Writing for Your Readers: Notes on the Writer's Craft from the Boston Globe

by Donald M. Murray

Book Overview

Here is the nuts-and-bolts advice from a professional writing coach about how to speak directly to your readers with prose This is lively, graceful and to the point. Although the book focuses onhow to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564400514
• ISBN13: 9781564400512
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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Review of Writing for your Readers by Donald Murray

The purpose of Donald Murray's book Writing for your Readers is simply to give any journalist -young or experienced-- the ideas and tools to write effectively. The advice purposed has been developed through years of experience and the help of other professionals. He offers his advice stressing his main points for a strong lead and the use of a conclusion throughout the book as a means of helping journalists write with clarity. When Murray talks of journalistic aspects he is unfamiliar with, he turns to other effective writers that work at the Boston Globe, and provides their advice in a transcribed account of the interview. For those looking to get into the journalism field this book provides hints on anything you would need. From letting you know the facts that seem like common sense to twenty great tips to break writers block organized into quick reference pages through out the book. A fast read, this book will provide information that is useful in most types of writing and is presented in such a manner that you can easily refer to any of the information any time you need.