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The Writer's Mind. Making Writing Make Sense.
Michael Adams
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Description for The Writer's Mind. Making Writing Make Sense.
Paperback. This book gives students a series of principles to look for in prose, so that they, possibly for the first time, can begin to see what makes writing effective and what makes it cumbersome and unclear; by editing with these principles in mind, the students on the very first day are doing something with their own prose. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book gives students a series of principles to look for in prose, so that they, possibly for the first time, can begin to see what makes writing effective and what makes it cumbersome and unclear; by editing with these principles in mind, the students on the very first day are doing something with their own prose. Quick-reading, concise segments present the skills needed to write efficient and effective prose. Students quickly learn how to write with clarity, grace and freshness, and how to write feeling, seeing, and reasoning. Many samples of prose are used to illustrate the ... Read more
This book gives students a series of principles to look for in prose, so that they, possibly for the first time, can begin to see what makes writing effective and what makes it cumbersome and unclear; by editing with these principles in mind, the students on the very first day are doing something with their own prose. Quick-reading, concise segments present the skills needed to write efficient and effective prose. Students quickly learn how to write with clarity, grace and freshness, and how to write feeling, seeing, and reasoning. Many samples of prose are used to illustrate the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819189875
SKU
V9780819189875
Shipping Time
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99-15
About Michael Adams
Michael Adams teaches writing at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for The Writer's Mind. Making Writing Make Sense.
The author's own writing is filled with a liveliness so intense that textbook writers everywhere will be eating their hearts out....The beginning writer immediately grapples with real big-league writing issues and gets immediate feedback and a sense ofachievement from the exercises and drills.
David Skwire, Cuyahoga Community College Anyone who picks up this book cannot help but be charmed ... Read more
David Skwire, Cuyahoga Community College Anyone who picks up this book cannot help but be charmed ... Read more