Editing Without Pain: 'Search and Destroy' to Fix Your Drafts

Editing Without Pain: 'Search and Destroy' to Fix Your Drafts (The Elements of Writing Book 11)

"Could it be any easier?"

That's the response of participants at writing seminars taught by Charles Euchner all over the U.S., after learning this unique and powerful approach to editing.

For most writers, editing poses the most difficult challenge of writing. Faced with an ungainly draftâ€”filled with problems of sentence and paragraph structure, technicalities of grammar and punctuation, spelling, and word choiceâ€”most writers work methodically from beginning to end.

"Editing Without Pain" offers a different approach -- a how-to guide that makes this most painful process simple. By moving from the biggest to smallest pieces of your piece, you can edit faster and more effectively. With the â€œSearch and Destroyâ€ system, you can catch more mistakes and avoid â€œmelting downâ€ from overexertion.

In "Editing Without Pain," the acclaimed author and teacher Charles Euchner, a case writer at the Yale School of Management, shows you how to:

â€¢ Edit From the outside inward
â€¢ Fix problem paragraphs by giving ideas tabloid headlines
â€¢ Edit by reading aloud and backward
â€¢ Murder your "darlings"

We use a number of case studies from accomplished works, including Zadie Smithâ€™s "Changing My Mind," John Stuart Millâ€™s "On Liberty," C.S. Lewisâ€™s "The Four Loves," Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men," and Jeannette Wallsâ€™s "The Glass Castle."

In addition, each chapter contains exercises for you to master these skills yourself.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles Euchner is the creator of The Writing Code, the only comprehensive and brain-based system for mastering writing in all fields. Euchner has delivered writing seminars across the country to Fortune 500 professionals, authors, and students and teachers.

The author of acclaimed books on civil rights ("Nobody Turn Me Around"), baseball ("The Last Nine Innings"), urban politics ("Playing the Field") and policy ("Urban Policy Reconsidered," with Steve McGovern), Euchner has directed Harvard University's Rappaport Institute and taught writing at Yale.

His events have been called "absolutely fascinating...a good investment of your time and money" (Ann Marie Sidman, Gen Re), "accessible as an old friend ... a brilliant and nimble mind at work" (Chris Carroll, Vanderbilt), "an elegant presentation" (Brad Gioia, MBA), and "truly the most successful education program Iâ€™ve run" (Alan Fromm, Amneal Pharmaceuticals).
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-09-10
Format	Kindle eBook

Editing Without Pain: 'Search and Destroy' to Fix Your Drafts (The Elements of Writing Book 11)

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