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Write Effectively Now!
Some people write to entertain, others to inform, and others to shock or persuade. But all writers have (or should have) one common goal: to use words to convey an intended message that will be clear to readers.
Many people seem to accomplish this goal with ease. They carefully choose and arrange words to engage readers and communicate ideas without ambiguity. Other writers typically string words together in an intuitive way, often disregarding the conventions of grammar, syntax, and style. In other words, they make bad choices when they write.
In Write Effectively Now!, veteran writer Robert Harris shows how people can make good choices and overcome habits that negatively impact their work.
Unlike other books on writing, this one doesn't address isolated problems in the neatly segregated categories of punctuation, syntax, diction, and style. Instead, it focuses on common mistakes and misjudgments that make writing uninteresting, unclear, and unconvincing. This approach will help you learn to take a broader view and aim for the general goals of clarity, conciseness, correctness, and persuasiveness in your writing.
Do you want to make your writing stand out from the crowd? This book's easy-to-implement guidelines can transform your writing. You won’t have to wade through a lot of rules, regulations, and jargon. Instead, you will find straightforward tips that you can put to use immediately to improve your writing. So don't put it off any longer: write effectively now!
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Robert Harris is the author of Murders by the Book, Nerds Among Us, and Acronymonics: Uncovering the Hidden Meaning of Names.
Many people seem to accomplish this goal with ease. They carefully choose and arrange words to engage readers and communicate ideas without ambiguity. Other writers typically string words together in an intuitive way, often disregarding the conventions of grammar, syntax, and style. In other words, they make bad choices when they write.
In Write Effectively Now!, veteran writer Robert Harris shows how people can make good choices and overcome habits that negatively impact their work.
Unlike other books on writing, this one doesn't address isolated problems in the neatly segregated categories of punctuation, syntax, diction, and style. Instead, it focuses on common mistakes and misjudgments that make writing uninteresting, unclear, and unconvincing. This approach will help you learn to take a broader view and aim for the general goals of clarity, conciseness, correctness, and persuasiveness in your writing.
Do you want to make your writing stand out from the crowd? This book's easy-to-implement guidelines can transform your writing. You won’t have to wade through a lot of rules, regulations, and jargon. Instead, you will find straightforward tips that you can put to use immediately to improve your writing. So don't put it off any longer: write effectively now!
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Robert Harris is the author of Murders by the Book, Nerds Among Us, and Acronymonics: Uncovering the Hidden Meaning of Names.
70 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2013
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Robert W. Harris
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Robert W. Harris earned degrees in art and cognitive psychology and then worked as a teacher for ten years. Since 1990, he has authored a dozen books, including When Good People Write Bad Sentences (St. Martin’s Press).
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Robert W. Harris earned degrees in art and cognitive psychology and then worked as a teacher for ten years. Since 1990, he has authored a dozen books, including When Good People Write Bad Sentences (St. Martin’s Press).
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