Description
Book SynopsisThis book gives students a series of principles to look for in prose, so that they, possibly for the first time, can begin to see what makes writing effective and what makes it cumbersome and unclear; by editing with these principles in mind, the students on the very first day are doing something with their own prose.
Trade ReviewThe author's own writing is filled with a liveliness so intense that textbook writers everywhere will be eating their hearts out....The beginning writer immediately grapples with real big-league writing issues and gets immediate feedback and a sense ofachievement from the exercises and drills. -- David Skwire, Cuyahoga Community College
Anyone who picks up this book cannot help but be charmed by its engaging style, lucid thinking and simple design. -- Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
Anyone who picks up this book cannot help but be charmed by its engaging style, lucid thinking and simple design. -- Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
The author's own writing is filled with a liveliness so intense that textbook writers everywhere will be eating their hearts out....The beginning writer immediately grapples with real big-league writing issues and gets immediate feedback and a sense of achievement from the exercises and drills. -- David Skwire, Cuyahoga Community College
