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Writing Well in the 21st Century
The Five Essentials
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Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials provides students, career-builders, and professional writers with the basic elements needed for writing in the 21st century. The book fully explains-and links-the five essentials of good writing:
1.punctuation,
2.grammar,
3.fact-checking,
4.style, and
5.voice.
Throughout history technology has changed both language and writing. Today in the digital age, language and writing are changing at a phenomenal pace. Students, career-builders, and professional writers need this guide that reviews those changes and connects the essentials for creating good writing in the digital age. Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials gives writers the tools needed today. Among other essentials, the book:
*Resolves comma issues by explaining the Open and Close Punctuation systems. Writers select which system to use in their writing.
*Clarifies active and passive voice verbs and advocates using strong, specific verbs in writing.
*Provides guidelines for choosing credible online websites when searching for resources.
*Examines attributes of essentials that contribute to a writing style and urges a critical review of verbs.
*Connects elements that combine to create a voice in a written piece.
Relevant and succinctly written, Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials gives readers the basics they need to know to create well-written documents for school, work and in their professional writing.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
Spencer offers classroom-tested methodologies that demystify the writing process, which is appealing to both novice and professional writers. This user-friendly guide puts the responsibility for making thoughtful choices about the application of five writing essentials where it belongs-into the hands of the writer. -- Lisa Breger, Director of College Composition, Pine Manor College