Eurobodalla Editing uses and recommends the following texts as resources that can assist with your understanding of the principles of good writing. The authors of these texts are well and widely recognised in their fields, and in most cases support their published works with on-line guidance, summaries of their key teachings and updates of their original works. Essential elements of good writing such as clarity, sentence structure, technique and style are comprehensively covered in these texts. Although the listing itself is by no means exhaustive, it will provide writers of all stripes with sound advice and practical tools for the assessment and improvement of their written expression.

Recommended texts

• Brians, Paul Common Errors in English Usage, 2^nd edition (William, James and Company, 2008)
• Brown, Kristine Essay Writing Step by Step (Pascal Press, 2002)
• Davidson, Wilma Business Writing: What Works and What Won’t, 2^nd edition (St Martin’s Griffin, revised 2001)
• Fogarty, Mignon Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing(Henry Holt and Company Inc, 2008)
• Germov, John Get Great Marks for your Essays (Allen and Unwin, 2000)
• Marsden, John Everything I know about Writing (Pan Australia, 1998)
• Patawaran, A. A. Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator (National Book Store Publishing, 2012)
• Peck, John and Coyle, Martin The Student’s Guide to Writing, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Palgrave McMillan, 2005)
• Safire, William and Safir, Leonard editors Good Advice on Writing: Writers past and Present on How to Write Well (Simon and Shuster, 1992)
• Strunk Jr., William and White, E.B. The Elements of Style, 3^rd edition (Allyn and Bacon, 1979)
• Woolfe, Sue Language in Literature (MacMillan, 1975)
• Truss, Lynne Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Harper Collins, 2011)

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