The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
eBook - ePub

The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

Common Pitfalls of Prose . . . and How to Avoid Them

  1. 82 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

Common Pitfalls of Prose . . . and How to Avoid Them

About this book

A book editor with decades of publishing experience shows writers how to avoid mistakes in this quick, whimsical guide.
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This concise guidebook borrows the idea of the Seven Deadly Sins from the Middle Ages and applies it to the craft of writing—revealing seven "Deadly Don'ts" that the author, a veteran book editor, has encountered time and time again in writers' work.
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In addition to showing you how to avoid those all-too-common mistakes, she provides a "Divine Do" for each, offering useful take-aways writers can use to communicate more clearly and effectively, whether they're working on a masterpiece-in-progress or just want to sharpen their everyday writing skills.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. If Writing Were Baking…How to Use This Tiny Tome
  6. The Deadly Don’ts
  7. Deadly Don’t #1 - Passive Voice
  8. Deadly Don’t #2 - Weak Verbs
  9. Deadly Don’t #3 - Adjective/Adverb Overload
  10. Deadly Don’t #4 - ā€œI Began to Startā€¦ā€
  11. Deadly Don’t #5 - That, That, That…
  12. Deadly Don’t #6 - There Is/Are Overload
  13. Deadly Don’t #7 - Telling vs. Showing
  14. Now It’s Your Turn
  15. About the Author