A Dash of Style by Noah Lukeman

A Dash of Style by Noah Lukeman

The first practical and accessible guide to the art of punctuation for creative writers. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard commas, for example, reveal haphazard thinking; clear, lucid breaks reveal clear, lucid thinking. Punctuation can be used to teach the writer how to think and how to write. This short, practical book shows authors the benefits that can be reaped from mastering punctuation: the art of style, sentence length, meaning, and economy of words. There are full-length chapters devoted to the period, the comma, the semicolon, the colon, quotation marks, the dash and parentheses, the paragraph and section break, and a cumulative chapter on integrating them all into "The Symphony of Punctuation." Filled with exercises and examples from literary masters (Why did Poe and Melville rely on the semicolon? Why did Hemingway embrace the period?), A Dash of Style is interactive, highly engaging, and a necessity for creative writers as well as for anyone looking to make punctuation their friend instead of their mysterious foe.

"A page turner" -- Brian Ascalon Roley, Miami University
"A master class." -- John Burt, Brandeis University
"Flawless." -- John Smolens, Northern Michigan MFA
"Pithy, elegant." -- Paul Cody, Ithaca College

Noah Lukeman is the author of several bestselling books on the craft of writing, among them A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation. Noah lives in New York City, where he runs a literary agency.

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ISBN 13	9780393329803
ISBN 10	0393329801
Title	A Dash of Style
Author	Noah Lukeman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2007-03-30
Number of pages	208
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