A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process - Softcover

Clouse, Barbara Fine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072876891 ISBN 13: 9780072876895

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Synopsis

This brief rhetoric and reference for academic and business writers provides over 280 writing strategies for solving problems at every stage of the writing process--from idea generation through editing. The book's practical approach not only helps writers with broader challenges,such as planning and organization, but also with specific style and grammar issues that can derail the writing process.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Clouse has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. She has also written a number of composition texts. In addition to A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, her books include The Student Writer: Editor and Critic, Jumpstart: A Workbook for Writers, Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader, and Transitions: From Reading to Writing, all written for McGraw-Hill. She has also developed Cornerstones: Readings for Writers, which is a short prose reader that is part of Primis, McGraw-Hill's custom publishing database. Barbara has also written Progressions with Readings and Conventions and Expectations: A Brief Handbook and Guide to Writing for Longman Publishers. A frequent presenter at national and regional conferences, Barbara often conducts workshops for writing teachers. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide.

Synopsis:

"A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process" is a brief rhetoric and reference for academic and business writers that provides over 280 specific writing strategies for solving problems at every stage of the writing process - from idea generation through editing. The book's practical approach not only helps writers with the broad challenges of planning and organization, but also with the specific challenges of style and grammar.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072876891
• ISBN 13: 9780072876895
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 224