By Theodore Cheney
The mystery to reliable Writing
When requested through the Paris Review what pressured him to rewrite the finishing of A Farewell to Arms 39 occasions, Ernest Hemingway spoke back, "Getting the phrases right." His resolution echoes what each winning author is aware: the key to all strong writing is revision.
For greater than two decades, Getting the phrases Right has helped writers from all professions rewrite, revise, and refine their writing. during this new version, writer Theodore Cheney deals 39 distinctive methods you could enhance your writing, together with how to:
- create delicate transitions among paragraphs
- correct the invisible faults of inconsistency, incoherence, and imbalance
- overcome difficulties of transferring viewpoint and style
- express your principles sincerely through trimming away vulnerable or additional words
you will boost present items and each destiny paintings through employing the 3 basic principlesreduce, rearrange, and reword. as soon as the secrets and techniques of revision are yours, you can keep on with Hemingway's leadand get the phrases right!
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