This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams and Gregory Colomb explain how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized.
Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.
Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Clauses
2. Clarity
3. Cohesion
4. Emphasis
5. Coherency I (with Gregory G. Colomb)
6. Coherency II (with Gregory G. Colomb)
7. Concision
8. Length
9. Elegance
10. Usage
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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