100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Mentor)
by: Gary Provost
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A complete course in the art of writing and an essential reference for any working or would-be writer of any kind. Step-by-step it shows how to come up with ideas, get past writer's block, create an irresistible opening, develop an effective style, choose powerful words and master grammar, rewrite, and much, much more.
A complete course in the art of writing and an essential reference for any working or would-be writer of any kind. Step-by-step it shows how to come up with ideas, get past writer's block, create an irresistible opening, develop an effective style, choose powerful words and master grammar, rewrite, and much, much more.
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- Simplistic
This might be useful for someone who has very little experience in writing and needs to be spoon-fed some basics.It is not at all useful to someone who has even a moderate level of writing experience.If it wasn't a Kindle version, my copy would be going to the Salvation Army with my next donation.
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- 100 tips, not ways, to improve your writing.
Avoid at all cost!
Don't bother paying 7$ for this book.
This book will only show you tips on how to become a better writer. I mean it's all good and dandy to have some writing tips, but I prefer to have concrete examples, explanations, and methods to help me become a better writer. Also, most of these "ways" are common sense to any decent writer.
Don't waste you money like I did, avoid 100 ways to improve your writing.
Rating: 
- Exceptionally comprehensive and useful for every writer
This is the first time I am writing review for any book, because I could not help not expressing my heart-felt admiration for this great book by Gary Provost. I have read just half of this book so far and learnt so many things that I ordered 4 more copies to gift to my friends. Very apt examples have been given at every place to elucidate the writing rules. Consider this one: "Put Emphatic Words at the End". Because whatever is put at the end becomes more important to the reader. The example he gave ... Read More
Rating: - Little Book. Big Impact.
This little book is a treasure--just enough information to be effective. It's a quick and sometimes whimsical approach to an otherwise dry subject.The book was published before the Internet became the primary method for research, so you will have to ignore his emphasis on the library as the primary tool for finding facts.
Rating: - Put Yourself in the Reader's Shoes!
When I went to school, the standard textbook on writing was J.P. Chard's "Proper Words in Proper Places". Written in a scrupulously dull, if straightforward style, Mr Chard allowed himself no traces of humor, not even when discussing the wisdom of avoiding cliches such as "numerous as the leaves of Vallombrosa." (Never in my entire life have I seen or heard this alleged cliche, but I'm still eagerly looking forward to making its acquaintance). Gary Provost, on the other hand, not only approaches his ... Read More
- SimplisticThis might be useful for someone who has very little experience in writing and needs to be spoon-fed some basics.It is not at all useful to someone who has even a moderate level of writing experience.If it wasn't a Kindle version, my copy would be going to the Salvation Army with my next donation.
- 100 tips, not ways, to improve your writing.Avoid at all cost!
Don't bother paying 7$ for this book.
This book will only show you tips on how to become a better writer. I mean it's all good and dandy to have some writing tips, but I prefer to have concrete examples, explanations, and methods to help me become a better writer. Also, most of these "ways" are common sense to any decent writer.
Don't waste you money like I did, avoid 100 ways to improve your writing.
- Exceptionally comprehensive and useful for every writerThis is the first time I am writing review for any book, because I could not help not expressing my heart-felt admiration for this great book by Gary Provost. I have read just half of this book so far and learnt so many things that I ordered 4 more copies to gift to my friends. Very apt examples have been given at every place to elucidate the writing rules. Consider this one: "Put Emphatic Words at the End". Because whatever is put at the end becomes more important to the reader. The example he gave ... Read More
- Little Book. Big Impact.This little book is a treasure--just enough information to be effective. It's a quick and sometimes whimsical approach to an otherwise dry subject.The book was published before the Internet became the primary method for research, so you will have to ignore his emphasis on the library as the primary tool for finding facts.
- Put Yourself in the Reader's Shoes!When I went to school, the standard textbook on writing was J.P. Chard's "Proper Words in Proper Places". Written in a scrupulously dull, if straightforward style, Mr Chard allowed himself no traces of humor, not even when discussing the wisdom of avoiding cliches such as "numerous as the leaves of Vallombrosa." (Never in my entire life have I seen or heard this alleged cliche, but I'm still eagerly looking forward to making its acquaintance). Gary Provost, on the other hand, not only approaches his ... Read More
