Do I make myself clear? : why writing well matters /

Do I make myself clear? : why writing well matters /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Evans, Harold, 1928- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. ©2017
Description:	vi, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Rhetoric. English language -- Grammar. English language -- Usage. English language -- Grammar. English language -- Rhetoric. English language -- Usage.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11051323

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ISBN:	0316277177 9780316277174
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404).
Summary:	Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of every kind we see a trend towards more--more speed and more information but far less clarity. Evans provides practical examples of how editing and rewriting can make for better communication, even in the digital age. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR? is an essential text, and one that will provide every writer an editor at his shoulder.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
I. Tools of the Trade
1. A Noble Thing
2. Use and Abuse of Writing Formulas
3. The Sentence Clink
4. Ten Shortcuts to Making Yourself Clear
5. Please Don't Feed the Zombies, Flesh-Eaters, and Pleonasms
Interlude: Give the Bard a Break
II. Finishing the Job
6. Every Word Counts
7. Care for Meanings
8. Storytelling: The Long and Short of It
III. Consequences
9. Steps Were Taken: Explaining the Underwear Bomber
10. Money and Words
11. Buried Treasure: It's Yours, but Words Get in the Way
12. Home Runs for Writers
Afterthought
Acknowledgments
Answers to "Man or Machine?"
Analysis: The Bomber-How 2,567 Words Became 1,030
Bibliography