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Favorite Writing Books
Precise Edit Training Manual
100 Days to Better Writing
Bang! Writing with Impact
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Book Descriptions
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You can learn to write well. Precise Edit's writing guides will teach you how. These guides are practical, not full of useless information. They are written in plain English so you can understand them and apply what you learn. Each resource below meets a specific purpose. Choose the one that works best for you.
Not sure which one you need? Download the free ebook. The free ebook contains 2 articles from the Precise Edit Training Manual, 8 days of instruction from 300 Days of Better Writing, and 5 strategies from Bang! Writing with Impact. (Sample subscriptions to Writing Tips for a Year are available, too! See below.)
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Precise Edit Training Manual
The Precise Edit Training Manual provides comprehensive instruction on the 29 most common editing strategies we use and errors we fix. Each topic is fully explained with examples and strategies for editing and writing. This is the writing guide our editors use. Learn to write and edit like a professional.
"Good advice that many writers should read!" (W.W.)
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[PDF, 65 full-size pages, $6.67]
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WRITING WELL
Keeping it simple
Starting sentences with "there"
When verbs go bad
Adverbial pollution
Starting sentences with "it"
Using "You" inappropriately
Placing descriptions correctly
The power of three
10 Words to avoid in writing
Don't Hedge
Writing effective paragraphs
Pacing ideas for impact
Organizing content
Combining impact strategies
Marketing questions for writers |
WRITING CORRECTLY
Common usage errors
"That" vs. "which"
"Effect" vs. "affect"
"Who" vs. "whom"
"Lay" and "lie"
Aligning introductions
Fragments with conjunctions
Correct comma usage
Not only, but also
Using apostrophes
Sexist language and bad grammar
Ending sentences with prepositions
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| "Written concisely in plain English with examples for each topic, the manual is an incredible and inexpensive tool writers of all abilities should possess." (Gary Hawk)
"The Precise Edit Training Manual is an excellent reference for any writer keen to communicate not only clearly, but also to ensure correct use of grammar and punctuation." (Pauline)
"I compliment you on an excellent compilation of expert advice that has uncovered so many avenues of correct writing." (Pam H.)
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Bang! Writing with Impact
BANG! Writing with Impact is THE guide for writing with impact. Don't waste your time on books that spend pages and pages on how people have used strategies, the reason why impact is important, the history of writing, or similar meaningless information. Bang! is for people who have work to do.
This book tells you how to do exactly what you are trying to do: make your readers pay attention.
Bang! contains over 100 strategies for making an impact with your writing. Each strategy is explained in real terms and demonstrated through examples. How do you want your reader to respond to what you write? How can you get that response? This book shows you how.
"Bang! has been a good read." --D. Dericotte
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[PDF, 51 full-size pages, $9.95]
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| 114 STRATEGIES IN 18 CATEGORIES |
Impact with actions
Impact with alternatives
Impact with emotional build-up
Impact with positive characteristics
Impact with negative characteristics
Impact with general characteristics
Impact with complexity
Impact with contradiction
Impact with reader engagement
Impact with final points |
Impact with the first word
Impact with focus on the topic
Impact with multiple points
Impact with personal stake
Impact with relationships
Impact with specific words
Impact with subtlety
Impact with 5 general strategies |
300 Days of Better Writing
300 strategies for improving your writing. Strategies are short and to the point (150 - 250 words each), with explanations, instructions, and samples for each. Learn from them one day at a time or find the strategies you need.
Strategies are taken from our popular Writing Tips for a Year series. The volumes are not sequential, so you can use them separately. Each volume will help you make significant improvements to you writing. For the most instruction, pick up the combined volume.
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All 300 strategies in one book!
[PDF, 191 full-size pages, $9.95]
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| SAMPLE TOPICS |
Clarity and conciseness
Editing
Impact and emphasis
Organization
Paragraph structure
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Prepositional phrases
Quotations
Sentence structure
Topic chains
Writing process
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Writing Tips for a Year
Receive writing instruction every day for 365 days by e-mail. This daily writing instruction will help you write well and use the English language effectively. These daily tips are not one-sentence "rules," but detailed strategies with instructions and examples. The daily tips are high -quality and practical, designed to help you write better every day.
By receiving one tip at a time, you have the opportunity to study and apply what you learn without being overwhelmed by too much information at once. A little improvement every day results in major improvements over time.
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[e-mail delivery, $9.95/year]
(Group subscriptions are available.)
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Click here to sign-up for a free 5-day sample subsciption
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| Here's what you get: |
218 tips and strategies for writing well
73 tips on writing mechanics
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37 recommendations for writing resources
37 quotes about writing with instructional commentary
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| “Precise Edit’s tips offer serious value to anyone who wants the edge that polished communications can bring. This pithy, clever, slightly irreverent series should help writers of all skill levels avoid mistakes, communicate with confidence, and stand out from the crowd. Do yourself a favor and take a few seconds a day to improve this often-overlooked skill.” (William Reichard, cofounder, CrossCut Communications Public Relations & Marketing) |
| The "small" print for Writing Tips for a Year:
General terms:
Writing tips, in the form of daily writing tips, will be sent directly to the e-mail you supply during the payment process. You are responsible for ensuring that the e-mail address is accurate and that e-mail sent from us is not blocked by your spam blocker, does not end up in your junk/bulk mailbox, or is otherwise diverted from your inbox. Furthermore, we are not responsible for the loss of service due to interruptions in your e-mail delivery or Internet access or other conditions outside our control that adversely affect your ability to receive these tips, nor will we refund all or part of the cost for this service for any reason provided that we deliver the service requested. Upon request, and at our discretion, we may provide you with tips that were not received due to conditions outside your control. If such a case exists, you may e-mail us to explain the condition and request alternative delivery of the missed daily tips. However, our responsibility is limited to sending 365 writing tips, described above, one per day, to the e-mail address you initially provide.
Additional terms for bulk subscriptions:
Each e-mail address provided by the subscribing organization will be considered a unique subscriber. Subscriptions may not be traded, exchanged, or replaced. Each subscriber will begin receiving these daily writing tips from the beginning of the series, regardless of when his or her subscription is activated. Additional subscriptions will be billed at the rate of the initial bulk subscription unless provided in such quantity as to be eligible for a lower rate. The rate for the initial bulk subscription will remain unchanged.
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