Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999
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- Title
- Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing
- Author
- Patricia T. O'Conner
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0151003718
- ISBN 13
- 9780151003716
A practical guide to good writing takes readers step by step through the process, offering valuable advice on how to cut through the purple prose, put your subject where the action is, and extricate weak words, among other topics. 50,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Patrcia T. O'Conner was an editor at the New York Times Book Review when she wrote Woe Is I. Her writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times and Newsweek. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, Stewart Kellerman.
Patrcia T. O'Conner was an editor at the New York Times Book Review when she wrote Woe Is I. Her writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times and Newsweek. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, Stewart Kellerman.
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