Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
Contents:
Revision decisions are possible: actively processing to develop options for revision -- The vocabulary of revision decisions: introducing DRAFT with a five-day lesson plan -- The process: the anatomy of a revision-decision lesson -- Modifying in the right direction: right-branching sentences -- Can't resist a list: the compacting power of the serial comma -- The pair necessities: balancing pairs and deleting repetition -- Asides are extra: adding flavor with extra information -- Sentences interrupted: the power of putting ideas in the way -- The participle principle: the verbal that tracks action -- A verbal remedy: invigorating writing with gerunds and participles -- Keep your reader oriented: using prepositions to connect and navigate -- The comma-drama dilemma: use it ... or lose it? -- What's left? Branching out in new ways -- Appendixes: A. The context -- B. The demonstration -- C. The practice -- D. The collaboration -- E. Excerpt from Flesh and blood so cheap -- F. Charting connections -- G. Decisions writers make.
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