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Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
September 1, 2000
Pages
228
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780156010870
ISBN-10
0156010879
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$13.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A practical guide to good writing takes readers step by step through the process, offering valuable advice on how to cut through the purple prose, put your subject where the action is, and extricate weak words, among other topics. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Houghton Mifflin (September 1, 1999)
9780151003716 | details & prices | 230 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A practical guide to good writing takes readers step by step through the process, offering advice on how to cut through the purple prose, put the subject where the action is, and extricate weak words, among other topics
About: A practical guide to good writing takes readers step by step through the process, offering advice on how to cut through the purple prose, put the subject where the action is, and extricate weak words, among other topics
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (September 1, 2000)
9780156010870 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $13.95
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
Miscellaneous
from Houghton Mifflin (September 7, 2000)
9780547546872 | details & prices | 224 pages | List price $12.00
Reinforced
from Demco Media (February 1, 2002)
9780606210027 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $21.25
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (July 1, 2003)
9780613658546 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $23.35
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
About: A guide to proper writing offers advice on organizing ideas, formulating sentences, following grammatical rules, and using verbs and adjectives.
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