Writing is a mighty way to communicate, express, question, synthesize, persuade, and teach (Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001). Hence, growing strong writers is crucial for all students. A writing workshop approach allows teachers and students the essential elements needed to perfect their writing. The author seeks to provide relief to teaching professionals by sharing many of the main components of the writing workshop, a research-based instructional method that can be implemented quickly and is highly effective. In a writing workshop, the focus is creating conditions where our students can thrive as writers (Fletcher & Portalupi, 2001). The author describes how choice, minilessons, freewriting, sharing, and conferring help create a successful writing workshop environment. It is important that teachers establish a writing workshop early in the year and focus on short-term goals. The author also explains that the writing workshop model supports, rather than distracts from, helping students write effectively in statewide writing test conditions. Throughout, the author supports the idea that the writing workshop has one primary goal in mind: growing students into strong writers.