Writing for the Information Age: Elements of Style for the Twenty-First Century

This book lives up to its title. It offers sound and insightful advice on how to write and communicate well and compellingly in this information-intense age. All of us are bombarded constantly with massive amounts of information, advertizements, news clips, and on and on. It's a cute trick to get someone to read your material these days--most of us are experienced "avoiders," easily turned off. So if you want busy-people to read your words, you need to write them right. This book, without wasting words, and with constant helpful examples, tells you exactly how to do that. If I were a professor of English at a university, I would make this my main textbook for basic composition and also advanced writing classes. It is packed with key writing know-how. It should be required reading (better: required practice too) for everyone seeking to graduate college, graduate school, and maybe even high school as well.