Writing to Persuade - How to Bring People Over to Your Side

Trish Hall's essential new work on writing well is a sparkling instructional guide to persuading (almost) anyone, on (nearly) anything. Hall has spent years immersed in argument, passion and trend-setting ideas-but also in tangled sentences, migraine-inducing jargon and dull-as-dishwater writing. Drawing on her experience editing everyone from Nobel Prize winners and global strong-men (Putin) to first-time pundits (Angelina Jolie), Hall presents the ultimate guide to writing persuasively for students, job applicants and authors.

Setting out the core principles for connecting with readers, Writing to Persuade combines boisterous anecdotes with practical advice, offering an accessible guide to the art of effectively communicating above the digital noise of the twenty-first century.

About the author

Trish Hall worked for the New York Times for more than two decades, where she oversaw six feature sections and served as both Op-Ed editor and senior editor. She lives in New York City.

Summary

From the former The New York Times Op-Ed page editor, a definitive and entertaining resource for writers of every stripe on the art of persuasion.

Product details

• Authors: Trish Hall
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781631497872
• ISBN: 978-1-63149-787-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 177 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General