The Counterintuitive Writer : A Guide to Writing for Students ... and for Others
Overview
The Counterintuitive Writer takes a new perspective on academic writing, encouraging readers to follow the road "less travelled" as they figure out what they want to write and how to write it.
Using easy-to-understand examples, practical exercises, and innovative approaches that apply to various types of writing, this text guides the reader on how to:
- Overcome writer's block
- Develop a focused topic
- Organize essays, reports and research papers
- Apply the principle of "predictable structure and unpredictable content" to capture - and hold - readers' attention
- Craft a compelling introduction and conclusion
- Write concise, coherent paragraphs
- Summarize key points; and
- Avoid common writing pitfalls, including logical fallacies, unintentional plagiarism, and grammatical errors.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781772441451
- ISBN-10: 1772441457
- Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
- Publish Date: July 2018
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.66 pounds
- Page Count: 220
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