How to write well when you don't know where to start
By: Susan Feehan
Publisher: Panoma Press; Panoma Press Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: St Albans, Herts, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781909623774
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Authorship; Writing
Description: Never before has it been easier to write and influence the world; never has it been easier for our words to crash and burn. Why does writing turn rational people into rabbits frozen in car headlights? Why doesn't grammar help us know where to start? And if we are what we write, does improving our writing change who we are? How did The Sunday Times uncover JK Rowling's secret writing identity? How did writing help to define Apple's brand? In How to Write Well - When You Don't Know Where to Start, Susan Feehan shows how we stray into obsessing over grammar and punctuation when we should focus on what we want to say, who we want to reach, and why anyone should listen. From the point of purpose to the pain of getting feedback, Feehan offers us tips galore and writing strategies that bring out the best in us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).
Table of contents: title: Who we are, why we write.. and what stops us from doing it well (Writing badly; title: a crime novel, or just a crime? ; You are what you write ; Dragon beneath the keyboard ; why 'process' seems to be the hardest word); title: step by step : how the process works (So you want to change the world? ; Getting to know your imaginary friends ; Icebergs ahead ; Template? What template?); title: Words, words, words (Are you active or Zzzzz? ; Being positive; title: even if you're sad ; what do you really man? ; To make a long story short ... cut it ; Don't bury the lead ; How for the real work ; Know your shit, or know you're shit ; Books that make you look really smart ; An A-Z of writing tips to give you a taste for precision).