Patricia T. O'Conner

Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing (2000)

* * * * 1/2An excellent guide on writing from a very witty writer. The advice she provides is common sense: use small words, choose strong verbs, vary your sentence length, know your audience, and so on. She also acknowledges when some of her tips might not be as helpful: for example, if you're w...