Write to the Point, and Feel Better about Your WritingWrite to the Point is the best available guide to effective writing of non-fiction. "Have something to say, and say what you mean to say as simply as you can." Those are Bill Stott's most important points, and for all those readers who know that this simple advice may be difficult to follow, he offers encouragement on such topics as: how to find something to say; the basics of organization, how to avoid sexist language; how much is enough; plagiarism; and basic grammar. |
Contents
II | xiii |
III | 2 |
IV | 3 |
V | 4 |
VI | 5 |
VII | 6 |
VIII | 7 |
IX | 9 |
XLV | 110 |
XLVI | 111 |
XLVII | 114 |
XLVIII | 117 |
XLIX | 118 |
L | 120 |
LII | 123 |
LIII | 124 |
X | 12 |
XI | 18 |
XII | 20 |
XIII | 21 |
XIV | 24 |
XV | 28 |
XVI | 33 |
XVII | 36 |
XVIII | 39 |
XIX | 42 |
XX | 51 |
XXI | 52 |
XXII | 55 |
XXIII | 58 |
XXIV | 61 |
XXV | 64 |
XXVI | 66 |
XXVII | 71 |
XXVIII | 73 |
XXIX | 74 |
XXX | 75 |
XXXI | 86 |
XXXII | 93 |
XXXIII | 95 |
XXXV | 96 |
XXXVI | 98 |
XXXVII | 101 |
XXXIX | 102 |
XL | 105 |
XLI | 106 |
XLII | 107 |
XLIV | 108 |
LIV | 125 |
LV | 127 |
LVI | 128 |
LVII | 129 |
LVIII | 134 |
LIX | 135 |
LX | 136 |
LXI | 137 |
LXII | 138 |
LXIII | 142 |
LXIV | 144 |
LXV | 146 |
LXVI | 147 |
LXVII | 150 |
LXVIII | 154 |
LXIX | 166 |
LXX | 168 |
LXXI | 169 |
LXXII | 170 |
LXXIII | 173 |
LXXIV | 174 |
LXXV | 177 |
LXXVI | 178 |
LXXVII | 180 |
LXXVIII | 183 |
LXXIX | 188 |
LXXX | 191 |
LXXXI | 199 |
LXXXII | 202 |
LXXXIII | 211 |
LXXXIV | 217 |
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