diff --git a/lib/writer.js b/lib/writer.js
index 302ae37d..03e35524 100644
--- a/lib/writer.js
+++ b/lib/writer.js
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ p.join = function() {
   return this.buffer.slice(0, this.offset);
 }
 
+p.addString = function(string) {
+  var string = string || "";
+  var len = Buffer.byteLength(string);
+  this._ensure(len);
+  this.buffer.write(string, this.offset);
+  this.offset += len;
+  return this;
+}
+
 p.getByteLength = function() {
   return this.offset;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/writer-tests.js b/test/unit/writer-tests.js
index 3e0f08f8..32972de0 100644
--- a/test/unit/writer-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/writer-tests.js
@@ -105,10 +105,27 @@ test('gets correct byte length', function() {
 test('can add arbitrary buffer to the end', function() {
   var subject = new Writer(4);
   subject.addCString("!!!")
-  var result = subject.add(Buffer("!!!")).join();
-  assert.equalBuffers(result, [33, 33, 33, 0, 33, 33, 33]);
+  var result = subject.add(Buffer("@@@")).join();
+  assert.equalBuffers(result, [33, 33, 33, 0, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40]);
 })
 
+test('can write normal string', function() {
+  var subject = new Writer(4);
+  var result = subject.addString("!").join();
+  assert.equalBuffers(result, [33]);
+  test('can write cString too', function() {
+    var result = subject.addCString("!").join();
+    assert.equalBuffers(result, [33, 33, 0]);
+    test('can resize', function() {
+      var result = subject.addString("!!").join();
+      assert.equalBuffers(result, [33, 33, 0, 33, 33]);
+    })
+
+  })
+
+})
+
+
 test('clearing', function() {
   var subject = new Writer();
   subject.addCString("@!!#!#");