diff --git a/include/bx/readerwriter.h b/include/bx/readerwriter.h
index df32c69..8610dfe 100644
--- a/include/bx/readerwriter.h
+++ b/include/bx/readerwriter.h
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ namespace bx
 	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, const StringView& _format, va_list _argList, Error* _err);
 
 	///
-	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const StringView& _format, ...);
+	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const StringView* _format, ...);
+
+	///
+	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const char* _format, ...);
 
 	/// Write repeat the same value.
 	int32_t writeRep(WriterI* _writer, uint8_t _byte, int32_t _size, Error* _err = NULL);
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index 0d768e2..6ca50af 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -1106,10 +1106,19 @@ namespace bx
 		return size;
 	}
 
-	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const StringView& _format, ...)
+	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const StringView* _format, ...)
 	{
 		va_list argList;
-		va_start(argList, &_format);
+		va_start(argList, _format);
+		int32_t total = write(_writer, *_format, argList, _err);
+		va_end(argList);
+		return total;
+	}
+
+	int32_t write(WriterI* _writer, Error* _err, const char* _format, ...)
+	{
+		va_list argList;
+		va_start(argList, _format);
 		int32_t total = write(_writer, _format, argList, _err);
 		va_end(argList);
 		return total;
diff --git a/tests/vsnprintf_test.cpp b/tests/vsnprintf_test.cpp
index 0fa3a39..4d6480c 100644
--- a/tests/vsnprintf_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/vsnprintf_test.cpp
@@ -188,5 +188,5 @@ TEST_CASE("vsnprintf write")
 	REQUIRE(len == 4);
 
 	bx::StringView str(tmp, len);
-	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp(str, "1389"));
+	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp(str, "1389") );
 }