The se7en deadly sins of writing : common pitfalls of prose -- and how to avoid them / Angie Kiesling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiesling, Angela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

English language--Grammar.

English language--Usage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 67 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Morgan James Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

A book editor with decades of publishing experience shows writers how to avoid mistakes in this quick, whimsical guide. This concise guidebook borrows the idea of the Seven Deadly Sins from the Middle Ages and applies it to the craft of writing-revealing seven "Deadly Don'ts" that the author, a veteran book editor, has encountered time and time again in writers' work. In addition to showing you how to avoid those all-too-common mistakes, she provides a "Divine Do" for each, offering useful take-aways writers can use to communicate more clearly and effectively, whether they're working on a masterpiece-in-progress or just want to sharpen their everyday writing skills.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

If Writing Were Baking…How to Use This Tiny Tome

The Deadly Don'ts

Deadly Don't #1 - Passive Voice

Deadly Don't #2 - Weak Verbs

Deadly Don't #3 - Adjective/Adverb Overload

Deadly Don't #4 - "I Began to Start…"

Deadly Don't #5 - That, That, That…

Deadly Don't #6 - There Is/Are Overload

Deadly Don't #7 - Telling vs. Showing

Now It's Your Turn

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781683506867

1683506863