A Manual of Writer's Tricks Essential Advice for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers,9781569246078

A Manual of Writer's Tricks Essential Advice for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781569246078
ISBN10: 1569246076
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-08-23
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

The author of How to Prepare Your Manuscript for a Publisher now presents more essential advice for fiction and nonfiction writers. This invaluable reference offers easy access to stratagems and tried-and-true literary shortcuts that help writers save time, improve style and avoid common pitfalls. Whether a beginner or student, amateur or professional, readers will refer time and again to David Carroll's practical tips for: writing with expression; improving structure; correcting and rewriting with greater efficiency; developing "writer's logic"; avoiding the hazards of burnout, boredom and lack of motivation; dealing with writer's block; and reworking scholarly prose for greater clarity.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Sheree Bykofsky
Introduction: Why Henry's Face Was Red xi
Finding the Right Word
1(12)
Tone
13(14)
Tricks for More Expressive, Colorful Writing
27(18)
Useful Stylistic Tricks
45(22)
Improving Stucture
67(18)
Correcting, Rewriting, and Surviving
85(26)
Exercises That Build Writing Skills
111(6)
Tips on Writing from Famous Writers
117(10)
Suggested Readings 127

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