Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace - Softcover

Williams, Joseph M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321024087 ISBN 13: 9780321024084

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1999

Synopsis

Walter H. Crockett Amazon Verified Purchase This little-known gem is the very best American book on writing and grammar. I have found it immensely valuable over an 18-year career as newspaper reporter, magazine editor, columnist and technical writer. Williams teaches you to write clearly and directly, to eliminate the bureaucratic bull and to make your sentences sing. When I was a cub reporter, I would do a few of his exercises in my head each morning as I warmed up the car. By the time I had finished the book, I could cut through the deadly jargon of school committee babble and social service double-talk and put my reports in words that people could read without slipping into a coma. The most amazing thing about this book is that it isn't famous in the writing community. If you care about your writing, buy it -- you can't go wrong.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0321024087
• ISBN 13: 9780321024084
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 309