How to Write Anything: A Complete Guide - Hardcover

Brown, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393240142 ISBN 13: 9780393240146

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014

Synopsis

A practical guide to everything you’ll ever need to write―at work, at school, and in your personal life.

With more than two hundred how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on work, school, and personal life, How to Write Anything covers a wide range of topics that make it an essential guide for the whole family. You want your boss to fund a special project. How can you write a persuasive email that will win his approval? It's time to apply to college. How can you write an essay that will stand out? The mother of one of your co-workers has died. What's the best way to express your condolences?

Grounded in a common-sense approach, friendly and supportive, How to Write Anything is Internet-savvy, with advice throughout about choosing the most appropriate medium for your message: e-mail or pen and paper. At once a how-to, a reference book, and a pioneering guide for writing in a changing world, this is the only writing resource you'll ever need.

About this title

About the Author

Laura Brown, PhD, has taught writing to just about everyone―from corporate executives to college students―in her thirty years as a business writing coach. The author of The Only Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need and How to Write Anything: A Complete Guide, she lives in New York.

Reviews

E-mails are old-school; texts are becoming a wasteland of acronyms and abbreviations. If you’ve ever feared that written communication skills are dying quickly, don’t worry—this book is here to help! Comprehensive and accessible, the work guides users through just about any situation where the written word is necessary: social media for businesses, a plea to a professor for an extension, sympathy notes, wedding toasts, letters to the editor, and more. The first two sections cover the writing process and discuss writing in the age of technology; in the third section, Brown fills the pages with “Do” and “Don’t” checklists and a plethora of samples. Every library should consider having a copy of this informative and instructional book both in reference and in the circulating collection. --Rebecca Vnuk

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393240142
• ISBN 13: 9780393240146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608