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The Little Red Writing Book

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The Little Red Writing Book by Mark Tredinnick offers guidance on crafting clear and effective prose. It presents a blend of traditional writing rules and modern advice, simplifying complex ideas to enhance writing skills for writers across all levels. The book is a practical resource filled with techniques and exercises aimed at improving the clarity and style of your writing.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking to enhance your writing skills, whether you're a student, a professional, or simply someone passionate about language. It offers a practical guide to crafting clear, effective prose with tips and techniques that can help elevate your writing. This book may appeal to you if you appreciate insightful advice on style, structure, and the art of writing well.

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A book on technique, style, craft and manners for those who write and wants to do it better. It is a manual of good diction, composition, sentence craft, paragraph design, structure and planning. It is enriched by examples of fine prose from great writers including Tim Winton.

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The Little Red Writing Book is a lively and readable guide to lively and readable writing.

This book covers technique, style, craft, and manners for everyone who writes and wants to improve. It serves as a manual of good diction, composition, sentence craft, paragraph design, structure, and planning.

Enriched by examples of fine prose from great writers, including Tim Winton, and flush with exercises informed by the author's expertise in both creative writing and functional prose, The Little Red Writing Book is written with flair. It is indeed a lively and readable guide to lively and readable writing.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780868408675

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2006

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 311g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Mark Treddinick is a celebrated Australian writer and teacher. His writing, both poetry and prose, is widely published, translated and read across the world. Mark's honours include two Premier's Prizes, the Calibre Essay Prize, the Montreal, Cardiff, Newcastle, Blake, Ron Pretty, and ACU poetry prizes. The Little Red Writing Book, first published in 2006, and The Little Green Grammar Book (2008), along with his teaching over twenty-five years, have influenced the craft of a generation of writers.

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