more conventional writing -- Using a partner to hear more sounds in words -- Putting it together : how to make readable writing (guided inquiry lesson) -- Writers search their mental pictures and their drawn pictures to make their stories better -- Writers use flaps to make better stories -- Writing amazing story beginnings -- Writers work with partners to answer readers' questions -- Writers use all they know to select and revise a piece to publish -- Ending with feelings -- Writers make their pieces beautiful to get ready for publication -- A final celebration : bringing true stories to life.