本书从以英语为母语、具有丰富的英文写作经验和编辑经验者的角度出发，讲述了英语写作的原则，并对中国学生英语写作中的一些普遍性错误进行分析和指导。该书强调写作的交际本质，将交际的成功与否作为写作成功的标准，并据此设计该书的内容和结构，介绍了八种常用文体的写作，包括学术论文、产品宣传短文、新闻报道等。同时，每课都针对具体的教学目的配有相应的练习和讨论题。通过这些训练，学习者可以更有效地理解和掌握所讲授的内容，从而提高实际写作水平。

另外，作者还在书后提供了多个附录，包括单独整理的Better Writing Study Guide，教师指南、补充阅读材料、词汇注释表和索引表等，便于教师和学习者参考使用。《高级实用英语写作》是难得的专门为中国英语学习者编写的一部实用的写作教程，它适合作为高级英语写作课的教材，同时也可作为工作中常用到英语的上班族的自学教材。

本书由母语为英语的具有丰富写作经验的美籍英语教师编写，书中大量引用了资深英文编辑DeWitt Scott从自己的编辑和写作经验中总结出来的英语写作的指导原则，为中国学生在实际生活中的成功写作铺平道路。

内容包括写作技巧、写作文体和对中国学生英语写作中出现的一些普遍性错误进行的分析和指导，并从语言、思维方式和东西方文化的差异这三个层面阐述如何在英语写作中克服这些障碍。

适合作为高级英语写作课的教材使用，同时也可作为工作中常用到英语的上班族的自学教材，如细心研读并作相应的训练，对提高实用英语文体的写作技能会有很大帮助。

About the Authors

序言

Foreword

Introduction for Students

Introduction for Teachers

Table of Contents

Lesson 1

 Writing Skills--The Basics

1.1. Introduction

 Type of Writing--Academic Paragraphs

1.2. Writing Your First Essay

Lesson 2

 Writing Skills--Don't Copy: Learn to Paraphrase

2.1. Plagiarism

2.2. Paraphrasing, Using Quotations, and Using Idioms

Lesson 3

 Writing Skills--Before You Get Started

3.1. Know Your Readers

3.2. How to Begin

Lesson 4

 Type of Writing--Documented Academic Essays

4.1. Constructing an Academic Essay in English

4.2. Documenting Your Essay

Lesson 5

 Writing Skills--How to "Talk" to Them

Lesson 6

 Type of Writing--Product Descriptions

6.1. The Basics: Introduction, Body and Conclusion

6.2. Keep Product Descriptions Simple and Clear

Lesson 7

 Writing Skills--Successful Writing Is a Process

7.1. Rewriting and Editing

7.2. Use Every Advantage

Lesson 8

 Better Writing Study Guide (Part 2; GS-G12)

G8. Connectives

G9. Agreement

G10. Providing Examples (For Example, Such As, and More)

G11. Using Many, Much, Any and A Lot

G12. Miscellaneous Points (Numbers, Italics, Fluff & Overgeneralizations)

Lesson 9

 Writing Skills--The Simple Sentence

Lesson 10

 Writing Skills--Be Specific, Precise and Brief

Lesson 11

 Type of Writing--Reviews

Lesson 12

 Writing Skills--People Like Stories About People

12.1. Stay in Touch with People

12.2. Transitions--Move Your Reader Along

Lesson 13

 Better Writing Study Guide (Part 3; G13-G15)

G13. More About Connectives and Transitions

G14. Verb Agreement with Names and Collective Nouns

G15. Articles: The, A, &An

Lesson 14

 Writing Skills--Punctuation

14.1. Basic Punctuation

14.2. Punctuation When Explaining and Typing

Lesson 15

 Looking Back: Midterm Review

Lesson 16

 Writing Skills--Recharge Your "IONS" (Active Writing)

Lesson 17

 Type of Writing--the News

17.1. Introduction to Journalistic Writing

17.2. Writing News Articles

Lesson 18

 Writing Skills--Adverbs and Adjectives

18.1. Adverbs

18.2. Adjectives

18.3. Sources of Confusion over Adverbs and Adjectives

Lesson 19

 Better Writing Study Guide (Part 4; G16-G20)

G16. Choosing Since, Because, As or Like

G17. Expressing How We Feel

G18. Problems with Countable and Uncountable Words

G19. Common Chinglish Mistakes

G20. Related Terms That Are Commonly Confused

Lesson 20

 Type of Writing--Editorials

20.1. Writing Editorials

20.2. Writing Letters to the Editor

Lesson 21

 Writing Skills--Loaded Words

Lesson 22

 Type of Writing--Feature Articles

22.1. Writing Feature Articles

22.2. Chart: Journalistic Writing (Comparison Summary)

Lesson 23

 Writing Skills--liches and Show-offs

23.1. Avoid Cliches

23.2. The Changing Nature of Words

23.3. Show-offs

Lesson 24

 Writing Skills--Fighting Clutter

Lesson 25

 Writing Skills--Metaphors

Lesson 26

 Type of Writing--Business Correspondence

Lesson 27

 Writing Skills--Little Slips

Lesson 28

 Writing Skills--Misused Words

28.1. Misused, Confused and Misspelled Words (in Alphabetical Order)

Lesson 29

 Summary

29.1. DeWitt Scott's Successful Writing Guidelines

Lesson 30

 Writing Skills--Creating Questions (Bonus Lesson)

Appendix A--Marking Key for Sample Essays

Appendix B--Important Collocations (Life & Travel)

Appendix C--Better Writing Study Guide (Part 1; G1-G7)

G1. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

G2. The Past and Future (Can, Could, Later, May, Will, & Recent)

G3. Using Learn, Study, Understand & Know

G4. Common Sources of Confusion

G5. Showing Comparison or Contrast

G6. Making a Verb Negative

G7. Paragraphs, Capitalization, and Titles

Appendix D--More Help for Teachers

Appendix E--Journalistic Group Project Info

Answer Key

Glossary

Index to Key Concepts

Detailed Table of Contents & Better Writing Index

Further Readings

Acknowledgements