Style by Joseph M Williams

Style by Joseph M Williams

This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless lists of dos and don'ts. Rather, Joseph Williams explains how to be concise, how to be focused, how to be organized. Filled with realistic examples of good, bad, and better writing, and step-by-step strategies for crafting a sentence or organizing a paragraph, Style does much more than teach mechanics: it helps anyone who must write clearly and persuasively transform even the roughest of drafts into a polished work of clarity, coherence, impact, and personality.

Buy Williams's book. And dig out from storage your dog-eared old copy of The Elements of Style. Set them side by side on your reference shelf.--Barbara Walraff, Atlantic

Let newcoming writers discover this, and let their teachers and readers rejoice. It is a practical, disciplined text that is also a pleasure to read.--Christian Century

An excellent book....It provides a sensible, well-balanced approach, featuring prescriptions that work.--Donald Karzenski, Journal of Business Communication

Intensive fitness training for the expressive mind.--Booklist

(The college textbook version, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 9th edition, is available from Longman. ISBN 9780321479358.)

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ISBN 13	9780226899152
ISBN 10	0226899152
Title	Style
Author	Joseph M Williams
Series	Chicago Guides To Writing Editing And Publishing
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	1995-06-15
Number of pages	208
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