Writing Between the Lines

by Flemons, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780393702637
• ISBN10: 0393702634
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

An accessible guide for writers in the social sciences. With friendly irreverence, Douglas Flemons demystifies the creative and scholarly demands of social-scientific writing. He walks readers through the process of researching, organizing, creating, and editing papers, theses, and dissertations. Avoiding grammarianese, he shows how sentences tell stories and how punctuation marks and certain words give readers necessary directional cues. The guiding premise here is that keeping track of relationships between words, sentences, and paragraphs will enable writers to compose clear, thoughtful, aesthetic prose.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi	(3)
Introduction	ix
1. Composing: Creating and Editing	1	(29)
2. Social Science Papers	30	(48)
3. How Sentences Work	78	(33)
4. How Punctuation Works	111	(46)
5. Keeping Track of Time	157	(11)
6. Idea Development	168	(57)
7. Aesthetic Choices	225	(20)
Appendix: Writing Theses and Dissertations	245	(6)
Bibliography of Books and Internet Resources	251	(2)
References	253	(6)
Index	259