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"This is brilliant! As a translator, I often have to convert wordy dreck into readable English .... For quite some time, I have been collecting as many books as I could find to help me edit and revise, but this is undoubtedly the best."
- Kirk McElhearn, translator
"I keep three books on my desk next to my monitor: a dictionary, the AP Stylebook, and Robert Fiske's The Dictionary of Concise Writing. I use it frequently."
- Gary B. Larson, Garbl's Writing Resources Bookshelf
The Dictionary of Concise Writing
10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases
By Robert Hartwell Fiske
Foreword by Richard Lederer
ISBN: 0-9665176-6-0, paper, 400 pages, $19.95
The Guide to Fat-Free Writing!
Wordy phrases kill good writing. They mark a writer as an amateur, or worse yet, as lazy. But sometimes it’s hard to find a concise way to say something. That’s where the Dictionary of Concise Writing comes in. This 400-page compendium lists thousands of common, wordy phrases that too many writers rely on, and offers concise alternatives. This book is an outstanding tool for writers who are serious about cleaning up their writing. And it’s actually fun to read! This is a revised and expanded version of a book by the same author issued by Writer’s Digest Books in 1994.
A CD ROM version of the Dictionary of Concise Writing is also available. This allows users to quickly search for flabby phrases from their PC (Mac version is NOT available). The CD ROM version costs $24.95, and the book and CD together cost $41.95.
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