Spunk & Bite
1st Edition
Published on 6. January 2009
288 pages
978-0-375-72335-3 (ISBN)
Description
Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition.
Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level.
Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level.
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Person
Arthur Plotnik is a former publishing executive and author of the Book of the Month Club selections The Elements of Editing and The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- PERMISSIONS/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Other Books By This Author
- INTRODUCTION
- Part 1 - A LITTLE LIGHT UNSTRUNKTION
- ONE: A STARTING POINT
- Part 2 - THE WALLOP OF THE NEW
- TWO: THE PLEASURES OF SURPRISE
- THREE: EXTREME EXPRESSION
- FOUR: WRITERS' WORDS,: DROP BY DOTTLE
- FIVE: UPGRADING YOUR COLORS
- SIX: JOLTINGLY FRESH ADVERBS
- Part 3 - WRITING INTO THE MOOD
- SEVEN: TENSE: A STICKY CHOICE
- EIGHT: DICTION: WE ARE THE WORDS
- NINE: THE PUNCHY TROPE
- Part 4 - LANGUAGE-AEROB ATIC: AND INCANDESCENT
- TEN: HOW TO LOOT A THESAURUS
- ELEVEN: WORDS WITH MUSIC AND SPLOOOSH
- TWELVE: COINING THE BONNE LOCUTION
- THIRTEEN: WORDS WITH FOREIGN UMAMI
- Part 5 - STIMULATION BY ANY MEANS
- FOURTEEN: DIALOGUE TAGS WITH OOMPH
- FIFTEEN: ENALLAGE: A FUN GRAMMATICAL GET
- SIXTEEN: INTENSIFIERS FOR THE FEEBLE
- SEVENTEEN: OPENING WORDS: THE GLORIOUS PORTAL
- EIGHTEEN: CLOSINGS: THE THREE-POINT LANDING
- Part 6 - LIFE BETWEEN THE MARKS
- NINETEEN: THE JOYS OF HYPER-HYPHENATION
- TWENTY: A LICENSE TO FRAGMENT. SENTENCES
- TWENTY-ONE: THE POETRY OF LISTS
- TWENTY-TWO: THE ART OF THE SEMICOLON
- TWENTY-THREE: DARINGLY QUOTELESS DIALOGUE
- Part 7 - "A HOUSE OF GREAT SPICKNESS: AND SPANNESS"*
- TWENTY-FOUR: THE FENG SHUI OF WRITING
- TWENTY-FIVE: HUNTING DOWN DANGLERS
- TWENTY-SIX: MAGIC IN THE NAMES OF THINGS
- TWENTY-SEVEN: THE EARNESTLY: ENGAGING SENTENCE
- Part 8 - A LEG UP ON THE COMPETITION
- TWENTY-EIGHT: WRITING FOR NEW GENERATIONS
- TWENTY-NINE: HOT POP AND EPHEMERAGY
- THIRTY: EDGE: WRITING AT: THE NERVY LIMITS
- THIRTY-ONE: PARTING WORDS:: BUTTERFLIES IN THE: KILLING FIELDS
- EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE AND STUDY
- Copyright
