A Time to Draft and a Time to Craft

Download or read book A Time to Draft and a Time to Craft written by Ramy Tadros and published by Nightlight Books. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how to create clear simple sentences, detailed multi-clause sentences, or ornate left-, mid-, and right-branching sentences? As any wordsmith knows, sentences form the foundation for writing success. This two-part book, containing hundreds of illustrative quotations and fun exercises, reveals how to draft and craft any sentence, whether plain and lucid or thrilling and forceful. On the first part of the journey, writing pilgrims are introduced to the fundamentals: Twelve Templates to Turn a Timeless Sentence. The second part then builds on this bedrock, showing How to Fashion Exquisitely Styled Sentences. After finishing this journey, students, professionals, and writers of every skill and status will have enhanced their sentential potential, while mastering the art of stringing words together to produce sophisticated sentences – linguistic structures standing the tests of time and taste.