Write in Style: Using Your Word Processor and Other Techniques to Improve Your Writing

by Bobbie Christmas

Write with Style differs from all other books on style, because it promotes sound writing principles and incorporates contemporary technology. It makes style objective, so writers spot opportunities for improvement in their work. For the first time, a book shows writers, from beginner to pro, how to use almost any word-processing program to improve their writing. It shows writers how to drive home a point and avoid pedestrian prose.

Genres: Writing

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2004

Reviews

[Allie Paleno · Rating 5 out of 5]

In short, life changing.

[Kathryn Flatt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aspiring writers, read this one! A few years ago, an agent I submitted a partial manuscript to turned it over to Bobbie Christmas for a critique. What I got back opened my eyes -- I mean WIDE! I bought her book and learned a great deal from it. It's not only a great resource for finding problems with a manuscript, but it's entertaining too. Check out her "Manuslips" at the end of some of the chapters. They are bits of writing she has collected over her years as an editor and are hilarious, but they also point out how a writer can get a kind of tunnel vision about what they've written.

[Nadia Giordana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I plan to read this again. It is full of good info.

[Margot Note]

"I do not necessarily love to write; I love having written" (14).