Writing - Keys to Great Writing

Keys to Great Writing

By Steven Wilbers

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Empower your writing! Keys to Great Writing covers every aspect of the craft, showing you how to develop a writer's voice that is unique, precise and effective.From grammar to revision strategies, you'll find the crucial information you need in short, easy-to-browse sections that enable you to hone your own signature writing approach. No more wading through dry style manuals. No more guesswork. Just clear, proven guidance, including:

Four Myths of Great Writing

The Elements of Style Checklist

The Elements of Composition Checklist

The Four-Step Writing Process

Glossary of Grammatical Terms

Proofreading Checklist

Four Common Errors in Word Choice (and How to Avoid Them)

Five Ways to Bring Music to Your Writing

Fourteen Techniques to Eliminate Wordiness

And much more!Keys to Great Writing is like having your own desktop writing coach. Use it, learn from it, and give voice to the great writer within you.About the AuthorStephen Wilbers is a writing consultant, syndicated columnist, and award-winning author. He teaches at the University of Minnesota and at Hamline University, where he won a 1995 Outstanding Faculty Award. Since December 1991, he has written a weekly column on effective writing, which appears in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and other newspapers. He has published two collections of his columns, Writing for Business (winner of a 1994 Minnesota Book Award) and Writing by Wilbers. For his Ph.D. dissertation he wrote a history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, which was published by the University of Iowa Press.Steve was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. he earned his B.A. at Vanderbilt University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. He spent his junior year abroad in Aix-en-Provence, where he fell in love with the French language and the Cours Mirabeau. As a 1985 Visiting Fulbright Fellow at the University of Essex, he lived for five months in Wivenhoe, England, accompanied by his wife, Debbie, and two young children, Eddy and Kate. He and his wife now live in Minneapolis, which affords him easy access to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, where he and his father--along with various family members and friends--have taken annual canoe trips for the past twenty-two years. At the University of Minnesota, he directed one of the largest student academic support services operations in the country before serving as Associate Director of the Program in Creative and Professional Writing. Since 1990, he has worked full time as a student and teacher of writing.For sample columns, writing exercises, and links to writing resources on the Internet, visit his Web page at www.wilbers.com. Table of ContentsForewordIntroductionPart One: Keys to Great WritingChapter 1: EconomyChapter 2: PrecisionChapter 3: ActionChapter 4: MusicChapter 5: PersonalityPart Two: Elements of CompositionChapter 6: PurposeChapter 7: Point of ViewChapter 8: OrganizationChapter 9: SupportChapter 10: CoherencePart Three: Drafting and RevisingChapter 11: The Writing ProcessAppendix I:A Glossary of Grammatical TermsAppendix II: Checklist: Keys to Great WritingAppendix III: Checklist: Elements of CompositionAppendix IV: Checklist for ProofreadingAppendix V:Recommended Resources and ReadingIndex