In the tradition of The Elements of Style comes Trish Hall's essential new work on writing wellvdash;a sparkling instructional guide to persuading (almost) anyone, on (nearly) anything. As the person in charge of the Op-Ed page for the New York Times, Hall spent years immersed in argument, passion, and trendsetting ideas,dash;but also in tangled sentences, migraine-inducing jargon, and dull-as-dishwater writing. Drawing on her vast experience editing everyone from Nobel Prize winners and global strongmen (Putin) to first-time pundits (Angelina Jolie), Hall presents the ultimate guide to writing persuasively for students, job applicants, and rookie authors looking to get published. She sets out the core principles for connecting with readerssdash;laid out in illuminating chapters such as dquo;Cultivate Empathy,Cdquo; dquo;Abandon Jargon,Bdquo; and idquo;Prune Ruthlessly.>dquo; Combining boisterous anecdotes with practical advice (relayed in
