Words Fail Me : What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

O'Conner, Patricia T.

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ISBN 10: 0151003718 ISBN 13: 9780151003716

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1999

Language: English

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Title

Words Fail Me : What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151003718

ISBN 13

9780151003716

Binding

Hardcover

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1st.

Condition

Good

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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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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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