ABSTRACT

Renovating Your Writing outlines the principles of effective composition by focusing on the essential skill set and mindset every successful writer must possess. Now in its second edition, this novel text provides readers with unique strategies for crafting and revising their writing, whether for school, work, or play. The new edition emphasizes, in particular, the importance of the writer embracing a rhetorical perspective, distinguishing between formal and social media compositional styles, and appreciating the effort needed to produce clear, concise, and compelling messages.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part I|148 pages

Strategies, Tactics, and Tips

chapter 1|53 pages

Constructing Sentences

chapter 2|48 pages

Constructing Paragraphs and Pages

chapter 4|16 pages

Adding the Finishing Touches

part |17 pages

Additional Tools

chapter |7 pages

Rating Your Readability

chapter |8 pages

Learning to Write Cogently

chapter |1 pages

About the Author