The Elements of Grammar

7 best books like The Elements of Grammar (Margaret Shertzer): The Elements of Style, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction Writer's Workshop, The Elements of Editing, The "Down Goes Brown" History of the NHL: The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The Elements of Style
AuthorWilliam Strunk Jr.
ISBN0205313426
This book is good for the following things:

1. Propping up a short table leg

2. Lining a bird cage

3. Building a fire

4. Using as a coaster for cold drinks



I devoted some of my grammar thesis to criticizing this book, and it was time well spent.


Geoff...
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
AuthorWilliam Zinsser
ISBN0060891548
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people...
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done. Your readers are curious and want you to take them beyond ""The Fields We Know,"" to help them explore the infinite boundaries of the worlds you create.

Here, science fiction great Orson Scott...
AuthorJosip Novakovich
ISBN1884910394
This book exemplifies the best of a writing workshop: thought-provoking instruction, a charismatic teacher and illuminating examples from classic and contemporary literary masters.
Each chapter explores a different aspect of the art of fiction and ends with a series of writing exercises...
AuthorArthur Plotnik
I'd like to share what is possibly the most erotic paragraph ever to discuss copyediting:

"An editor's only permanent alliance is with the audience, the readership. It is the editor's responsibility to hook that readership; to edify it, entertain it, stroke it, shake it up—do whatever...
The "Down Goes Brown" History of the NHL: The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League
AuthorSean McIndoe
Sean McIndoe of Down Goes Brown , one of hockey's favourite and funniest writers, takes aim at the game's most memorable moments--especially if they're memorable for the wrong reasons--in this warts-and-all history of the NHL.

The NHL is, indisputably, weird. One moment, you're...
Tao of Jeet Kune Do
AuthorBruce Lee
ISBN0897500482
From the Introduction: "In 1970, Bruce sustained a rather sever injury to his back. His doctors ordered him to discontinue the practice of martial arts and to remain in bed to allow his back heal. This was probably the most trying and dispiriting time in Bruce's life. He stayed in bed, virtually flat on...
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