BOOKS
by
Stephen Lau
A Book on the Fundamentals of Effective Writing
By StephenLau
Book Outline
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Get some basic tools
Why you should write
How to succeed in writing
KNOWING THE ESSENTIALS OF GRAMMAR
Knowing the grammatical terms
Knowing the eight parts of speech
BEGINNING TO WRITE
Knowing your subject
Knowing your readers
Knowing how to begin
Knowing your problems
THE DEVICE OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
The use of punctuation marks
THE EFFECTIVE USE OF WORDS
The importance of words
Appropriate words and phrases
THE EFFECTIVE SENTENCE
The types of sentences
Faulty sentences
Unparallel sentence constructions
Sentence order
Sentence coherence
THE EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPH
The different types of writing
Identifying your topic
Developing your topic:
definition
illustration
re-statement
use of analogy
Planning your writing
Essentials of a good paragraph
STYLE AND USAGE
Strategy
Style
Usage