Painless Writing (Barron's Painless)

I disagree with the other (negative) review, which unfortunately skews the average review(s) for this book unfairly downward. I think the exercises in this book are just fine. Writing refinement is a highly subjective topic, but I do think the author's recommendations are sound and quite helpful, if a bit hard to test through "exercises."The author does include such exercises, but their purpose is to help writers recognize -- and avoid -- common types of writing traps and pitfalls (poor word choices, convoluted writing, overuse of the passive voice, word misuse, etc.) that writers tend to fall into. There is no logical way to present these various issues other than by general category, which is precisely what the author does.Painless Writing is definitely not a writing textbook. Rather, it is a collection of helpful and practical advice for writers who wish to further refine and polish their writing. Viewed in that light, this book is a helpful and useful supplemental writing handbook, and I think you'll find Painless Writing to be a worthwhile purchase.

I have never been good at English or writing. I want to become a writer and needed lessons on making myself a better writer. this book is awesome and easy to understand and simple to flow. I am 38 years old and I'm using it to learn the English that I didn't learn in school; I am praying that my girls who are in school still will read it soon and I think it will help them make better grades in school.

Great series for helping kids better grasp some of the tougher concepts.

My great grandson loved them.

This is helping my homeschoolers with their writing skills.

Awesome book! Easy to follow! Great activities.

I bought my first Painless book several years ago. I was 30 something and going to college for the very first time and the Painless Algebra and Grammar helped wonders! I earned three A's and one B my very first semester.This Painless series will give ALL ages confidence!

I recommend this book. Its practical, easy to understand. I use it for homeschooling and it has helped my children immensely.

Great resource for students and adults!

Fun

Happy with my purchase.

what i needed for college

Very informative book!

Great Product!

Having fried my brain on drugs and age 33, I bought this book as an attempt to recover some of the skills I lost. I guess my skills were above the level of this book, good book, just didn't help me, the vocabulary one was good though, as the drugs made me forget a lot of words.