$33.49
Author: Plotnik Arthur
Brand: Random House Reference
Color: Gold
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Pages: 288
Details: Review
” . . .delivers what it advertises: a kick in the pants toward bold, contemporary style. . . . This will be the best ten bucks you’ve ever spent. . . . 5 of 5 stars” —Jules L., 15 Nov., 2009 –Go, Go, Gatsby (gogogatsby.com)
“[A] book filled with wise advice, many belly laughs, and much inspiration. I re-read it from front to back at least once a year–and I dip into its pages from time to time as a way of recharging my writing batteries. -“The Five Best Writing Books No One Ever Told You About,” Daphne Gray-Grant, July 2, 2013, Ragan’s PR Daily: Europe
“[L]oving language doesn’t mean we always understand how particular words or expressions work their magic. Personally, I really love it when someone like Plotnik can break it down for me, help me look under the hood to see how that writer I so admire has done it.” —Nancy Wick, The Editor’s POV, Jan. 6, 2011
During my often misspent days at St. Edward High School, how I wished I had someone like Arthur Plotnik to spice my daily diet of Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition, . . . I’m just glad I discovered Spunk & Bite after its debut lessthan a decade ago. -J. F. McKenna, Cleveland Business Review, July 2, 2015 clevelandbusinessreview.org/2015/07/02/the-art-of-messaging-today/#comment-10113
. . . the next step in a writer’s evolution. In this age of increasingly short attention spans and overwhelming media input, writing must have “punch and vibrancy” to capture a reader’s interest. This clear and entertaining instruction guide seeks to energize and liberate writers from outdated style conventions.
–eraserheadpress.com/2015/06/25/top-10-books-recommended-for-writers/
Product Description
Today’s writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition.
Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even social- media posts to the next level.
Review
. . . I found the book a hoot to read and at the same time a very smart guide to all aspects of penning a superb paragraph. At the end, his chapter called “Butterflies in the Killing Fields” is worth the price of admission
From the Author
I’ve always hoped that educators and their students, in addition to general readers, would find Spunk & Bite an appealing alternative or supplement to traditional writing/style textbooks. An educator’s creative and systematic approach to the book can assure that its principles will be tested, practiced, put into efforts subject to feedback, Never mind a few more bucks from royalties; the prize is influence for one who believes in his advice, as I do. I’m honored that among the schools using the book regularly as a text or supplemental is the Harvard Kennedy School (John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University) for a course entitled “Introduction to Writing for Policy and Politics.”An open Pinterest course has also been announced, using the study guide included in the book (paperback).
From the Back Cover
When too tightly leashed, writing chokes and loses its vitality. Although the rules of composition popularized in William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White’s “Elements of Style have been “de rigueur for decades, they won’t exactly set your writing free.
To the rescue comes “Spunk & Bite, a guide to bold and radiant language and style. The secret, according to bestselling author and former publishing executive Arthur Plotnik, is to embrace those qualities that composition rulebooks sidestep-among them, surprise, personality, engagement, edge, and fearlessness. Drawing on selections from today’s most exciting writers-Jonathan Franzen, Sandra Cisneros, Bill Bryson, Maureen Dowd, and many dozens more-Plotnik reveals the tricks and techniques that make prose fresh, forceful, and publishable.
For all types of writing-novels, arti
Release Date: 08-05-2007
Package Dimensions: 24x204x320
