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A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers is a compendium of strategies for handling all aspects of writing, from prewriting through editing. Designed for use independently by students as a resource book or as an in-class text, A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers helps students discover specific strategies for improving their writing processes and for solving specific writing problems. Known for its concise, effective coverage and student-friendly style, A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers offers an exceptional variety of writing strategies for students.

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Author:   Barbara Fine Clouse
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.297kg
ISBN:  

9780073405919

ISBN 10:   0073405914
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   0078118077
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers: Strategies and Process, Fifth Edition Myths About Writing: An Introduction Part One: A Troubleshooting Guide to Prewriting Chapter One: ""I Don't Know What to Write."" Chapter Two: ""How Do I Write a Thesis?"" Chapter Three: ""How Do I Get My Ideas to Fit Together?"" Part Two: A Troubleshooting Guide to Drafting Chapter Four: ""I Know What I Want to Say, But I Can't Say It."" Chapter Five: ""I'm Having Trouble With My Introduction."" Chapter Six: ""How Do I Back Up What I Say?"" Chapter Seven: ""I Don't Know How To End."" Chapter Eight: ""I Can't Think of the Right Word."" Part Three: A Troubleshooting Guide to Revising Chapter Nine: ""I Thought my Draft was Better Than This."" Chapter Ten: ""I Don't Know What to Change."" Chapter Eleven: ""Is It Cheating if Someone Helps Me?"" Chapter Twelve: ""My Ideas Seem All Mixed Up."" Chapter Thirteen: ""My Draft is too Short."" Chapter Fourteen: ""My Draft is too Long."" Chapter Fifteen: ""My Writing Seems Boring."" Chapter Sixteen: ""My Writing Sounds Choppy."" Part IV: A Troubleshooting Guide to Editing Chapter Seventeen: ""I Don't Find My Mistakes."" Chapter Eighteen: ""I Used a Period and a Capital Letter, So Why Isn't This a Sentence?"" Chapter Nineteen: ""How Can This be a Run-on or a Comma Splice? It's Not Even Long."" Chapter Twenty: ""It is I; It is Me-What's the Difference?"" Chapter Twenty-One: ""How do I Know Which Verb Form to Use?"" Chapter Twenty-Two: ""I'm Unsure About Modifiers."" Chapter Twenty-Three: ""Can't I Just Place a Comma Wherever I Pause?"" Chapter Twenty-Four: ""What if I Want to Quote Somebody?"" Chapter Twenty-Five: ""I Have Trouble with Apostrophes."" Chapter Twenty-Six: ""I Never Know What to Capitalize."" Chapter Twenty-Seven: ""I Can't Spell."" Part V: A Troubleshooting Guide to Research Chapter Twenty-Eight: ""How Do I Find Good Sources-and Why Do I Need Them?"" Chapter Twenty-Nine: ""What Do I Do with the Sources I Find?"" Chapter Thirty: ""What Does an Essay With Sources Look Like?"" Appendixes Appendix A: ""English is Not My First Language"" Appendix B: ""I Get Nervous Writing in Class"" Appendix C: ""I Need a Writing Topic"" Index

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Barbara Clouse has taught all levels of college composition, first at Youngstown State University in northeastern Ohio and then at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. She has also written a number of composition texts. In addition to A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers, her books include The Student Writer: Editor and Critic, Jumpstart: A Workbook for Writers, Patterns for a Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader, and Transitions: From Reading to Writing, all written for McGraw-Hill. She has also developed Cornerstones: Readings for Writers, which is a short prose reader that is part of Primis, McGraw-Hill's custom publishing database. Barbara has also written Progressions with Readings and Conventions and Expectations: A Brief Handbook and Guide to Writing for Longman Publishers. A frequent presenter at national and regional conferences, Barbara often conducts workshops for writing teachers. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide.

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