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The Writer's Diet

Paperback • 2016 • English

The Writer's Diet

By Helen Sword

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About the book

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 ad...Show more

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ISBN

9780226351988

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Writer's Diet

Format

Paperback

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