Which
Comes First,
the Comma or the Pause?
A Practical Guide to Writing
Dona J. Young
An
Open Letter to Professors from
Dona J. Young
Which Comes First, the Comma or the Pause?
takes the mystery out of how to produce correct, clear, simple,
and concise writing. Though the title is catchy, this book is meant
to build skills rather than to entertain: so if you want to transform
your writing skills, expect to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
This book will help you develop an effective writing style by helping
you to:
-Write correctly and confidently.
-Say what you mean.
-Save time and frustration.
- Gain control of your proofreading and editing skills.
-Communicate more effectively.
-Expand your career opportunities.
At first, some topics may seem basic, but they
are the core concepts—the building blocks for your foundation.
Revisiting these concepts enables you to fill important learning
gaps, equipping you to bring your writing to a higher level. So
trust the process: you will transform your writing by focusing on
the simple, not the complicated.
Read this book from cover to cover and do the
exercises. By the time you get to the complex topics, they will
seem easy. Each of the chapters in this book should take you an
hour or less to complete. Do not take any shortcuts, and the world
of editing will open for you, giving you a new lease on writing
and the potential it offers your life and career.
Here is a promise: By the time you finish this
book, you will make writing decisions quickly and effectively, regardless
of your current skill level.
In fact, thousands of employees at companies around the country
have taken the Writer’s Toolkit Trainings on which this book
is based: First Chicago - Bank One, ABN Amro - LaSalle Bank, American
Dental Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Kemper
Insurance, and Harris Bank, among others.
Chapter
- Composing vs. Editing
- The Sentence Core
- Conjunctions
- Comma Rules
- Semicolons and Other Marks
- Verbs
- Active Voice
- Parallel Structure
- Pronouns
- Point of View
- Conciseness
- Tone
- Paragraphing and Formatting
- E-Mail Guidelines
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284 pages | $22.95
ISBN: 978-159858-920-7
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About the Author
Dona Young is president of Writer's Toolkit Publishing
LLC and Writer's Toolkit Trainings. As a teacher and facilitator,
Dona has a passion for making learning exciting and relevant. For
the past fifteen years, she has been facilitating writing programs
at major corporations. Prior to that, Dona was the director of general
education at Robert Morris College, Chicago.
Dona has been a speaker at conferences and conducted
numerous training programs throughout the country. She holds a B.A.
from Northern Illinois University and an M.A. from The University
of Chicago. Dona also earned a certificate from The Chicago Institute
for Psychoanalysis, which enables her to work with the emotional
aspects of learning. Dona is also the author of Foundations
of Business Communications, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006, and
Business English: Writing for the Global Workplace, McGraw-Hill
Higher Education, 2008, and Which Comes First, the Comma
or the Pause? A Practical Guide to Writing, Writer's Toolkit
Publishing, 2008.
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