I help students become
confident writers
The Write Road helps college-bound high school students build the skills and confidence they need to walk into college ready to write.
Walk into college ready to write.
What if you didn't have to figure out college writing after you got there?
The Write Road takes the essential skills Michelle has taught in College Composition I & II for more than 10 years and puts them into one focused, self-paced course.
The Write Road Course Includes:
lessons
29
5
parts
5+
hours of video instruction
1:2
1 textbook: 2 formats - printable PDF and eBook
Plus
sample essays · writing tools · prompts & resources
A step-by-step writing curriculum designed to help students become confident, college-ready writers.
I'm Michelle Thooft — an author, English Instructor, and mother living on Minnesota's Iron Range.
For more than 10 years, I've taught college composition, and year after year I saw the same need: students arriving in my classroom without the writing skills or confidence they needed to succeed. I began slowing down, going back to the basics, and teaching the foundational skills students were expected to know—but had often never been taught, or never had the opportunity to truly master. Eventually, that work became The Write Road— a complete Composition curriculum designed to prepare college-bound high school students for the writing they'll be expected to do in college.
Preparing Students for College Writing
The Write Road
Your Journey to College Writing
Developed from more than a decade of teaching freshman composition, The Write Road was written to help students build the foundation, confidence, and thinking skills they need before college.
After reading and grading hundreds of college essays, Michelle Thooft noticed the same patterns year after year. Many bright, motivated students found college writing overwhelming—not because they lacked ability, but because they were missing key foundations. The Write Road was created to build those foundations before students ever step into a college classroom.
Beginning with strong sentences and progressing through paragraphs, essays, and a college-ready research paper, The Write Road offers a clear, step-by-step path to confident academic writing.
This is only the beginning. I hope you'll continue down The Write Road with me.
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A memoir in vignettes — honest, unhurried, and close to the bone. If you've carried shame about who you were as a mother, a daughter, or a woman, this book will sit beside you in it. Available in paperback and hardcover.
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Write the River: A Companion Journal
A guided journal that invites you into your own story — one honest scene at a time. Using memoir-style prompts and a simple framework of forgiveness and truth, this journal is healing work disguised as writing. Available in paperback and as an instant PDF download.
The Bundle: Memoir + Journal
The complete experience. Read Michelle's story, then write your own. Perfect for individual healing work or as a women's small group study — everything your group needs, no prep required. Order the complete set here— hardcover memoir + journal, personally signed.
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A charming picture book about a little girl, a pink house, a mysterious sound in the night — and the grandmother who finally helps her face it. For the children and grandchildren in your life.
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