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Sin and syntax : how to craft wicked good prose / Constance Hale.
Offers advice on up-to-date writing styles, showing how to break through conventional modes to achieve a striking and hip style.
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- ISBN: 9780385346894
- ISBN: 0385346891
- Physical Description: xii, 306 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Second paperback edition, revised & updated.
- Publisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Previous edition: New York: Broadway, 1999. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Words -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Verbs -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- Sentences -- The subject, the predicate -- Simple sentences -- Phrases and clauses -- Length and tone -- Sentence variety -- Music -- Melody -- Rhythm -- Lyricism -- Voice. |
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| Subject: | Creative writing. English language > Rhetoric. Report writing. Creative writing. English language > Rhetoric. Report writing. |
| Genre: | Literature. Literature. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 808.042 HAL (Text) | 000154745 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Sin and Syntax : How to Craft Wicked Good Prose
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Author Notes
Sin and Syntax : How to Craft Wicked Good Prose
Constance Hale is the author of several books, including three on writing- Sin and Syntax ; V ex, 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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