Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

Very good reference for those who are having difficulty in writing. Excellent tips on how to develop essays, especially for those taking the alternative route to teaching certification exams.

Over the years I have purchased many books on writing, only to find that most of the writing is about how to find a publisher, with very little devoted to how to write. This book is an exception. It covers many of the nuances of writing that slip through the cracks, and is written with humor.

Indispensable tool for anyone that writes anything, be it novels, e-mails, memos, or book reports. Get it with "Woe is I" (all about proper grammar) and hit them with a highlighter & notepad handy. Together they may not cover everything writers need to know, but EVERYTHING they cover MUST be known by all writers. Basic rules are forgotten all the time & these 2 jewels read fast, providing easy to remember examples of proper English. Invaluable!

This is quite a nice book, most suitable for those who have not thought a lot or read widely about good writing but who are looking for a broad beginning. The book is light on grammar, and the science of clear writing is not to be found. It improves in later chapters, where examples of good writing are well chosen.

The book labors some points and underscores witticisms, which will irritate readers who read attentively. The prose in many places is unpolished. To that extent, it lives up to its title.

Much better is "Woe is I", Patricia O'Conner's first book.

This little book gives the beginning writer many tips on nearly each page. It covers how to organize your writng, it gives basic, but often forgotten use of proper English, it gives the aspiring writer hope for sucessfull entry into the world of published writing. I can't say enough to sing the praises of this basic little book to start a beginning writer get off the ground.