Keys to Great Writing by Stephen Wilbers

Keys to Great Writing by Stephen Wilbers

Transform your writing

If you're ready to empower your writing but are unsure of where to start, let Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded show you the way. Award-winning author and veteran writing coach Stephen Wilbers provides invaluable instruction on every aspect of the craft, from word choice and sentence structure to organization and revision.

In this edition, you'll find:

- Self-assessments to strengthen your sentences and paragraphs, evaluate your goals, and approach your writing with confidence.
- Practical and easy-to-understand techniques for utilizing economy, precision, action, music, and personality.
- Helpful tips and techniques for the writing process, including advice on prewriting, drafting, revising, and proofreading.
- Exercises, checklists, and more to refine your writing skills.
For more than a decade, Keys to Great Writing has helped writers of all experience levels infuse their work with clarity, grace, and style. With the revised and expanded edition at your fingertips, you'll have the tools to invigorate your prose and develop a unique and effective voice.

Wilbers, Stephen: - Stephen Wilbers has published more than eight hundred columns on effective writing in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Orange County Register and other newspapers. He has collected some of those columns into two books, Writing for Business (winner of a 1994 Minnesota Book Award) and Writing by Wilbers. He earned his BA at Vanderbilt University and his MA and PhD at the University of Iowa, where he wrote a history of the Iowa Writers Workshop for his dissertation. He was a visiting Fulbright fellow at the University of Essex in Colchester, England. At the University of Minnesota, he directed Student Academic Support Services in the College of Liberal Arts before serving as associate director of the Program in Creative and Professional Writing. A proud member of the Loft Literary Center since 1981, Wilbers served as the Loft board chair from 2007 to 2009. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Minneapolis and have two grown children, Eddy and Kate. For additional information, visit www.wilbers.com.

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ISBN 13	9780898799323
ISBN 10	0898799325
Title	Keys to Great Writing
Author	Stephen Wilbers
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Writer's Digest Books
Year published	2000-05-01
Number of pages	262
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