{"product_id":"spunk-bite-isbn-9780375722271","title":"Spunk \u0026 Bite","description":"Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpdated with all-new writing exercises, \u003ci\u003eSpunk \u0026amp; Bite\u003c\/i\u003e will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level.\u003cb\u003eBilly Collins, former American Poet Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA must for every writer's desk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Lederer, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Write Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComma Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...Plotnik not only knows how to write about spunk and bite. He writes with spunk and bite. So will you, if you take in the wisdom of his colorful, learned, and caring advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea J. Sutcliffe, editor, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpunk \u0026amp; Bite\u003c\/i\u003e belongs next to Strunk and White on every writer's desk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoynter Online - (Chip Scanlan, “Chip on Your Shoulder”), March 6, 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eInstead of rules, \u003ci\u003eSpunk \u0026amp; Bite\u003c\/i\u003e offers choices bolstered with real-world examples. . . . Plotnik . . . zooms in close, helping writers deconstruct their prose from the ground floor -- word to clause to sentence -- up to paragraphs and chapters to our Holy Grail, a finished piece of writing. . . . Unlike Strunk \u0026amp; White's catalogue of abstractions and rhetorical ruler slaps, Plotnik's \u003ci\u003eSpunk \u0026amp; Bite\u003c\/i\u003e is refreshingly concrete. Its author know his linguistic stuff and so can you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollege and Research Library News - March 2006 (George Eberhart)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e[A] bookful of remedies for literary listlessness, sprinkled with examples of ringing prose penned by wordsmiths from Poe to Proulx. Plotnik rips past the rigid rules of Strunk and White’s 1959 \u003ci\u003eElements of Style\u003c\/i\u003e and calls on writers to invigorate stodgy phrasings and pallid diction with freshness, texture, force, and form. Each chapter contains apt advice on what to avoid (actionless action, wandering modifiers, exhausted adverbs) and what to emulate (over-the-top tropes, killer megaphors, enallage, foreignisms, nuanced semicolons, edgy style). An energetic and entertaining read for cramped writers.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Plotnik\u003c\/b\u003e is a former publishing executive and author of the Book of the Month Club selections \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eElements of Editing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House Reference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301799317733,"sku":"NP9780375722271","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375722271.jpg?v=1767737137","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/spunk-bite-isbn-9780375722271","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}