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Timothy Sharkey ・Author

– author of Writing Made Easy: Just the Basics

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WRITING MADE EASY:
JUST THE BASICS

TIMOTHY SHARKEY

The good information about writing should be easy to find in one book. It should not be hard to find in several different books, or on several different websites, or in 800-page English 101 textbooks. It should be easy to read and easy to understand as well. It should not be complicated or technical or burdensome or discouraging.

Writing Made Easy: Just the Basics endeavors to be that book. It contains only four chapters: The Writing Basics, The Descriptive Essay, The Argumentative Essay, and The Research Paper. These are the four ways that we use writing the most. Using words, sentences, paragraphs, and punctuation marks correctly are explained in the first chapter: The Writing Basics. Describing things well is explained in the second chapter: The Descriptive Essay. Arguing well with words and logic is explained in the third chapter: The Argumentative Essay. And presenting research findings professionally is explained in the fourth chapter: The Research Paper.

Over the past 15 years of teaching English 101 and English 102 classes in college, I have collected the best information about writing that I could find and I have consolidated that information in the form of handouts and documents for my students in class. I am happy to present the best of the best of that information now in Writing Made Easy: Just the Basics. I have eliminated the complicated and technical information about writing that people do not need to know and I have included only the basic information about writing that people do need to know. In fact, Writing Made Easy: Just the Basics can be used as a reference book for writing by people for many years to come.

Writing Made Easy: Just the Basics hopes to be a tool that allows people to invest in their own writing by having access to the writing basics and being freed up from the complicated and technical information about writing that gets in the way. It hopes to help people write better, communicate ideas better, and have more success in life as a result. It hopes to show people how easy writing can be.

T. S. Chicago, Illinois 2021

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