Words Faill Me: what Everyone Should Know about Writing

O'conner, Patricia T.

ISBN 10: 0151003718 / ISBN 13: 9780151003716

Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, 1999

About this Item

Red/black paper over boards, in decorative dj, signed on the half-title page, print card publisher enclosure laid in, 230 pp. Stated 1st printing EDCBA. As New.

Seller Inventory # RB1112

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Words Faill Me: what Everyone Should Know about Writing
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151003718
• ISBN 13: 9780151003716
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.