The se7en deadly sins of writing : common pitfalls of prose -- and how to avoid them / Angie Kiesling.
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- Language:
- English
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- 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.
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- Intro
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- 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.
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- Description based on print version record.
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