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Simple, Brief, and Precise:
How to Make Your Writing Easily Understood 16 chapters, 209 pages
Copyright © 2011, Darrel Walters
Published by Revisionary, Inc.
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ISBN 978–0–9821457–2–2
Price: $17.00 (Spiral Bound)
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Description of Simple, Brief, and Precise: How to Make Your Writing Easily Understood.
Simple, Brief, and Precise: How to Make Your Writing Easily Understood is a streamlined version of Write Well Now. It was written to fill the needs of business professionals for a quick-reference writing guide, and to be used in business writing seminars. College and secondary students may also prefer it for its shorter chapters and fewer examples. It contains no exercises, but has the same extremely useful appendixes as Write Well Now.
Book Contents in Brief
1. Some Principles to Guide Your Writing
Simplicity
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Let Simple Words Dominate
3. Highlight Actions and Actors
4. Give Readers a Clear Path
Brevity
5. Make Words Earn Their Space
6. Monitor Sentence Length
Precision
7. Choose Words Precisely
8. Place Words Precisely
Grammar
9. Learn Basic Grammar
10. Speak Well to Write Well
11. Accomodate Gender Elegantly
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Punctuation
12. Use the Common Punctuation Marks Well
13. Expand Your Punctuation World
The Writing Process
14. Prepare Yourself
15. Embrace the Act of Writing
16. Revise and Reflect
Bibliography
Appendix A: A Collection of Useful Verbs
Appendix B: A List of Troublesome Words
Appendix C: Business Buzzwords Elaborated Upon
Personal Dictionary
Index
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Readers who prefer the format of Simple, Brief, and Precise but want the opportunities for thorough study offered by Write Well Now can use the Simple, Brief, and Precise WORKBOOK as a supplement—along with the study guide shown on page xii of Simple, Brief, and Precise.
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