How to Write It, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Everything You’ll Ever Write (How to Write It: Complete Guide to Everything You’ll Ever Write)

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Write personal and professional communications with clarity, confidence, and style.
How to Write It is the essential resource for eloquent personal and professional self-expression. Award-winning journalist Sandra E. Lamb transforms even reluctant scribblers into articulate wordsmiths by providing compelling examples of nearly every type and form of written communication.
Completely updated and expanded, the new third edition offers hundreds of handy word, phrase, and sentence lists, precisely crafted sample paragraphs, and professionally designed document layouts. How to Write It is a must-own for students, teachers, authors, journalists, bloggers, managers, and anyone who doesn’t have time to wade through a massive style guide but needs a friendly desk reference.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 30, 2011
Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 160774032X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607740322
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.41 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 1.06 x 9.2 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #328,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #126 in Business Writing Skills (Books) #597 in Writing Skill Reference (Books) #798 in Fiction Writing Reference (Books)
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