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Edition number 23
Classification number 808.042
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Personal name Sword, Helen,
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Title The writer's diet :
Remainder of title a guide to fit prose /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Helen Sword.
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Edition statement 2nd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. University of Chicago Press,
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chicago :
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vii, 77 pages ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
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Price amount $15.00
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Series statement Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-76) and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Verbal verve -- Noun density -- Prepositional podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste words -- Afterword: healthy writing.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer’s Diet is for you! It’s a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness.

Helen Sword dispenses with excessive explanations and overwrought analysis. Instead, she offers an easy-to-follow set of writing principles: use active verbs whenever possible; favor concrete language over vague abstractions; avoid long strings of prepositional phrases; employ adjectives and adverbs only when they contribute something new to the meaning of a sentence; and reduce your dependence on four pernicious “waste words”: it, this, that, and there.

Sword then shows the rules in action through examples from William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Martin Luther King Jr., John McPhee, A. S. Byatt, Richard Dawkins, Alison Gopnik, and many more. A writing fitness test encourages you to assess your own writing and get immediate advice on addressing problem areas. While The Writer’s Diet is as sleek and concise as the writing ideals contained within, this slim volume packs a powerful punch.

With Sword’s coaching writers of all levels can strengthen and tone their sentences with the stroke of a pen or the click of a mouse. As with any fitness routine, adhering to the rules requires energy and vigilance. The results, however, will speak for themselves.
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General subdivision Rhetoric.
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General subdivision Written English.
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General subdivision Style.
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      pbk.     Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Indian Institute of Management Udaipur B2/2 2022-10-14 Segment Book Distributors 931.50 64193 - 02/08/2022 808.042 SH 005357 2022-10-14 1 1299.00 2022-10-14 Monograph

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