The Little Red Writing Book, E-book, English
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the
little red
writing
book
M A R K T R E D I N N I C K
THE LITTLE RED WRITING BOOK
M
ARK
T
REDINNICK
is a poet, essayist
and writing teacher. His books
include
The Land’sWild Music
(2005),
the forthcoming landscape memoir
The Blue Plateau
and
A Place on Earth
(UNSW Press, 2003). He writes
regularly for
The Bulletin
. Winner of
the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
and the Wildcare Nature Writing Prize, Mark runs
acclaimed writing programs at the University of
Sydney and at writers’ centres in Australia and the
USA. He also teaches grammar and composition and
runs writing workshops for clients in government
and business. For ten years, Mark was a book editor
and publisher. Once upon a time he was a lawyer.
Do but take care to express your self in a
plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant
and decent Terms, and to give an harmonious
and pleasing Turn to your Periods: Study to
explain your Thoughts, and set them in the
truest Light, labouring, as much as possible,
not to leave ’em dark nor intricate, but clear
and intelligible: Let your diverting Stories be
express’d in diverting Terms …
—Miguel Cervantes,
‘Preface’,
Don Quixote
THE
LITTLE
RED
WRITING
BOOK
Mark Tredinnick
UNSW
PRESS
A UNSW Press book
Published by
University of New South Wales Press Ltd
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
www.unswpress.com.au
© Mark Tredinnick 2006
First published 2006
This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose
of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the
Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without
written permission. Inquiries should be addressed to the publisher.
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Tredinnick, Mark.
The little red writing book.
ISBN 0 86840 867 0.
1. Authorship - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
2. Authorship - Style manuals. I. Title.
808.02
Design
Di Quick
Printer
McPherson’s Printing
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