Writing with Style : Conversations on the Art of Writing

by Trimble, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780139703683
• ISBN10: 0139703683
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

A storehouse of practical writing tips, written in a lively, conversational style. Readers lean to develop a ¿writer's sense¿: the book demonstrates that writing is really applied psychology since it is essentially the art of creating desired effects. Provides an explanation of what effects are desirable and how to create them. An exceptional book that works successfully on several levels simultaneously. Provides new insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a banal style; how to punctuate with confidence; how to handle various conventions, and much more. For anyone who needs a reference guide on writing.

Table of Contents

A World About These "Conversations"	p. v
Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Fundamentals
Thinking Well	p. 3
Getting Launched	p. 13
Openers	p. 25
Middles	p. 32
Closers	p. 49
Diction	p. 53
Readability	p. 64
Superstitions	p. 82
How to Write a Critical Analysis	p. 94
Revising	p. 99
Proofreading	p. 100
Odds and Ends
Punctuation	p. 105
Semicolons	p. 105
Commas	p. 111
Parentheses	p. 117
Dashes	p. 120
Colons	p. 126
Hyphens	p. 129
Exclamation points	p. 132
Quoting	p. 133
Punctuation introducing quotations	p. 133
Punctuation at the end of quotations	p. 135
Miscellaneous small points	p. 136
Indented quotations	p. 137
Orphan quotes	p. 140
Dialogue	p. 141
Punctuating run-on quotations of poetry	p. 143
References for quotations	p. 144
Punctuating parenthetical references	p. 145
Ellipses	p. 147
Editorial insertions (square brackets)	p. 148
Abbreviations	p. 149
Tips on Usage	p. 151
Epilogue	p. 160
Writers Talking Shop
Writers Talking Shop	p. 165
Sources	p. 190
Index	p. 196
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