03165cam a2200433 a 4500 13776611 BJBSDDR 20241105123304.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 041109s2005 nyua 000 0 eng 2004026245 9780071445399 0071445390 DLC DLC DLC eng eng PE 1408 C647t 2005 808/.042 Clouse, Barbara Fine. 38826 265 troubleshooting strategies for writing nonfiction / Barbara Fine Clouse. Two hundred sixty-five troubleshooting strategies for writing nonfiction New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005. xiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes index Introduction: Myths about writing PART I: A Troubleshooting Guide to Prewriting 1. "I don't know what to write." 2. "How do I write a thesis?" 3. "How do I get my ideas to fit together?" PART II: A Troubleshooting Guide to Drafting 4. "I know what I want to say, but I can't say it." 5. "I'm having trouble with my introduction." 6. "How do I back up what I say?" 7. "I don't know how to end." 8. "I can't think of the right word." Part III: A Troubleshooting Guide to Revising 9. "I thought my draft was better than this." 10. "I don't know what to change." 11. "Is it cheating if someone helps me?" 12. "My ideas seem all mixed up." 13. "My draft is too short." 14. "My draft is too long." 15. "My writing seems boring." 16. "My writing sounds choppy." Part IV: A Troubleshooting Guide to Editing 17. "I don't find my mistakes." 18. "I used a period and a capital letter, so why isn't this a sentence?" 19. "How can this be a run-on or a comma splice? It's not even long." 20. "It is I; it is me what's the difference" 21. "How do I know which verb form to use?" 22. "I'm unsure about modifiers." 23. "Can't I Just place a comma wherever I pause?" 24. "What if I want to quote somebody?" 25. "I have trouble with apostrophes." 26. "I never know what to capitalize." 27. "I can't spell." Presents a practical guide for solving the most common problems of nonfiction writing, and offers advice on organizing ideas, editing, revisions, and more English language Rhetoric Handbooks, manuals, etc. Inglés Retórica Manuales 2277 English language Grammar Handbooks, manuals, etc. Inglés Gramática Manuales 2278 Report writing Handbooks, manuals, etc. Redacción de informes Manuales 3919 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004026245.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026245-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026245-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 122202 122202 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2024-10-10 0 PE 1408 C647t 2005 00000186637 2024-10-10 00:00:00 1 2024-10-10 BK