Rx
for Your Writing Ills
Second Edition, revised
and expanded
 
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: Need a Book Doctor? Study this book and cure yourself! Professional freelance editor, Joan Upton Hall, shows ten common writing maladies you can cure, plus many other writing tips. In
a humorous, easy-to-understand style, Hall shows you methods to
diagnose whether you have a specific weaknesses, then gives you
remedies, one point at a time. The manual is packed with explanations,
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Rx for Your
Writing Ills
Second Edition, revised and expanded
Table of
Contents
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Introduction
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How to Cultivate a Critique Group
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Ch. 1 Do You Have the *BVDS? (*Be-verb Dependency Syndrome)
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Ch. 2 *A&A Addiction (*Adjective & Adverb Addiction)
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Ch. 3 Phrase Flab (Overuse & Misuse of Phrases)
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Ch. 4 Weird Word Itch (Compulsion to Use Bizarre Words)
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Ch. 5 Head Over Heels Disorder (Tripping over the Laws of Physics and Logic)
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Ch. 6 Cliché Clutches (Déjà vu all over...your Diction, Characters, Plot)
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Ch. 7 Identity Crisis (Who Am I? Where Am I?)
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Ch. 8 Tell-itis (To Tell, to Show, or Leave the Heck out? That is the Question.)
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Ch. 9 Rigor Mortis of the Manuscript (DOA? or just Unconscious?)
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Ch. 10 Failure Phobia (Fear of Trying)
APPENDIX -
Five W's and the H: Focusing your Fiction
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Eight Basic Motivations
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Hall's Submission Log (sample)
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"Showy" Punctuation
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Mechanics of Dialogue & Internal Monologue
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Demystifying Writers' Demons (samples)
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Recipe for a Synopsis
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Format for Commercial Submission (with sample ms. pages)
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Recommended Books
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Index of Terms
In a book review, Editor Elizabeth Klungness (Writers News, Vista, California) states: "The author's humor with words and cartoons, combined with her teaching skills, helps us to understand what we should and shouldn't do, along with the form to do it in....also a pleasant reminder to those who have been writing for a long time....If you are wondering what book to buy...I would suggest Joan Upton Hall's Rx for Your Writing Ills."
David Borcherding, Editor of Writer's Digest Books states: I've enjoyed reading through it; I can see why your students have found it so valuable.... [WDB publishes only full-length books.]
"Joan's critiquing was invaluable in helping me see what my story needed to keep it moving. Her suggestions were clear and concise, never condescending. She also told me what I'd done well, which is tonic to a novice writer." - Cindy Weigand, Duncansville, Pennsylvania (author of Shin Bone; was offered agent's contract, so watch for this book in the future)
"Rx for your Writing Ills is easily the best book of its kind on the market. Joan Hall knows her stuff and makes it easy to understand." - Flann Foster, Waco, Texas (author of Satan's Banker published by Commonwealth Publications)
"Joan's editing instruction is the equivalent to two years college fiction-writing." - Frederick Williams, San Antonio, Texas (author of The Nomination published by Black Renaissance Publications, www.brpublishing.com)
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