The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing WellYou're no idiot, of course. You know how to tap out an email to your boss, scrawl a note to your sweetheart, even throw in an extra flourish when you sign a greeting card. But when it comes to really writing that excruciating process of transferring your thoughts to paper without inventing some strange new language well, let's just say you think you lack the write stuff. The written word was a great achievement in human history; don't give up on it just yet! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well' is the writing book you've been waiting for everything you need to know to make writing of any kind as easy as thinking or speaking. In this 'Complete Idiot's' Guide, you'll get : |
Contents
Contents | 1 |
Z The Write Way | 15 |
Pack the Essentials | 27 |
Words Words Words | 39 |
Clause and Effect | 55 |
Sentence Sense | 69 |
Paragraphs Plus | 83 |
The Writing Process | 95 |
The Moment of Truth | 192 |
Description | 199 |
Writing Across the Curriculum | 211 |
Just Shoot Me Now Research Papers | 223 |
l8 Seek and Ye Shall Find | 241 |
Cast a Critical Eye | 255 |
In the End Zone | 267 |
More Big Deals | 281 |
Write This Way | 97 |
A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place | 113 |
Chronological Order | 119 |
Making Your Bones | 127 |
Revising and Editing | 145 |
Write for Success | 159 |
ClassifyDivide | 166 |
Narration | 173 |
Persuasion | 185 |
It Wont Be Greek to You | 186 |
Writing Speeches | 297 |
Speeches That Persuade | 303 |
Letter Perfect | 313 |
Writing on the Job | 327 |
Youve Got Mail | 341 |
Picture Perfect | 353 |
Spelling Ace | 369 |
Punctuation | 385 |
A Capital Affair | 399 |