The writer's brief handbook

Synopsis

Ever written a letter to the editor?  A report for your boss?  An email to an old friend?  A compact, easy-to-use guide, The Writer’s Brief Handbook offers clear definitions, helpful explanations, and up-to-the-minute research and reference tools–altogether the best concise yet comprehensive reference available for today’s writers in any context.  An extensive research section provides clear guidelines for how to research online, and examples of special-purpose writing–email, letters to the editor, business reports, and others–make this book useful to everyone who puts pen to paper–or fingers to keyboards.   Topics include: Composing, Paragraphs, Grammar Essentials, Sentence Basics and Sentence Style, Word Choice, Punctuation, Mechanics, Document Design, Special Kinds of Writing, and Research.