Create, Narrate, Punctuate: How to Fashion Exquisitely Styled Sentences

by Ramy Tadros

Have you ever wondered how to spruce up your writing? Or clear the clutter from your sentences? Or entice, engage, and entertain a specific audience?

As any wordsmith knows, fashioning exquisitely styled sentences forms the foundation for writing success. This writing guide, containing thousands of illustrative quotations and fun exercises, reveals how to draft and craft any sentence, whether plain and lucid or thrilling and forceful.

After finishing this book, students, professionals, and writers of every skill and status will have enhanced their sentential potential, while mastering the art of stringing words together to produce sophisticated sentences – linguistic structures standing the tests of time and taste.

Genres: Nonfiction, Writing

355 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2014

Reviews

[Venky Iyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a review of the book Create, Narrate, Punctuate: How to Fashion Exquisitely Styled Sentences by Ramy Tadros. I received a review copy of this book from Story Cartel.

I am glad I read this book. So glad I will be reading it again. And again...

The book is full of wisdom on the finer nuances of writing with precise dynamism, without fluff. The book itself is an example of concise writing that effectively conveys its messages.

Any author who reads this book with the attention it deserves and practices its lessons with the diligence they deserve is bound to improve the quality of her writing by several notches.

The book is full of examples from existing literature: examples of how not to write and examples of how to. The author shows readers ways to improve upon the how-not-to examples. Every chapter has exercises for the reader that are almost reminiscent of school, but have the same end effect: the student’s progress.

Some of the chapters I really appreciated include Chapter 10 and its advice on left-, mid- and right-branching sentences. I found this chapter highly educative.

I also loved Chapter 11 and its discourse on rhetorical devices. Believe me, I am going to be researching them pretty intensively and using them in my writing-hopefully well, hopefully in conformity to the wisdom I gained from this book.

The author makes protestations about having targeted this book primarily at non-fiction writers, but he is being modest, possibly; in making this claim, he is definitely doing himself no favors.

[Debra Lobel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must Read for Anyone who Writes

Create, Narrate, Punctuate - How to Fashion Exquisitely Styled Sentences by Ramy Tadors is a guideline on how to write well. It is enjoyable to read and not another boring grammar book. The information is not new. Mr. Tadros gives great instruction of each point he presents and follows it up with incredible examples and exercises. The exercises give the reader a chance to see how well they understood the points Mr. Tadros presented.

If you are writing anything for publication - novel, non-fiction, essay, article, etc. - I advise you to read this book. You won't be sorry.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Shara Bueler-Repka · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book totally rocks! Think this may be a stuffy grammar book? NO way! I was thrilled to find that the author introduces all of the ins-and-outs of good writing without prompting a fighting-to-keep-the-eyes-open response. His witty way of writing and thorough examples made it easy to grasp the usually dry academic principles. “Create, Narrate, Punctuate: How to Fashion Exquisitely Styled Sentences” is a must to have on the writer’s go-to shelf for reference.

* I downloaded a complimentary copy (eBook version) via Story Cartel in exchange for my review.*

[Caleb Kimball · Rating 5 out of 5]

Create, Narrate, Punctuate is not your average grammar guide. Ramy Tadros writes in a way that not only gives you helpful information, but it gives it to you in a fun way. I really enjoyed this book, and I will be reading it again many times over the next couple of years as I refine my writing craft.

Full Disclosure: I received a complementary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

[gemsbooknook Geramie Kate Barker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Won this Through Goodreads First Read.

As the full title states, this book will teach you how to fashion exquisitely styled sentences. Ramy Tadros has crafted a wonderful handbook that everyone should read.

It doesn't matter if you are a student, professional, a writer or a jack of all trades, this book will help you improve your writing abilities. I read this book hoping that I could pick up some tips on writing better, not only did I find them but I also found out all the things I had been doing incorrectly.

Covering you will need to enhance your writing, from punctuation and grammar to rhetorical style, this book is an absolute gem. I will be reading this book many times in the future. I finally have the prefect writing reference book.

With a funny and engaging style, this book is not only educational but a pleasure to read. With each chapter containing great writing tasks for you to complete, you get to see your improvement as you make your way through the book.

Create, Narrate, Punctuate is a must read for all. Not only will you enjoy it, you will learn from it. Go read it now...

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