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It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences
It Was the Best of Sentences It Was the Worst of Sentences A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences Author:June Casagrande If Dickens had written “It had been being the best of times, it had been being the worst of times,” would anyone still be reading Dickens? — — Great writing isn’t born, it’s built?sentence by sentence. But too many writers?and writing books?overlook this most important unit while chasing commas. The result? Manuscri... more »pts that will never be published and writing careers that will never begin.
In this wickedly humorous manual, grammar-snob-hating June Casagrande reveals the tools needed to craft great sentences and the all-too-common mistakes that weaken them. June employs grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great?and other sentences suck.
With chapters on "Conjunctions that Kill" and "Words Gone Wild," this innovative and lighthearted guide is the indispensable champion of anyone who’s dead serious about writing. Aspiring novelists, no-bull nonfiction writers, conscientious students, and even cheeky literati will wonder how they ever got along without it. So roll up your sleeves and prepare to craft one bold, effective sentence after another. Your readers will thank you.« less