Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn.
Author Letter:
Dear Reader,
Writing isn’t some sort of mystical process. And a writer isn’t a magician. An artist, maybe. I like to think that I sometimes sculpt and draw pictures with words. Other times, the words I choose instruct and teach. Sometimes, I use them to persuade and convince.
Regardless of how you approach writing-whether you want to learn all you can about how to improve your writing or you simply want to learn how to write a thank-you letter, an essay, a resume, or that article for the newspaper about your garden club’s upcoming annual fundraiser-I believe you’ll find something in these pages that will help.
Writing, like anything else worthwhile in life, takes discipline, instruction, and most of all, confidence in your ability to do a good job. You gain that all-important confidence through practice-and by studying samples of other works. That’s why you’ll find so many examples in this book. I include lots of information about what goes into tackling specific writing chores and then provide examples of how it’s done: examples that you can then use and adapt to help you complete your own writing projects or chores, whatever the case may be.
Never be afraid to express yourself on paper. The days of the woolly mammoth era when words were chiseled in stone are no longer a part of the human experience. Today you have an eraser on your pencil or, even easier to use, delete and backspace keys on your keyboard. Write, delete, and copy and paste (what was once known as editing), and then write some more.
Whether you read this book cover to cover, or only peruse those pages that answer whatever writing questions that might arise from time to time, please keep in mind that to become a good writer you must not only learn from example, you also need to write. Regardless of how you approach this book, it’s my sincere hope that you have as much fun reading it as I had writing it.
Pamela Rice Hahn
–from:
The Everything Improve Your Writing Book
by Pamela Rice Hahn
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of 18 published books.