This practical, down-to-earth guide is tailored for Education students and uses real examples of students’ work to explain what tutors look for and how to get there.

Explaining not only how to write correctly, clearly and persuasively, this title defines everything a person really needs to know about the intricacies and idiosyncracies of the English language.

Clear, concise, effective, THE RANDOM HOUSE GUIDE TO GOOD WRITING is for anyone who wishes to communicate well in writing. Mitchell Ivers shows us how to master the medium and the message with an array of features: Precise guidelines on word usage, grammar, and punctuation--and how to decide with "rules" you can discard to suit your purpose; How to choose the tone and style appropriate to your audience and subject; The essential components of plot in fiction and structure in nonfiction, and much more. An Alternate Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club A Main Selection of the Writer's Digest Book Club

Divided into decades from the 1920s to the 1990s, this compilation provides articles written by such authors as James Hilton, Phyllis A. Whitney, Allen Ginsberg, and Stephen King.

Provides exercises and examples on style, usage, grammar, and punctuation for becoming a better writer.

The Collins Writer_s Guide is the essential single-volume guide for all who aspire to improve their writing skills

The Professional Writing Guide is for people who wish to improve the quality of their documents and the efficiency of their writing. Busy executives and other writers in organisations, who may spend between 30 and 80 per cent of their working time writing, will find it invaluable because it clearly outlines the principles that underlie effective documents. This book will enable executives to write confidently, competently, and persuasively. High quality output is crucial to a company's image and to a professional's own career advancement. Errors in a document can prove expensive. The Professional Writing Guide is an indispensable and accessible reference tool as well as a comprehensive style manual for writers who wish to avoid those expensive mistakes and make a positive impression. Written by two long-term professional writing educators with extensive experience of consulting to Australian business and industry, this lively and highly practical book features workable, reliable, and powerful strategies that can be used to systematically eliminate the writing problems of organisational writers.

Guide to Good Writing has been designed as a workbook to lead writers step-by-step through the writing process to help them gain the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to become sell-assured, productive, and effective writers.

Good writing skills are essential for all students, but many students struggle to master good writing skills until later in their course. This book will help students doing health and social care subjects to better understand what good writing looks like, and how to do it themselves. The book shows students how to: *Plan pieces of writing *Execute good writing basics *Edit and refine their work *Write to a brief This essential guide includes multiple examples of good and bad writing to help students unpick the nuts and bolts of writing and writing skills. Taking an accessible approach, the authors include quotes and stories from real life students to help embolden students to tackle their writing fears - and become confident writers.