Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials
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Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials
<span><span style="font-style:italic;">Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials</span><span> provides students, career-builders, and professional writers with the basic elements needed for writing in the 21st century. The book fully explains—and links—the five essentials of good writing: </span></span><br /><ol start="1" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li><span>punctuation, </span></li><li><span>grammar, </span></li><li><span>fact-checking, </span></li><li><span>style, and </span></li><li><span>voice </span></li></ol><span><span>Throughout history technology has changed both language and writing. Today in the digital age, language and writing are changing at a phenomenal pace. Students, career-builders, and professional writers need this guide that reviews those changes and connects the essentials for creating good writing in the digital age.</span><span style="font-style:italic;"> Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials</span><span> gives writers the tools needed today. Among other essentials, the book:<br /></span></span><br /><ul start="1" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li><span>Resolves comma issues by explaining the Open and Close Punctuation systems. Writers select which system to use in their writing.</span></li><li><span>Clarifies active and passive voice verbs and advocates using strong, specific verbs in writing.</span></li><li><span>Provides guidelines for choosing credible online websites when searching for resources.</span></li><li><span>Examines attributes of essentials that contribute to a writing style and urges a critical review of verbs.</span></li><li><span>Connects elements that combine to create a voice in a written piece.</span></li></ul><span><span><br />Relevant and succinctly written, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials</span><span> gives readers the basics they need to know to create well-written documents for school, work and in their professional writing. <br /></span></span>
