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Helen Sword.
vii, 77 pages
colour illustrations.
First published in 2007. Contents includes: Verbal verve -- Noun density -- Prepositional podge -- Ad-dictions -- Waste words.
Summary: Helen Sword teaches writers of all kinds - students to teachers, lawyers to librarians - how to transform flabby sentences into active, energetic prose. The book and the website enable writers to diagnose their writing for flab - passives and prepositions, weak verbs and waste words - and energise their work by stripping away unnecessary padding. (Publisher)