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How to Write Well
Have you ever wanted to improve your writing skills? Why is it important to write well? It seems like a silly question, but our writings precede us. When applying for a job we must submit a resume’ and sometimes a cover letter. Or how about when sending e-mails to people we don’t know well or haven't met, such as work partners, customers, or when responding on behalf of your company or institute? Your writing often forms the first impression, and you only get one chance to make it. When writing, we send a message about ourselves. Michael Stover has distilled over 10 years of writing and editing experience into one easy-to-read work that you will refer to again and again. Learn from his simple lessons and realize a marked improvement in your writing after just the first 30 minutes!
64 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 18, 2016
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July 14, 2018
A Book Review:
How to Write Well
by Michael D. Stover
Do you know what I like about reviewing a How-To book? You don’t have to worry about inadvertently giving away the ending because the reader creates the real ending. The success they enjoy from the knowledge they seize by employing the teaching of the author is the real “Happily ever after.”
Michael produced a tool for writers and editors that I for one keep on my desk as a handy reference when I am editing what I wrote. Make no mistake, anyone can write well. The real secret is to put your fingers to the keyboard and don’t stop until you have told the story. There is always time to edit later, and Michael’s book will help you do that. My favorite quote from the book is, “Write fearlessly; edit ruthlessly.” Although Kevin Powers receives extensive credit for this concept, I’m sure you have seen it many times, and it bears repeating repeatedly.
I particularly liked his chapter, “Major Wording Blunders.” He begins the chapter with a Bible verse from Proverbs 25:11,
“Grammar Nazis,” what they call people like us on Facebook, will love his chapter on “Flagrant Grammar Mistakes.” Perhaps, if some of those posting on Facebook would read his book, we wouldn’t have to correct their use of loose for lose, or it’s for its. But, there, their, they’re now, it’s all good!
I would encourage everyone, particularly writers, proofreaders, and editors to read this book and keep it as a handy reference on your desktop. As a journalism student and as a journalist, I have read several How-To books about writing, but this is a keeper that ranks right up there with "The Little, Brown Handbook" and Stephen King’s “On Writing.” It is a tool I will use often.
Read it free with Amazon Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LWWLOBK?ie=UTF8
Do you know what I like about reviewing a How-To book? You don’t have to worry about inadvertently giving away the ending because the reader creates the real ending. The success they enjoy from the knowledge they seize by employing the teaching of the author is the real “Happily ever after.”
Michael produced a tool for writers and editors that I for one keep on my desk as a handy reference when I am editing what I wrote. Make no mistake, anyone can write well. The real secret is to put your fingers to the keyboard and don’t stop until you have told the story. There is always time to edit later, and Michael’s book will help you do that. My favorite quote from the book is, “Write fearlessly; edit ruthlessly.” Although Kevin Powers receives extensive credit for this concept, I’m sure you have seen it many times, and it bears repeating repeatedly.
I particularly liked his chapter, “Major Wording Blunders.” He begins the chapter with a Bible verse from Proverbs 25:11,
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (KJV)He then notes “a word misused is like a train wreck running backward, or the splotched picture of a blocked satellite transmission.” He goes on to give us ten examples, like “irregardless, supposably, and heighth,” and my personal favorite, “all intensive purposes.”
“Grammar Nazis,” what they call people like us on Facebook, will love his chapter on “Flagrant Grammar Mistakes.” Perhaps, if some of those posting on Facebook would read his book, we wouldn’t have to correct their use of loose for lose, or it’s for its. But, there, their, they’re now, it’s all good!
I would encourage everyone, particularly writers, proofreaders, and editors to read this book and keep it as a handy reference on your desktop. As a journalism student and as a journalist, I have read several How-To books about writing, but this is a keeper that ranks right up there with "The Little, Brown Handbook" and Stephen King’s “On Writing.” It is a tool I will use often.
Read it free with Amazon Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LWWLOBK?ie=UTF8
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