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The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Helen Sword
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Description for The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer's Diet is for you! It's a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness. Helen Sword dispenses with excessive explanations and overwrought analysis. Instead, she offers an easy-to-follow set of writing principles: use active verbs whenever possible; favor concrete language over vague abstractions; avoid long strings of prepositional phrases; employ adjectives and adverbs only when they contribute something new to the meaning of a sentence; and reduce your dependence on four pernicious ... Read more
Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer's Diet is for you! It's a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness. Helen Sword dispenses with excessive explanations and overwrought analysis. Instead, she offers an easy-to-follow set of writing principles: use active verbs whenever possible; favor concrete language over vague abstractions; avoid long strings of prepositional phrases; employ adjectives and adverbs only when they contribute something new to the meaning of a sentence; and reduce your dependence on four pernicious ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
138g
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226351988
SKU
V9780226351988
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Ref
99-50
About Helen Sword
Helen Sword is professor and director of the Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at the University of Auckland. She is the author, most recently, of Stylish Academic Writing and manages the website www.writersdiet.com.
Reviews for The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Who says nutritious material must be bland? This short book is packed with excellent advice on writing, offered with charm and good cheer.
Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Addressing wielders of words who remain in thrall to the passive ... Read more
Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Addressing wielders of words who remain in thrall to the passive ... Read more