Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing
Language: English
Published by WW Norton & Co, 2012
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Writers know it instinctively: Verbs make a sentence zing. Grammar gurus agree: Drama in writing emerges from the interplay of a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb). Constance Hale, the best-selling author of Sin and Syntax, zooms in on the colorful world of verbs. Synthesizing the pedagogical and the popular, the scholarly and the scandalous, Hale combines the wit of Bill Bryson with the practical wisdom of William Zinsser. She marches through linguistic history to paint a layered picture of our language from before it really existed to the quirky usages we see online today. She warns about habits to avoid and inspires with samples of brilliant writing. A veteran teacher, Hale gives writing prompts along the way, helping readers try, do, write, play. Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch guides us to more powerful writing by demonstrating how to use great verbs with style.
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- Title
- Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing
- Author
- Constance Hale
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393081168
- ISBN 13
- 9780393081169
A writing handbook that celebrates the infinite pizzazz of verbs.
Writers know it instinctively: Verbs make a sentence zing. Grammar gurus agree: Drama in writing emerges from the interplay of a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb). Constance Hale, the best-selling author of Sin and Syntax, zooms in on the colorful world of verbs. Synthesizing the pedagogical and the popular, the scholarly and the scandalous, Hale combines the wit of Bill Bryson with the practical wisdom of William Zinsser. She marches through linguistic history to paint a layered picture of our language―from before it really existed to the quirky usages we see online today. She warns about habits to avoid and inspires with samples of brilliant writing. A veteran teacher, Hale gives writing prompts along the way, helping readers “try, do, write, play.” Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch guides us to more powerful writing by demonstrating how to use great verbs with style."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Hale is an evangelist for her ideas about the literary craft and has taught seminars and workshops at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Tufts University, and UC Berkeley Extension. She posts online classes for writers on her Web site and has created materials to help teachers of English, composition, and journalism. She also organizes conferences on narrative journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, and runs writing retreats in Vermont and Hawaii.
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