TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sword,Helen
TI  - The writer's diet
SN  - 9781869408312
U1  - 808.042 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
PB  - Auckland University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Written English
KW  - Style
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
N1  - Previous edition published: North Shore, New Zealand : Pearson Education New Zealand, 2007; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: A Writer's Diet --; 1; Verbal Verve --; 2; Noun Density --; 3; Prepositional Podge --; 4; Ad-dictions --; 5; Waste Words --; Afterword: Healthy Writing --; Appendix: The Writer'sDiet Test
N2  - "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
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