Writing Matters - Softcover

Peter G Beidler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7561425627 ISBN 13: 9787561425626

Publisher: Sichuan University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Writing Matters contains down to earth advice about how to write good essays in English. The author was a professor of English at Lehigh University in the USA and a Fulbright professor at Sichuan University in the late 1980's. In 26 short chapters he talks about the importance of a strong and clear thesis sentence, how to select and organise the evidence that will best support your thesis, what to put in your introductory paragraphs, how to write concretely and so on. Each chapter is in itself an essay, so that readers of the book will not only read about how to write, but will see a number of essays modeled. One of the most useful parts of the book is the section on editing, which contains clear advice on how to avoid the most common writing errors. Throughout the book the author shows that good writing DOES matter, both to you and your readers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sichuan University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7561425627
• ISBN 13: 9787561425626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172