Perfect Your Writing
William Strunk Jr
Are you keen to perfect your writing? This audiobook will teach you how to be a stylish, insightful and convincing writer. This compilation includes Twain's On the Decay of the Art of Lying, Strunk's The Elements of Style, and Bennett's The Author's Craft - all in one.
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr first clarifies the writer's understanding of how to - correctly. In it, Strunk has laid a detailed, essential map, one he believed pays off, for in unlocking the secrets of style, one opens the terrain for mastery of literature.
Now over a century since its first publication, the book is anything but outdated, as it is still widely used today – just testament to Strunk’s timeless knowledge and mastery with the pen.
"The skilled observer ... does not have to change his mind." – Arnold Bennett.
The Author's Craft is Arnold Bennett’s four-part writing tutorial. As an esteemed journalist, novelist and playwright, he believed truly 'Seeing Life' primed the pen, out of which 'Writing Novels', 'Writing Plays' and 'The Artist and The Public' emerge. In the exposition, he expands on how to see the world, and how to not overlook the details most miss… These skills and techniques give rise to the craft he feels the author is really trying to achieve: art.
Duration - 4h 8m.
Author - William Strunk jr.
Narrator - Chirag Patel.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 1882 Chirag Patel ©.
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Chirag Patel
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Are you keen to perfect your writing? This audiobook will teach you how to be a stylish, insightful and convincing writer. This compilation includes Twain's On the Decay of the Art of Lying, Strunk's The Elements of Style, and Bennett's The Author's Craft - all in one. The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr first clarifies the writer's understanding of how to - correctly. In it, Strunk has laid a detailed, essential map, one he believed pays off, for in unlocking the secrets of style, one opens the terrain for mastery of literature. Now over a century since its first publication, the book is anything but outdated, as it is still widely used today – just testament to Strunk’s timeless knowledge and mastery with the pen. "The skilled observer ... does not have to change his mind." – Arnold Bennett. The Author's Craft is Arnold Bennett’s four-part writing tutorial. As an esteemed journalist, novelist and playwright, he believed truly 'Seeing Life' primed the pen, out of which 'Writing Novels', 'Writing Plays' and 'The Artist and The Public' emerge. In the exposition, he expands on how to see the world, and how to not overlook the details most miss… These skills and techniques give rise to the craft he feels the author is really trying to achieve: art. Duration - 4h 8m. Author - William Strunk jr. Narrator - Chirag Patel. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 1882 Chirag Patel ©.
Language:
English
Perfect Your Writing
Duration:00:00:22
On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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The Author's Craft: Part I Seeing Life
Duration:00:33:12
Part II Writing Novels
Duration:00:34:08
Part III Writing Plays
Duration:00:31:35
Part IV The Artist and the Public
Duration:00:29:44
The Elements of Style: I Introductory
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2. In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last
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II Elementary Rules of Usage 1. form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's
Duration:00:00:42
3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas
Duration:00:04:30
4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing a co-ordinate clause
Duration:00:04:12
5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma
Duration:00:02:56
6. Do not break sentences in two
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7. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject
Duration:00:01:49
III Elementary Principles of Composition 8. Make the paragraph the unit of composition one paragraph to each topic
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9. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence, end it in conformity with the beginning
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10. use the active voice
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11. Put statements in the positive form
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12. Use definite, specific, concrete language
Duration:00:04:36
13. Omit needless words
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14. Avoid a succession of loose sentences
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15. Express co ordinate ideas in similar form
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16. Keep related words together
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17. In summaries, keep to one tense
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18. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end
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IV A Few Matters of Form
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V Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
Duration:00:25:48
VI Spelling
Duration:00:01:31
Words Often Misspelled
Duration:00:01:50
VII Exercises on Chapters II and III - I. Punctuate
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II. Explain the Difference in Meaning
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Explain and Correct the Errors in Punctuation
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Closing
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