Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose by Hale, Constance
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose by Hale, Constance

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

A fully revised and updated edition with writing prompts and challenges in every chapter Today's writers need...
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Author: Constance Hale
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Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose by Hale, Constance

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

$38.50
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose by Hale, Constance

Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose

$38.50
Author: Constance Hale
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A fully revised and updated edition with writing prompts and challenges in every chapter

Today's writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. Copy veteran Constance Hale is on a mission to make creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option for everyone.

With its crisp, witty tone, Sin and Syntax covers grammar's ground rules while revealing countless unconventional syntax secrets (such as how to use--Gasp --interjections or when to pepper your prose with slang) that make for sinfully good writing. Discover how to:

*Distinguish between words that are "pearls" and words that are "potatoes"

* Avoid "couch potato thinking" and "commitment phobia" when choosing verbs

* Use literary devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and metaphor (and understand what you're doing)

Everyone needs to know how to write stylish prose--students, professionals, and seasoned writers alike. Whether you're writing to sell, shock, or just sing, Sin and Syntax--now celebrating 20 years in print--is the guide you need to improve your command of the English language.

Author: Constance Hale
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 08/13/2013
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780385346894

About the Author
Constance Hale is the author of several books, including three on writing: Sin and Syntax; Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch; and Wired Style, the one-of-a-kind guide to online English usage and geekspeak that was hailed by Newsweek as The Chicago Manual of Style for the Millennium. A former editor at Wired, Hale has written for numerous publications including the San Francisco Examiner and The Microsoft Network. She has created maverick writing courses for people of all ages, including a popular seminar called Grammar for Grownups, and currently teaches at U.C. Berkeley. She lives in Oakland, California.
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