The Writer's Rules: The Power Of Positive Prose--how To Create It And Get It Published

Helen Gurley Brown is the original Cosmo girl: a savvy, attractive woman with a clear idea of what she wants and the confidence she'll get it. With an unstoppable combination of charm and ever-more-effective communication skills, she rose steadily from ad-agency secretary to sought-after copywriter to bestselling author and Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan -- the world's largest-circulation young women's magazine. Every aspect of her career has had to do with communicating by words.In her decades as a publishing superstar, she has assigned and edited thousands of pieces by writers of all kinds, from seasoned professionals who needed just a little help with polishing their words to talented beginners with a good idea but not much experience. She gave them all the same straightforward advice -- and now she shares it with everyone who wants to write clear, effective, colorful, memorable prose.

Helen Gurley Brown is the legendary, longtime editor of Cosmopolitan, as well as the author of numerous bestsellers, starting with Sex and the Single Girl. She lives in New York City and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the international editions of Cosmopolitan, of which there are now thirty-seven.