The writer's diet /
Sword, Helen,
The writer's diet / Helen Sword. - vii, 77 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm
Previous edition published: North Shore, New Zealand : Pearson Education New Zealand, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Writer's Diet -- Verbal Verve -- Noun Density -- Prepositional Podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste Words -- Afterword: Healthy Writing -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Appendix: The Writer'sDiet Test.
"Helen Sword teaches writers of all kinds - students to teachers, lawyers to librarians - how to transform flabby sentences into active, energetic prose. The book and the website enable writers to diagnose their writing for flab - passives and prepositions, weak verbs and waste words - and energise their work by stripping away unnecessary padding"--Publisher information.
9781869408312
English language--Rhetoric
English language--Written English.
English language--Style.
English language--Style--Problems, exercises, etc.
808.042
The writer's diet / Helen Sword. - vii, 77 pages : colour illustrations ; 19 cm
Previous edition published: North Shore, New Zealand : Pearson Education New Zealand, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Writer's Diet -- Verbal Verve -- Noun Density -- Prepositional Podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste Words -- Afterword: Healthy Writing -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Appendix: The Writer'sDiet Test.
"Helen Sword teaches writers of all kinds - students to teachers, lawyers to librarians - how to transform flabby sentences into active, energetic prose. The book and the website enable writers to diagnose their writing for flab - passives and prepositions, weak verbs and waste words - and energise their work by stripping away unnecessary padding"--Publisher information.
9781869408312
English language--Rhetoric
English language--Written English.
English language--Style.
English language--Style--Problems, exercises, etc.
808.042