Write with Excellence 201 : A lighthearted guide to the serious matter of writing well-for Christian authors, editors, and students / Joyce K. Ellis [print]

Grammar and related matters Defibrillate your verbs Resuscitate your nouns The match game: Subjects and verbs Getting tense? Avoiding verb tense errors Moody verbs: Using verb mood correctly Get your adverbs here! Are your adjectives on steroids or just obnoxious? Wrangling pronouns: Matching subjects with pronouns The case of the questionable pronoun: Pronoun case The reflexology of pronouns: Reflexive pronouns Where'd I misplace the modifier That which is whom Quell those qualifiers Let's split (and other last words): How to handle infinitives and final prepositions Are you appositive? (What in the world is an appositive?) What could be worst? Comparatives and superlatives Wanna go out for a spell? Spelling and usage.

Punctuation and related matters That's what he said: Punctuating dialogue Hyphen hyperactivity: When to use hyphens Compound infractions: Compound word? Hyphenated word? Two words? The inside scope: Colons and semicolons Stamp out apostrophe abuse Capital crimes and misdemeanors: Capitalization Commatose: All about commas In this corner ... Italics versus quotation marks Gimme a break! Em dashes? Commas? Parentheses? Diagnosis terminal: Sentence-ending punctuation Watch out for slash-ers: Using the slash properly Paint-by-number writing: Proper expression of numbers Getting possessive: Showing possession Quotable quotes for 2000, Alex: Handling quotations correctly Citation citings: Footnotes, endnotes, and other source citations Handling scripture carefully and correctly.

Style, usage, and other considerations Stylin': What is style? Don't use that tone with me: Avoiding preachiness and other reader-offensive tones Tight writing Spit-polished writing Got rhythm? Flow gently, sweet manuscript Come to your senses: Captivating readers with sensory detail Putting the transit into transitions: The importance of smooth transitions Beware the jargonaut: Purging jargon from your writing Exclusive all-inclusions: Avoiding gender and other types of exclusivity Touche cliches Worth the sweat: We're entitled to a great title and engaging subheads Why did the editor do that to my manuscript?

Write with Excellence is a lighthearted handbook that gives new life to her columns. It both teaches and inspires, offering the following elements and more: three major sections, covering grammar, punctuation, and style; forty-six chapters on everything from defibrillating verbs to avoiding apostrophe abuse; quizzes at the end of each chapter to apply knowledge to one's own writing; lots of humor, actually making grammar fun.

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Joyce K. Ellis has been writing, editing, and teaching for more than forty years, publishing hundreds of articles and more than a dozen fiction and nonfiction books. She and her husband have three grown children and seven exceptional grandchildren. Joyce enjoys traveling, a good cup of tea, and reading beside a lake, river, or ocean.