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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Evans, Harold, 1928-     Subjects     English language -- Rhetoric.     English language -- Grammar.     English language -- Usage.     English language -- Style.     Newspaper editors -- England -- Anecdotes.     Journalists -- England -- Anecdotes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Evans, Harold, 1928-       by title:      Do I make myself cle...       by call number:      808.042 E92d     Search the Web     Evans, Harold, 1928-     English language -- Rhetoric.     English language -- Grammar.     English language -- Usage.     English language -- Style.     Newspaper editors -- England -- Anecdotes.     Journalists -- England -- Anecdotes.       MARC Display

Do I make myself clear? : why writing well matters / Harold Evans. by Evans, Harold, 1928- Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Call #: 808.042 E92d Subjects English language -- Rhetoric.   English language -- Grammar.   English language -- Usage.   English language -- Style.   Newspaper editors -- England -- Anecdotes.   Journalists -- England -- Anecdotes. ISBN:  9780316277174 (hc.) 9780316277174 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  vi, 408 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404). Contents:  I. Tools of the trade -- A noble thing -- Use and abuse of writing formulas -- The sentence clinic -- Ten shortcuts to making yourself clear -- Please don't feed the zombies, flesh-eaters, and pleonasms -- Interlude: Give the Bard a break -- II. Finishing the job -- Every word counts -- Care for meanings -- Storytelling: the long and short of it -- III. Consequences -- Steps were taken: explaining the underwear bomber -- Money and words -- Buried treasure: it's yours, but words get in the way -- Home runs for writers. Summary:  Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of every kind we see a trend towards more - more speed and more information but far less clarity. Evans provides practical examples of how editing and rewriting can make for better communication, even in the digital age. Harold Evans is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of the Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. A graduate of Durham University, he has written a number of bestselling histories. He is the author of the memoir My Paper Chase: true stories of vanished times. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 E92d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.042 E92d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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