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| Preface | |
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| Noticing More and Having Plenty to Say | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Write free-flow for the pleasure of now | |
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| Walk "blind" to discover more | |
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| Continuously sense each step | |
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| Look for one color | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Freeing Material for All Kinds of Writing | |
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| Describing People, Places, and Things | |
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| Write "three-liners" to notice what's here | |
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| Compose a poem sixteen ways | |
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| Where am I? | |
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| Guess who's being described | |
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| Create a character | |
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| Sketch someone without explaining | |
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| Explore your setting | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Describing a Place | |
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| Describing a Person | |
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| Showing What Happened | |
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| Invite intense moments | |
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| Travel through time | |
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| Take a bird's-eye view | |
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| Descend a dream stairway | |
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| Listen in--how do people talk? | |
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| Especially for Story Writers | |
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| Cook up a conflict | |
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| Play with point of view | |
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| Picture the turning point--what happens? | |
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| Let nature express your theme | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Five Steps for Story Writers | |
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| Review Sheet for Stories | |
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| Writing an Autobiographical Essay or Oral History | |
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| Tell about life | |
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| About Writing Dialogue | |
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| About Writing Humor and Parodies | |
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| Humor yourself | |
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| Explaining Something | |
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| Play the Graffiti Game | |
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| Find sensory specifics to illustrate ideas | |
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| Contrast then and now | |
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| Write a humorous "how-to" | |
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| Research a burning question | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Six Ways to Explain | |
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| Two More Humor Options | |
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| Convincing Someone | |
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| Give your views about men and woman today | |
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| Freely write your gripe | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Especially for Business Writers | |
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| Get going with this startup sheet | |
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| Send a letter that gets action | |
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| A Model Letter | |
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| Persuade with plain English | |
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| Two Versions of the Same Memo: Which Do You Prefer? | |
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| Liven up your layout | |
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| Sample Report Using Headings and Bulleted List | |
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| Get your request approved: write an "MBA" memo | |
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| Sample Memo Requesting Approval | |
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| Bring out benefits in your proposal | |
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| Sample Proposal Done with Desktop Publishing Software | |
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| Display a list of steps in your "how to" memo | |
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| Summarize so decision-makers know the bottom line | |
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| Sample Executive Summary | |
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| Complain in a neutral way | |
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| Sample Complaint Letter | |
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| Buffer the bad news | |
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| Sample "Bad News" Letter | |
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| Promote your product, sell your service | |
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| Sample Promotional Piece | |
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| Make news with your press release | |
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| Format for a Press Release | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Checklist for Letter Writers | |
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| Checklist for Memo and Report Writers | |
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| An Experiment in Writing Your Resume | |
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| Redesign your resume | |
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| List of Dynamic Verbs | |
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| Some Model Resumes | |
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| Model Application Letters to Accompany Your Resume | |
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| Especially For Students Writing Papers | |
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| Hints for Getting By What Stops You | |
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| How to Organize a Paper Quickly | |
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| Plan your pages | |
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| Writing a Scientific, Technical, or Lab Report | |
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| Use "There is" instead of "I think" | |
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| Writing an Abstract or Summary | |
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| A Sample Abstract | |
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| Writing About Literature | |
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| Immerse yourself, discover your slant | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Middles | |
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| Endings | |
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| Titles | |
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| Setting Up Quotations | |
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| Citing Sources: Using In-text Notes Instead of Footnotes | |
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| Writing About People, Eras, or Ideas | |
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| Choose three bases of comparison | |
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| Shaping What Comes | |
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| Checklist for Paper Writers | |
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| About Transitions | |
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| Writing About Published Essays | |
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| Critique an article's effectiveness | |
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| Peer Review: Commenting on Another Student's Paper | |
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| Finding Your Way From Notes to First Draft | |
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| How to Find What You Want to Write | |
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| "Suppose I Have a Subject--Now What?" | |
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| Ask your question, answer freely | |
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| Talk in paragraphs: What's the story? | |
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| Seven Steps to Help You Write | |
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| Give Yourself An Encouraging Word | |
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| Ten Things to Try When You're Stuck | |
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| Becoming Your Own Best Editor | |
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| Listen For Tone, Locate Rough Spots | |
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| Check Out Your Beginning, Middle, End, and Links Between Parts | |
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| Check Your Order of Presentation | |
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| Notice How You Get from Here to There | |
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| Tighten and Sharpen | |
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| What Needs Tightening? | |
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| What Needs Sharpening? | |
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| Sounds confusing? Say it over coffee | |
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| A Quick Checklist | |
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| When To Proofread, and Why It Pays | |
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| Proofreader's Checklist | |
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| What About Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar? | |
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| Some Common Mistakes to Watch For | |
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| How to Locate and Correct a Comma Splice | |
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| A Style Sheet for Apostrophes | |
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| Appreciate Your Final Draft | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Correct Format of Letters and Memos | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |