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Random House Guide to Good Writing

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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 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

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 4, 1993

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March 1, 2016
it was a very, very useful book for me. I have learned a lot of things while reading it that are very essential-to-know by a technical writer.
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