Your Personal Writing Workout

         
     The third edition of Your Personal Writing Workout 
     (2000) is now out. The new  edition includes many improved
     exercises and examples. It retains the strengths of
     the first edition: over seventy helpful suggestions
     for writing more efficiently and effectively. The book
     is on the list of recommended texts for ENG 101 at
     Northern Kentucky University. Your Personal Writing
     Workout is published by McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-244263-8.
 

    Table of Contents

               
     EXERCISE ONE      
         
       the verb, your power source
               
     EXERCISE TWO
            
       the subject, keeping your sentence strong
               
     EXERCISE THREE
               
       relaying the concept from sentence to sentence
               
     EXERCISE FOUR
               
       running combinations and punctuation patterns
               
     EXERCISE FIVE
               
       establish position with a bold, convincing stance
               
     EXERCISE SIX
               
       building evidence to support your argument
               
     EXERCISE SEVEN
               
       envisioning the finish line--the paragraph
               
     EXERCISE EIGHT
               
       shaping your thought into a thesis statement
               
     EXERCISE NINE
               
       leaping directly into your introduction
               
     EXERCISE TEN
               
       earning standing ovations from your audiences 
               
     EXERCISE ELEVEN
               
       setting up--ways to introduce direct quotations
               
    EXERCISE TWELVE
            
       your power writing program