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Teaches the elements of good writing through the use of essential guidelines, literary techniques, and proper writing mechanics.
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Paula LaRocque is best known for her regular columns on writing well in The Dallas Morning News, Quill magazine, APME News and other publications that reach a broad professional and consumer audience. She also spreads her writing knowledge through regular appearances on KDKA, the NPR affiliate radio station in Dallas, and other radio programs throughout North America. She is in high demand as a speaker at journalism and business writing events. She recently retired as the assistant managing editor and writing coach at The Dallas Morning News, where she had worked since 1981. She was a writing consultant for the Associated Press Washington Bureau from 1989 to 1993, and in 1993 she appeared in a PBS special, 'The Writing Coach: With Paula LaRocque'. She previously taught creative and journalistic writing at Western Michigan University, Texas A&M, Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University.
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The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well contains the bulk of what I've learned and taught in three decades of working with writers. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3.0 out of 5 stars
It's OK, just OK.,
By SlowCooker Uncle Ben (Eastern Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well (Paperback)
I bought this book in part because of the good reviews I read on this site and on Amazon.com; and also because of the quote from Sharon Burnside of the Toronto Star, which appears right on the front cover: that quote was enough to convince me. I was wrong!While the author offers sound advice on writing, beware that it contains many errors in style which, in my opinion, are totally unaceptable in an instructional book such as this one. The first few chapters in particular are filled with errors in grammar and punctuation, not to mention that some of the revisions proposed by the author are severely flawed. My prose is certainly not without fault, this review being the likely proof of it. But I'm the one who is learning here, not the teacher! I gave this book a three-star rating because the guidelines are sound. But please understand that I did not find anything more in this book than what I had already learned in books like "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr., and E.B. White; or "Keys to Great Writing" by Stephen Wilbers, just to name two. The long and short of it - if you buy this book thinking that you're buying the "Ultimate Guide to Writing Well", I think you'll be better served elsewhere.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very useful guide - one of the best,
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This review is from: The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well (Paperback)
It seems there are a lot of people who think they can write an authoritative book on the art of writing. It is always a wonderful surprise to find one that actually knows what they are talking about and can convey their expertise is a clear and concise manner. Author Paula LaRocque is one of those few and shares her knowledge in her book "The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well". She divides the book up into three sections - A Dozen Guidelines to Good Writing, Storytelling, and Language and Writing Mechanics. Through the use of illustrative texts both before revision and afterwards she clearly illustrates each item as she discusses it. This is one of the best books on writing and should be read by anyone wanting to move their writing up to the next level.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A First-Rate Write,
By William A. Pusey "apusey" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well (Paperback)
There are many books that tell you how to write, but read with the verve of a chemistry text. Ms. LaRocque shows you how to write well, but with the ease of sipping a good cup of coffee. This book is well-organized, cleanly written, and keenly insightful. It embraces the whole of writing -- whether of great novelists or office managers. She's as comfortable with the structure of sports stories and office memos as the clever sonance in the names of Faulkner's Snopses. There is no hint of the literary snob. In the clear voice of your favorite teacher, she identifies the practices that separate pointless prose from enduring literature and effective memos from bulletin board trash. This is really good and useful stuff.
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