Rewrite Right! : Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose
by Venolia, JanEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Random House Inc
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Summary
Everyone knows that writing can be improved by the simple process of reviewing, editing, and rewriting, but many struggle with how to go about critiquing their own work--be it a letter to a friend, an important business document, or an academic essay. Fortunately, help is at hand in REWRITE RIGHT!, the definitive guide to polishing your prose. According to writing authority Jan Venolia, the skills needed to revise your work are surprisingly easy to learn and a cinch to incorporate into everyday writing routines. This practical guide describes in clear, direct language how to effectively rewrite a report, letter, essay, or article, so that writers of all levels can improve the quality of their work and harness the power of language.
Author Biography
JAN VENOLIA has been helping people improve their writing for more than 30 years. A veteran writer and editor, Jan lends her expertise to workshops and conferences. She lives in Gualala, California.
Table of Contents
| Why Rewrite? | p. 1 |
| Writing and Editing in the 21st Century | p. 4 |
| The Internet as Writing Resource | p. 4 |
| Outlining | p. 6 |
| Writing and Revising | p. 7 |
| Checking Spelling and Grammar | p. 9 |
| Tracking Revisions | p. 11 |
| Editing via E-Mail | p. 12 |
| Getting Started | p. 15 |
| Two-Level Editing | p. 15 |
| Editing Someone Else's Writing | p. 16 |
| Editing Your Own Writing | p. 17 |
| Style Sheet | p. 23 |
| Proofreading | p. 23 |
| First-Level Editing: Content | p. 29 |
| Write to Your Audience | p. 29 |
| Have a Plan | p. 37 |
| Grab Their Attention | p. 43 |
| Make It Clear | p. 53 |
| First-Level Editing: Style | p. 64 |
| Trim the Lard | p. 64 |
| Know Your Words | p. 69 |
| Cut Cliches and Hackneyed Expressions | p. 73 |
| Speak Out | p. 76 |
| Jettison Jargon | p. 80 |
| Evoke Images | p. 83 |
| Watch Small Words | p. 85 |
| Second-Level Editing: Punctuation | p. 89 |
| Apostrophes | p. 89 |
| Colons | p. 93 |
| Commas | p. 95 |
| Dashes | p. 100 |
| Exclamation Points | p. 101 |
| Hyphens | p. 102 |
| Parentheses | p. 107 |
| Periods | p. 108 |
| Question Marks | p. 109 |
| Quotation Marks | p. 109 |
| Semicolons | p. 112 |
| Second-Level Editing: Grammar | p. 114 |
| Agreement | p. 114 |
| Pronouns | p. 121 |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | p. 125 |
| Verbs | p. 128 |
| Parallel Structure | p. 132 |
| No-Fault Sentences | p. 132 |
| Second-Level Editing: Mechanical Style | p. 135 |
| Abbreviations | p. 135 |
| Capitalization | p. 140 |
| Numbers | p. 149 |
| Spelling | p. 152 |
| Quotations | p. 161 |
| Word Division | p. 162 |
| Document Integrity | p. 165 |
| Document Appearance | p. 166 |
| Glossary | p. 169 |
| Index | p. 183 |
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