How Writing Works

Roslyn Petelin designed and initiated the award-winning Program in Writing, Editing, and Publishing at the University of Queensland, Australia, and developed the hugely successful international online course WRITE101X English Grammar and Style. She is co-author of The Professional Writing Guide and Professional Communication, and consults extensively to government and other organisations on writing, editing, and information design.

Praise for the previous edition:‘How Writing Works is the opposite of a dry writing bible. For those who take the time to read and follow the strategies, good writer or bad, you will be rewarded with the ultimate writing resource’. Writing Queensland.‘What Roslyn Petelin doesn’t know about clear, precise writing is not worth knowing’. Leigh Sales, ABC TV‘A superb guide to great writing in the modern media era’. Phil Harding, journalist and broadcaster, London.‘Whether you’re a CEO or an intern, the ability to communicate is your biggest asset. Petelin’s expert advice in this book will accelerate your career’. Damian Kington, Investor, Brand Consultant, and Strategy Adviser, New York

• Preface 1. How writing works 2. How reading works 3. How words work 4. How sentences and content words work 5. How structure words and paragraphs work 6. How punctuation works 7. How structure and design work 8. How genres and workplace documents work 9. How academic research and writing work 10. How digital writing works 11. How revising, editing, and proofreading work Acknowledgements Answers to the activities References Index