The Writer's Diet
Is your writing flabby or fit? The Writer's Diet will help you energize your writing and strip unnecessary padding from your prose. First, diagnose your verbal fitness levels by taking the online WritersDiet Test. Next, follow the no-nonsense advice in each chapter of the book to strengthen and tone your verbal muscles
Writers at every level, from students to professionals, will
benefit from the Writer's Diet workout. Before long, you will
find your self producing stylish, energetic prose every time you
put pen to
paper.
Stylish Academic Writing
NEW from Harvard University Press
Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant
expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic
writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions,
and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but
are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical,
witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a
pleasure to read — and to write.