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Revising Prose

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 2000

Revising Prose written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Editing categories.

As its title implies, this book deals with revising, not with original composition. Revising Prose enables students to work on their own at steady, detailed revision. Stressing the importance of the single sentence, "The Paramedic Method" of revision provides students with an easily learned method of revision to combat the obscurities of meaning that plague "The Official Style," and demonstrates how to revise this stilted, dense prose into plain English. This text has been used with success at every level of higher education, in all disciplines, wherever extensive writing is required. An accompanying 30-minute Revising Prose Video, as well as a Set of Interactive Revision Exercises, are available from Rhetorica, Inc. for an additional fee.

Revising Prose

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Release Date : 1979

Revising Prose written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by Scribner Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Lanham's eight simple steps to clearer, more understandable writing will win you praise from bosses, colleagues, and clients. Voice; Business Prose; Professional Prose; Electronic Prose; General Interest; improving your writing.

The Longman Guide To Revising Prose

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 2006

The Longman Guide To Revising Prose written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Editing categories.

True to its title, Revising Prose is about revising, not about original composition. It will not teach you how to pray for inspiration, marshall your thoughts, or find the willpower to glue backside to chair. All writers face these dragons in their own idiosyncratic ways. But revision belongs to the public domain. Anyone can learn it. Revising Prose teaches you how, using a simple, rule-based, eight-step process called The Paramedic Method that concentrates on turning the bureaucratic official style so common today in business and government writing into plain English. Its focus on the individual sentence enables you to identify the surplus verbiage (what Lanham calls the Lard Factor) in an effort like this: The history of new regulatory provisions is that there is generally an immediate resistance to them. And turn it into this: People usually resist new regulations. A Lard Factor of 69%. Lanham's method aims to eliminate 50% from most writing, to create a sentence half as long and twice as strong. A saving of 50% in writing time, in reading time, in paper and screen space, in human patience and understanding-it all adds up to real money. It also adds up to a more persuasive and amiable presentation of self, as Revising Prose argues in its final chapter.

Revising Business Prose

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1987

Revising Business Prose written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by MacMillan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.

As its title implies, this book deals with revising, not with original composition. In business writing, where a first draft often emerges quickly under the pressures of facts, figures, and deadlines, revision is typically the major part of a writing task, and collaborative revision often produces the final document. Revising Business Prose provides detailed revision guidance and a collaborative approach to writing easily applied to writing in business, industry, government, and academics. Based on the premise that bad writing in organizations imitates the bureaucratic style The Official Style, as it's called here this book shows readers how to transform stilted, dense prose into plain English. For anyone interested in the revision process in every business writing context.

Analyzing Prose

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Author : Richard Lanham
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2003-06-26

Analyzing Prose written by Richard Lanham and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This second edition of the classic linguistics text provides a basic descriptive terminology for prose style. What is a noun style? A verb style? A hypotactic or a paratactic one? How does the running style differ from the periodic style? What do "high, middle, and low" prose style mean? How might one apply the classical terminology of rhetorical figures to prose analysis? Analyzing Prose supplies detailed, carefully charted answers to these questions in order to teach the student of prose style how and where to begin.

The Revising Business Prose Self Teaching Exercise Book

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Release Date : 1987

The Revising Business Prose Self Teaching Exercise Book written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.

Revising Prose

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Author : Richard A. Lanham
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1987

Revising Prose written by Richard A. Lanham and has been published by MacMillan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Editing categories.

Good Prose

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Author : Tracy Kidder
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-01-15

Good Prose written by Tracy Kidder and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of The Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor who encouraged him. From that article grew a lifelong association. Before long, Kidder’s The Soul of a New Machine, the first book the two worked on together, had won the Pulitzer Prize. It was a heady moment, but for Kidder and Todd it was only the beginning of an education in the art of nonfiction. Good Prose explores three major nonfiction forms: narratives, essays, and memoirs. Kidder and Todd draw candidly, sometimes comically, on their own experience—their mistakes as well as accomplishments—to demonstrate the pragmatic ways in which creative problems get solved. They also turn to the works of a wide range of writers, novelists as well as nonfiction writers, for models and instruction. They talk about narrative strategies (and about how to find a story, sometimes in surprising places), about the ethical challenges of nonfiction, and about the realities of making a living as a writer. They offer some tart and emphatic opinions on the current state of language. And they take a clear stand against playing loose with the facts. Their advice is always grounded in the practical world of writing and publishing. Good Prose—like Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style—is a succinct, authoritative, and entertaining arbiter of standards in contemporary writing, offering guidance for the professional writer and the beginner alike. This wise and useful book is the perfect companion for anyone who loves to read good books and longs to write one. Praise for Good Prose “Smart, lucid, and entertaining.”—The Boston Globe “You are in such good company—congenial, ironic, a bit old-school—that you’re happy to follow [Kidder and Todd] where they lead you.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] well-structured, to-the-point, genuinely useful, and fun-to-read guide to writing narrative nonfiction, essays, and memoir . . . Crisp, informative, and mind-expanding.”—Booklist “A gem . . . The finer points of creative nonfiction are molded into an inspiring read that will affect the would-be writer as much as Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird or Stephen King’s On Writing. . . . This is a must read for nonfiction writers.”—Library Journal “As approachable and applicable as any writing manual available.”—Associated Press

Revising And Editing For Translators

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Author : Brian Mossop
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-05

Revising And Editing For Translators written by Brian Mossop and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Revising and Editing for Translators provides guidance and learning materials for translation students learning to edit texts written by others, and professional translators wishing to improve their self-revision ability or learning to revise the work of others. Editing is understood as making corrections and improvements to texts, with particular attention to tailoring them to the given readership. Revising is this same task applied to draft translations. The linguistic work of editors and revisers is related to the professional situations in which they work. Mossop offers in-depth coverage of a wide range of topics, including copyediting, style editing, structural editing, checking for consistency, revising procedures and principles, and translation quality assessment. This third edition provides extended coverage of computer aids for revisers, and of the different degrees of revision suited to different texts. The inclusion of suggested activities and exercises, numerous real-world examples, a proposed grading scheme for editing assignments, and a reference glossary make this an indispensable coursebook for professional translation programmes.

Write Revise Rejoice

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Author : Daniel Raynes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-02-27

Write Revise Rejoice written by Daniel Raynes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-27 with categories.

The Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Novel Developing a clear and flowing writing style is one of the most important steps to becoming an author. Being able to transport your readers into your fictional world, and letting them lose themselves in the story, is the key to writing a best-seller. Written short and to the point, "Write, Revise, Rejoice " is a crash course in revising your fiction, transforming plain simple prose into poetic literature ready to be published - "plus much more " Stuck on a setting? Why not take this technique for a spin right now...This is Just One of the Many Writing Exercises in this Guide: Let's suppose your protagonist lives in a run-down apartment: First, draw up a quick floor plan of your setting so you know the rooms. (It doesn't have to be a perfect blueprint, just enough to orient yourself, room to room. Study it for a few moments.) Now take out a voice recorder. (I'll point out that every Smartphone has a voice recorder app, too.) Now sit or lie down by yourself and close your eyes. Now simply go for a ride. Narrate your imaginary journey, describing every detail and facet of the rooms and atmosphere during your trip. By using the recorder, you don't have to worry about remembering all your ideas or having to type faster than you can think. Just follow your imagination and let it flow. Then listen to it afterwards and type up the details at an easy pace. All of a sudden, you'll know everything about your hero's environment: from the lighting and the sounds to the furniture and the debris. You can go back into your layout and fill in the details and even chart your character's movements within the scene. You can even redesign the floor plan altogether. It's your world. And this technique works for any setting, inside or outside, whether brutally realistic or wildly fantastic. Anything from ordinary offices to luxurious palaces, and from enchanted forests to the decks of a wayward spaceship. It's that simple. "Write, Revise, Rejoice " will guide your idea from start to finish with you controlling the shots, helping you tell your story, your way - plus much more How to Write Action, Description, and Dialogue --- Pacing a Story (with Transitions ) --- Using Similes and Metaphors --- Doing Research --- Forming a Prewrite --- Breaking Through Writer's Block --- Writing an Ending --- Creative Writing Classes --- Storytelling Tips and Tricks --- Writing and Video Games --- Thrilling Fight Scenes --- Revising Prose --- Developing a Style --- Raising Your Voice

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