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Sword, Helen

The writer's diet : a guide to fit prose / Helen Sword. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016. - vii, 77 p. ; 20 cm. - Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing .

"First published by Auckland University Press, 2007."--Title page verso. Additional phys. form: Also issued online.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-76) and index.


Contents: Verbal verve -- Noun density -- Prepositional podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste words -- Afterword : healthy writing.

ISBN: 9780226351988

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Rhetoric
English language --Written English
English language--Style
English language --Style--Problems, exercises, etc.

Dewey Class. No.: 808.042