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How Writing Works
- Author
- Roslyn Petelin
- Narrator
- Jennifer Walden
- Publisher
- Dreamscape Media
- Publish Date
- 18 August 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This is an engaging and practical introduction to the elements of grammar, sentence structure, and style that you need to write well across a range of academic, creative, and professional contexts, deftly combining reliable strategies with scholarly principles.
The third edition includes updated material based on a longstanding commitment to writing and to best international practice. It takes into account the huge upsurge in interest and adoption of generative AI in the writing workplace and the writing classroom. Chapters include advice on reading; language; grammar and style; structuring; designing; paragraphing; punctuation; workplace and academic documents; digital writing for social media; and revising, editing, and proofreading.
How Writing Works should be on the desk of everyone who needs to write: students, professionals in all fields, and creative writers. It is an essential handbook for working writers and writing workers in the contemporary writing-reliant workplace.
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Details
- Author
- Roslyn Petelin
- Narrator
- Jennifer Walden
- Duration
- 10 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9798349169243
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Dreamscape Media
Synopsis
This is an engaging and practical introduction to the elements of grammar, sentence structure, and style that you need to write well across a range of academic, creative, and professional contexts, deftly combining reliable strategies with scholarly principles.The third edition includes updated material based on a longstanding commitment to writing and to best international practice. It takes into account the huge upsurge in interest and adoption of generative AI in the writing workplace and the writing classroom. Chapters include advice on reading; language; grammar and style; structuring; designing; paragraphing; punctuation; workplace and academic documents; digital writing for social media; and revising, editing, and proofreading.How Writing Works should be on the desk of everyone who needs to write: students, professionals in all fields, and creative writers. It is an essential handbook for working writers and writing workers in the contemporary writing-reliant workplace.
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