FREE Ebook : OXFORD Essential Guide to Writing.pdf

Two broad assumptions underlie this book: (1) that writing

is a rational activity, and (2) that it is a valuable activity.

To say that writing is rational means nothing more than

that it is an exercise of mind requiring the mastery of 

techniques anyone can learn. Obviously, there are limits:

 one cannotlearn to write like Shakespeare or 

Charles Dickens. Youcan't become a genius