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BECOME A BETTER WRITER how to write with clarity and simplicity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[S.l.] :
COVER2COVER BOOKS,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- About you
- About us
- About this book
- Chapter 1
- Breaking bad habits
- The global standard: Plain language
- Transparency and protecting the interests of citizens
- The dead giveaways of bad writing
- Wordiness
- Long sentences
- Ambiguity
- The ingredients of good writing
- Good writing considers the reader
- Good writing is concise
- What does it take to become a better writer?
- Read widely
- Imitate and rewrite
- Be patient and persist
- Chapter 2
- Principles of clear writing
- 1. Be concise
- 2. Remove needless repetition
- 3. Write in the active voice
- 4. Use strong verbs
- 5. Accentuate the positive
- 6. Steer clear of jargon
- 7. Be specific and avoid clichés
- 8. Craft effective sentences
- 9. Get your word order right
- 10. Put the main idea up front
- To wrap up
- Chapter 3
- Making your writing persuasive and easy to read
- Getting started
- Consider your audience
- Get your tone right
- Write to the point
- Build a convincing argument
- What is an argument and why do you need one?
- Drafting an argument
- Provide good reasons
- Reinforce your points with evidence
- Reference appropriately
- Avoid stating the obvious
- Use "I" when appropriate
- Avoid overwriting and overstatement
- Ensure logical flow
- Start strongly
- Paragraph effectively
- Use logical connectors
- Make key points accessible
- Headings
- Bullet points
- Present your work neatly
- Font and spacing
- Spelling
- Acronyms
- Capitalisation
- Graphs, tables and figures
- To wrap up
- Chapter 4
- Editing
- What is editing and why do it?
- The bird's-eye view
- Punctuation and grammar essentials
- Apostrophes
- Commas
- Hyphens and dashes
- Colons and semicolons
- Errors of concord
- To wrap up
- Chapter 5
- The advanced toolkit
- Narrative and analogy
- Prefer the concrete to the abstract
- The direct or indirect approach?
- Varying your style
- Sentence length
- One sentence or two?
- Improving rhythm and focus with the active and passive voice
- The evolution of language and conscious word choice
- Dealing with sensitive issues
- How to confront the facts
- Mind your euphemisms
- Be open and honest
- Find the right tone
- To wrap up
- Chapter 6
- Words in action
- Speeches
- What makes a good speech?
- Opinion pieces
- Communicating climate change: A hot topic?
- Summaries
- Presentations
- To wrap up
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Bibliography
- About the authors
- Back cover