Getting the Words Right (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Secret to Good Writing
When asked by the Paris Review what compelled him to rewrite the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times, Ernest Hemingway replied, "Getting the words right." His answer echoes what every successful writer knows: The secret to...
When asked by the Paris Review what compelled him to rewrite the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times, Ernest Hemingway replied, "Getting the words right." His answer echoes what every successful writer knows: The secret to...
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The Secret to Good Writing
When asked by the Paris Review what compelled him to rewrite the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times, Ernest Hemingway replied, "Getting the words right." His answer echoes what every successful writer knows: The secret to all good writing is revision.
For more than twenty years, Getting the Words Right has helped writers from all professions rewrite, revise, and refine their writing. In this new edition, author Theodore Cheney offers 39 targeted ways you can improve your writing, including how to:
• create smooth transitions between paragraphs
• correct the invisible faults of inconsistency, incoherence, and imbalance
• overcome problems of shifting point of view and style
• express your ideas clearly by trimming away weak or extra words
You'll strengthen existing pieces and every future work by applying the three simple principles-reduce, rearrange, and reword. Once the secrets of revision are yours, you'll be able to follow Hemingway's lead-and get the words right!
When asked by the Paris Review what compelled him to rewrite the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times, Ernest Hemingway replied, "Getting the words right." His answer echoes what every successful writer knows: The secret to all good writing is revision.
For more than twenty years, Getting the Words Right has helped writers from all professions rewrite, revise, and refine their writing. In this new edition, author Theodore Cheney offers 39 targeted ways you can improve your writing, including how to:
• create smooth transitions between paragraphs
• correct the invisible faults of inconsistency, incoherence, and imbalance
• overcome problems of shifting point of view and style
• express your ideas clearly by trimming away weak or extra words
You'll strengthen existing pieces and every future work by applying the three simple principles-reduce, rearrange, and reword. Once the secrets of revision are yours, you'll be able to follow Hemingway's lead-and get the words right!
Autoren-Porträt von Theodore Cheney
A longtime University professor, Theodore Cheney is also the author of Writing Creative Nonfiction.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Theodore Cheney
- 2005, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 1599633450
- ISBN-13: 9781599633459
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.2005
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