A Manual of Writer's Tricks: Essential Advice for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers

The author of How to Prepare Your Manuscript for a Publisher now presents more essential advice for fiction and nonfiction writers. This invaluable reference offers easy access to stratagems and tried-and-true literary shortcuts that help writers save time, improve style and avoid common pitfalls. Whether a beginner or student, amateur or professional, readers will refer time and again to David Carroll's practical tips for: writing with expression
improving structure
correcting and rewriting with greater efficiency
developing "writer's logic"
avoiding the hazards of burnout, boredom and lack of motivation
dealing with writer's block
and reworking scholarly prose for greater clarity.