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Oneworld Publications How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the
Book SynopsisA Spectator Best Book of the Year ‘This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader. It is filled with cogent examples and provoking statements. You will agree or quarrel with each page, and be a sharper writer and reader by the end.’ Hilary Mantel ‘There are three rules for writing a novel,’ Somerset Maugham once said. ‘Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’ So how to bring characters to life, find a voice, kill your darlings, avoid plagiarism (or choose not to), or run that most challenging of literary gauntlets—writing a good sex scene? Veteran editor and author Richard Cohen takes us on a fascinating excursion into the lives and minds of our greatest writers—from Balzac and Eliot to Woolf and Nabokov, through to Zadie Smith and Stephen King, with a few mischievous detours to Tolstoy along the way. In a glittering tour d’horizon, he lays bare their tricks, motivations, techniques, obsessions and flaws.Trade Review‘Provides amazing insight into the working methods, techniques, tricks and flaws of some of the greatest writers in literary history…An engrossing read for bibliophiles and lovers of literature as much as aspiring writers.’ * New European *‘This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader. It is filled with cogent examples and provoking statements. You will agree or quarrel with each page, and be a sharper writer and reader by the end.’ -- Hilary Mantel‘A glorious patchwork of quotation and anecdote. It is a true commonplace book, the homage of a passionate reader to the writers who have provided his “main pastime”.’ * Sunday Times *‘Welcome, wise and witty…Aspiring writers will glean excellent advice here.’ * Literary Review *‘I very much enjoyed Richard Cohen’s How to Write Like Tolstoy’ -- Julie Burchill * Spectator, Books of the Year *‘An anecdotal, breezy and comprehensive approach…an entertainingly slick read.' * Herald *‘The highest compliment one can pay How to Write Like Tolstoy is that it provokes an overwhelming urge to read and write.’ * Wall Street Journal *‘A book for the general reader as much as the aspiring novelist.’ * Tablet *‘Interesting, charming, and engaging…Cohen reveals the possibilities that lie in wait when authors practice selection and intention, sparking the literary imagination.’ * Library Journal, starred review *‘An inspiring book! It makes one glad to be a writer.’ -- Fay Weldon‘Elegant... Cohen [tells] amusing, often discursive stories about great literature and authors, mixed with the writers’ own observations, which he hopes will further inspire readers and would-be writers. The advice is pleasant, and sometimes wise.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘Insightful… [Cohen] escorts his readers to Iris Murdoch for sage counsel on launching a novel, to Salman Rushdie for shrewd guidance on developing an unreliable narrator, to Rudyard Kipling for a cagey hint on creating memorable minor characters, and to Leo Tolstoy for a master’s help in transforming personal experience into fictional art. Even readers with no intentions of writing a novel will relish the opportunity to join their favourite authors at the workbench.’ * Booklist *‘Cohen’s myriads of examples are lush and instructive... he is a generous tour guide through his literary world’ * Kirkus Reviews *
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Silman-James Press,U.S. New Screenwriter Looks At the New Screenwriter
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New Village Press Undoing the Silence
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Writing with Sources: A Guide for Students
Book SynopsisThe challenges of integrating and citing sources in academic work have expanded in scope and complexity in the digital age, but the basic principles and guidelines for doing so responsibly remain the same. The third edition of Writing with Sources is updated throughout, providing more examples of the proper use and citation of digital and print sources across disciplines—including current conventions specific to MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, APA, and CSE citation styles—while preserving its concise and accessible format.Trade ReviewComments on the previous edition: "The best little book for college writers. Harvey understands the writer’s position—and plight—when composing essays that must respond to texts yet make independent assertions. Writing with Sources not only provides clear rules of citation for papers in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, but it also shows how writers can incorporate and advance ideas learned from other writers, while avoiding the bad habits of composition that can lead to plagiarism. It’s the one book to keep on your desk." —David Gewanter, Georgetown UniversityComments on the previous edition: "An excellent and concise survey for students. Harvey covers all the necessary bases and mixes in a touch of humor besides. Its strength lies in its size: college students will not be put off by the volume, but it does not sugarcoat its message, either. Using examples from the book’s own text is brilliant!" —Daniel Berman, Temple University
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Pharmaceutical Press The Complete Guide to Medical Writing
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview to the novice medical writer by explaining how to get published, how to write for a particular audience or in a particular media, what the publishing processes are and what the financial rewards might be.Trade Review'I was especially impressed with the book's focus on audience, which infuses almost every chapter...John Kirkman provided an excellent discussion on writing for an audience, including some of the latest research on how readers read, an aspect of audience analysis often overlooked by authors of technical communication texts...I would not hesitate to recommend it to participants in a workshop for doctors or researchers who are writing for novices'Carolyn Boiarsky, Technical Communication, Volume 56, Number 3, 3 August 2009 -- Carolyn Boiarsky * Technical Communication *'The book is indeed complete and speaks to novice writers or students who may be new to the health professions, as well as knowledgeable clinicians and researchers who need help compiling examination questions, writing press releases, or adding publications to their resumes...besides a thorough back-of-the-book index, the book has useful appendixes...anyone involved in the health professions, whether readers or writers, will appreciate and enjoy this book...is a joy to read by any lover of language and its many applications.'Elizabeth H. Wood. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2008 January; 96(1): 70 -- Elizabeth H. Wood * Journal of the Medical Library Association *'This book is a tour-de-force of virtually all aspects of medical writing. It is a comprehensive, yet practical guide to the conception, preparation, and presentation of material in written form...this book delivers. It is difficult to imagine an area of medical writing that is not covered by this comprehensive and practical guide, and it is difficult to imagine any medical professional, at any level, not finding something extremely useful in it.'Robert B. Raffa, Temple University School of Pharmacy. July 2007. Doody Enterprises, Inc. -- Robert B. Raffa"Although very comprehensive the chapters are well written and easy to follow, with tables of handy hints and tips which summarise the key messages from each chapter...this book is an essential addition to any hospital or academic pharmacy department...a book like this is a valuable resource to encourage more pharmacists to take up the writing and documentation role"Sinead McCool, Course Co-ordinator, UCC/CACT MSc Clinical Pharmacy. The Irish Pharmacy Journal, 2007, July 2007 -- Sinead McCool * The Irish Pharmacy Journal *'The contents are generally well organized, and the main chapters are clearly sign-posted, and so are easy to navigate...each of the six sections contains come outstanding chapters and many solid contributions.'Karen Shashok, Translator/Editorial Consultant. The Journal of the European Medical Writers Association (The Write Stuff) Volume 16. No. 3, 2007 -- Karen Shashok * The Journal of the European Medical Writers Association *Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Style for Medical Writing; 2. Writing for the Public; 3. Writing a Research Report; 4. Medical Case Reports; 5. Reviews; 6. Conference Posters; 7. Referencing; 8. Writing an Editorial; 9. Letters to the Editor of a Journal: Richard Clark; 10. Writing for Magazines/newspapers; 11. Press Releases; 12. Writing for a Medicines Information Centre; 13. Instructions and Procedures; 14. Writing Examination Papers and Assessment Documents; 15. Presentation Material; 16. Writing a Thesis; 17. Applications; 18. Advertisements; 19. Writing for the Internet; 20. Medical Media and the Law; 21. Writing and Editing Books; 22. Getting Published.
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Macmillan Learning The Handbook of Technical Writing with 2020 APA
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F&W Publications Inc The Byline Bible
Book SynopsisNewspaper, magazine, and web editors are desperate for new voices and anyone, in any field, can break in. So why not you? Over the last two decades, writing professor Susan Shapiro has taught more than 25,000 students of all ages and backgrounds at NYU, Columbia, Temple, The New School, and Harvard University. Now in The Byline Bible she reveals the wildly popular 'Instant Gratification Takes Too Long' technique she's perfected, sharing how to land impressive clips to start or re-launch your career. In frank and funny prose, the bestselling author of 12 books walks you through every stage of crafting and selling short nonfiction pieces. She shows you how to spot trendy subjects, where to start, finish and edit, and divulges specific steps to submit work, have it accepted, get paid, and see your byline in your favorite publication in lightning speed. With a foreword by Peter Catapano, long-time editor at the New York Times where many of Shapiro&
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Mango Media Comma Sense: Your Guide to Grammar Victory
Book SynopsisGuide for Grammar, Voice, and Sentence Structure“If you're going to have one grammar book on your shelf, make it this one!” —Dani Alcorn, COO at Writing Academy and cofounder of Writer's Secret Sauce#1 New Release in Writing, Research & Publishing Guides, Composition and Language, Grammar Reference, Semantics, Vocabulary Books, Study & Teaching Reference, Reading Skills, and editingComma Sense by Ellen Feld is a style guide for all things grammar. Learn the rules of adverbs, punctuation, abbreviations, prepositions, and much more. Feld shows you how to write technically, professionally, and personally.Grammar for everyone. Master English grammar with Ellen Feld. Comma Sense goes above and beyond the average grammar book. Professional writers, students, novices, and experts can benefit from learning or relearning the basics of grammar and beyond: em dashes, parentheticals and parallelism, diction and logic, run-on sentences and sentence fragments, and more. Become a master of capitalization and punctuation, subjects and predicates, and contractions and possessives.Test Your Knowledge. After every chapter, take a quiz to practice your new grammatical skills in this great grammar workbook. At the end of the book, a comprehensive test allows you to utilize all you have learned.Inside, you’ll find: The basics of grammar and beyond Tips for better writing Terrific supplementary resources Readers who enjoyed The Elements of Style; Actually, the Comma Goes Here; The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation; or The Perfect English Grammar Workbook will love Comma Sense: A Guide to Grammar Victory. Workbook will love Comma Sense: Your Guide to Grammar Victory.Trade Review“I first learned of Ellen Feld’s impeccable command of all things grammatical when she was one of the wisest hires I ever made as the editor-in-chief of a business newspaper in New York City. More than three decades later I am thrilled—and yes, even still enlightened—to read her guide to the grammatical arts. I am, as well, delightedly entertained by her in the process. Comma Sense (the artfulness of that pun cum apt observation is typical of her) is a downright treasure of a book for all who write, read, or speak the English language.” —Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain “Writing a simple memo is essential to success in the business world. So it’s astonishing how many college and professional school graduates can’t structure a simple sentence. As someone who’s corrected many a colleague’s work, I fervently hope Ellen Feld’s easy-to-read book will sit on many office desks. Its clear style and simple format make it an excellent reference. But I also hope that some enterprising grade school teachers will assign this to their classes. It’s so accessible, it could be an antidote to the American epidemic of graduating students who can’t write.” —Dana Miller Ervin, former journalist for ABC and CBS News “If you really want to go deep into the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of grammar, then Comma Sense is for you. Ellen covers the basics like a pro and delivers practical examples to help you learn. You’ll never mess up ‘lie’ and ‘lay’ again!” —Lisa Lepki, CMO at ProWritingAid “Sadly neglected in public school education, grammar has become something that’s winged even by the most educated. What’s needed is a guidebook, and Ellen Feld has given us one, written by a writer, educator, and editor who knows the rules and communicates them with panache and an exemplary prose style. You'll actually enjoy learning English grammar while reading Comma Sense. And you may pick up a little something extra along the way.” —Rick Mullin, senior editor of Chemical & Engineering News “If you're going to have one grammar book on your shelf, make it this one! Ellen’s explanations are clear, concise, and will get you writing or revising with confidence and zeal.” —Dani Alcorn, COO at Writing Academy and cofounder of Writer's Secret Sauce “Everything you need to know about grammar in less than 300 pages! If you write for a living, have dreams of becoming a proofreader, or just want to enhance your communication skills, Comma Sense is the book for you. As an editor, I’ve read countless grammar books, but Comma Sense is hands down my favorite. Ellen's book is full of fun, easy-to-understand examples and quizzes to test what you've learned. Who doesn’t love a quiz? Don't let this book out of your sight, because you're going to want to have it just within reach whenever you have a tricky grammar question!” —Catherine Turner, editor and owner of Turner Proofreading “In her new book, Comma Sense, Ellen Sue Feld demystifies grammar with clarity, conciseness, and empathy.” —Anu Garg, author and founder of Wordsmith.orgTable of ContentsTable of Contents Learning Goals Chapter 1: Parts of Speech Chapter 2: Mixed-up Words Chapter 3: Contractions and Possessives Chapter 4: Subjects and Predicates Chapter 5: Sentence Fragments Chapter 6: Run-on Sentences Chapter 7: Standard Verb Forms Chapter 8: Pronouns Chapter 9: Agreement Chapter 10: Shifts in Person, Tense, and Structure Chapter 11: Clarity, Concision, Diction, and Logic Chapter 12: Capitalization and Punctuation Resources Index
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Broadview Press Ltd Digital Writing: A Guide to Writing for Social
Book SynopsisThis guidebook offers a rhetorical framework for writing and analyzing content for social media and the web. In the age of disinformation and hyper-targeted digital advertising, writers and teachers of writing must be prepared to delve into the digital world with a critical and strategic perspective. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to writing scenarios with insights from classical and contemporary rhetoric, the philosophy of technology, and digital media theory. Special emphases are also placed on preparing for writing, marketing, and communications careers in the digital space, and on ethical issues related to digital and social media.Trade Review“In Digital Writing, Dan Lawrence skillfully blends ancient rhetorical concepts and contemporary philosophical thought with the pragmatic theories and best practices of the digital age. In this concise, accessible text, Lawrence speaks not only to students who aspire to writing careers, but also to teachers whose pedagogical development necessitates a nuanced understanding of the theories and machinations that underpin the digital world. Lawrence’s experience as a digital practitioner, his skill as a teacher, and the sophistication of his reflections permeate the book and promise to enrich the field of digital writing.” — Karla Saari Kitalong, Professor Emerita, Michigan Technological University“Dan Lawrence sets out to do some impossible things in Digital Writing: to use ancient techniques against modern technologies, and to apply ancient principles to a society that has lost touch with them. Lawrence uses a tried and true historical framework to provide solutions to problems which have become societal and for which we have precious few such helpful guides. Lawrence urges the reader to do the one thing advertisers, marketers, and tech companies do not want them to do, something it is harder and harder to do with each passing microsecond: to stop and think. Digital Writing will open a lot of eyes to the subtle arts of persuasion employed at every turn of the average person’s daily digital life, and will arm them with the resources to be more intentional in their participation and more sophisticated in their response.” — Andrew McLuhan, author of written matter (Revelore Press, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Digital Writing 1.1 Introduction 1.2 What is Digital Writing? 1.3 Rhetorical Framework for Digital Writing 1.4 Rhetoric, Audience, and Technology 1.5 Rhetoric in Application 1.5.1 Ethos 1.5.2 Pathos 1.5.3 Logos 1.6 Procedural Rhetoric 1.7 Careers in Digital Writing 1.8 How to Use This Text 1.9 Exercises Chapter 2: Writing for Social Media 2.1 The Digital Writing Process 2.2 Rhetoric and Social Media 2.3 Emulation 2.4 Interactivity 2.5 House of Language: The Language Game 2.6 What is Social Media? 2.7 Benefits of Social Media 2.8 Social Media in Business 2.9 Global Social Media Usage 2.10 Major Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter 2.10.1 Facebook 2.10.2 Twitter 2.10.3 Instagram 2.11 Digital Medi and Marketing 2.12 Marketing Departments 2.13 Marketing vs. Advertising 2.14 Conversions 2.15 Case Studies & Applications 2.16 Writing for Facebook 2.17 Writing for Twitter 2.18 Writing for Instagram 2.19 Exercises Chapter 3: Writing for the Web 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Global Internet Access and Usage 3.3 User Behavior and Time Online: What Are People Doing on the Internet? 3.4 Algorithms and the Black Box of Technology 3.5 Ethics, Data, and Privacy 3.6 Searchability/Findability 3.7 Disinformation 3.8 Writing Content for the Web 3.9 Web Traffic 3.10 Blogging 3.11 Search Engine Optimization 3.12 Content Writing 3.13 Landing Pages 3.14 Using Web Building Tools 3.15 Exercises Chapter 4: Digital-Visual Design 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Visual Rhetoric 4.3 Graphic Design 4.4 The Rise of Digital Video 4.5 Digital-Visual Design 4.6 Don’t Be Afraid of Adobe 4.7 YouTube and Video Advertisements 4.8 Aesthetics and Microgenres 4.9 Emergent Technology and the Reality of the Virtual 4.10 Exercises Chapter 5: Digital Writing Jobs 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Articulating Skills and Digital Skills 5.3 Acquiring and Claiming Skills 5.4 Specializations and What Employers Look For 5.5 Applying to Jobs 5.6 Networking and LinkedIn 5.7 The Digital Writer’s Resume 5.8 The Digital Writer’s Cover Letter 5.9 Conclusion5.10 Exercises Appendix Bibliography & Further Reading Pexels Imagery Credits
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Abrams The Very Short Story Starter
Book Synopsis Think about your writing from a new perspective and learn to tell a story in the most effective way possible with John Gillard’s The Very Short Story Starter, a flash-fiction workbook. Popular with creative writers around the world, flash fiction is an ultra-short story format (usually 1,000 words or less) that distills a narrative into its most economic and impactful form. In this lay-flat paperback workbook, you’ll find 101 flash-fiction writing prompts, each crafted to inspire an incredible variety of very short stories. Some prompts instruct you to focus on setting or developing a specific character. Other prompts ask you to play with story structure, to begin at the end or jump right into the middle of the action. You are also encouraged to bring the journal to different locations (a coffee shop or a museum) and take story cues from your surroundings. With helpful writing tips and just the right amount of space
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Academic Success
Book SynopsisThis hands-on book introduces students to the demands of university study in a clear and accessible way and helps them to understand what is expected of them. It helps students to develop the core skills they need to succeed at university, and gives guidance on the key forms of academic writing, including essays, reports, reflective assignments and exam papers. It shows students how to recognise opinions, positions and bias in academic texts from a range of genres, develop their own 'voice' and refer to others' ideas in an appropriate way. It also features authentic examples of academic texts and engaging activities throughout to aid understanding. Packed with practical guidance and self-study activities, this book will be an essential resource for all students new to university-level study. Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/academic-success. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textboTrade ReviewThis book delivers exactly what the title promises: everything a student needs to be successful in their studies. * Lee Fallin, University of Hull, UK *An invaluable guide to the nature of successful learning in a university context, which will help students better prepare for and manage the challenges faced in tertiary studies. * Professor Jack Richards, University of Sydney, Australia *Academic Success includes everything a student needs to know about university: from how a university works through to advice on reading, writing and thinking academically, including differences between disciplines. It's a comprehensive, useful guide to transitioning to university and succeeding in your studies. * Helen Cooper, University of Birmingham, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY STUDY 1. What's Different About Academic Communication? 2. Students and Lecturers 3. Independent Learning PART 2: TAKING PART IN UNIVERSITY LEARNING 4. Academic Listening 5. Academic Reading Tutorials and Seminars 7. Doing Group Assignments PART 3: BECOMING CRITICAL 8. Opinions, Positions and Bias 9. Critical Thinking 10. Sources of Academic Knowledge PART 4: EXPRESSING YOUR VOICE AND REFERRING TO THE VOICES OF OTHERS 11. Voices in Academic Texts 12. Expressing Your Own Voice 13. Avoiding Plagiarism 14. Voices in Different Types of Text 15. Creating an Identity in Different Types of Text PART 5: WRITING ACADEMIC TEXTS 16. Writing in the University 17. Making Your Argument Flow 18. Writing Essays 19. Writing Reports 20. Writing Research Reports 21. Writing Reflective Texts 22. Writing Electronic Texts 23. Writing in Exams Further Reading Glossary.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Creating an Undergraduate Literary Journal
Book SynopsisUniversity literary journals allow students to create their own venue for learning, have a hands-on part of their development in real-world skills, and strive towards professional achievement. But producing an undergraduate literary magazine requires commitment, funding, and knowledge of the industry. This practical guide assists students and faculty in choosing a workable structure for setting up, and then successfully running, their own literary publication. Whether the journal is print or online, in-house or international, Creating an Undergraduate Literary Journal is a step-by-step handbook, walking the reader through the process of literary journal production. Chapters focus on: defining the journal; the financial logistics; editing the journal; distribution; and what could come next for a student writer-editor after graduation. The first book of its kind to offer instruction directly to those running university-based literary magazines, this book includes insights from forTrade ReviewAudrey Colombe’s Creating An Undergraduate Literary Journal provides a wealth of information for faculty advisors, student and faculty editors, and undergraduates and graduate students alike on the business of literary publishing and tips for building, developing, expanding, and marketing a successful literary magazine. * Keya Mitra, Pacific University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Running a Literary Journal The sorrows, the joys What to expect from this book 1.Defining Your Journal Start Out by Looking Around: What Defines Your School and Your Project? Are you working on an existing journal, or starting from scratch? Considering the Possibilities: In house National/International Online In print 2. Financial and In-kind Support The Budget University: Student Fees, Department, College, Provost Advisory Board Fundraising 101 Faculty Advisor/Graduate Advisor Partner Journals Advertising 3. Editing the Journal Editing tasks: creating a handbook and editorial practices Diversity – Staff and Selections Establishing an Annual Schedule Communication Between yourselves With your writers Production and Design Awards – Or Not 4. Writer-Editor Citizen Reading Series and Other Literary Events Creating Writing Opportunities for Everyone Collaborative Work with Other Student Artists Community Outreach: Getting Writers from the Community Involved University engagement (with Admissions, Alumni Relations, Development) 5. Networking and Professionalization State and Local Writing Groups AWP & FUSE National and International Writing Conferences Internships Graduate School Index Appendix A: List of undergraduate literary magazines, print and online Appendix B: List of helpful literary organizations
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HarperCollins Publishers The Times Style Guide
Book SynopsisThe official style guide followed by The Times and The Sunday Times.Uncover the rules, conventions and policies on spelling, grammar and usage followed by the journalists, contributors and editors working on the Times and Sunday Times newspapers. Now updated with all the latest policy decisions.Royal Family or royal family? Frontrunner or front-runner? Assure or ensure? Affect or effect? Even the most accomplished writer will run up against these and many similar problems in the quest for clear, elegant and grammatical writing.The Times and Sunday Times editors answer these and hundreds of other usage conundrums with a comprehensive collection of entries covering the quirky minefield of the English language.Although no literary straitjacket, this authoritative guide is the foundation of correct English usage for all Times and Sunday Times journalists and contributors and provides a benchmark style, the essential ingredient of all well-written English.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Book SynopsisAdvanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any formincluding memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and morewhile taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers innovative strategies and ideas beyond what's traditionally covered. Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology also includes: An anthology of contemporary creative nonfiction by some of today's most inventive and celebrated writers Advanced explorations into the craft of creative nonfiction across forms In-depth discussion of truth, ethics, and memory Practical advice on revision, editing, research, and publishing Writing prompts and exercises throughout the textbook A companion website is also available for the book at http://www.blooTrade ReviewAdvanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology sets a new standard for teaching creative nonfiction by covering a wide range of craft topics, explicating old and emergent forms, and including a unique anthology ... Each chapter reads as an engaging lecture, a lesson on how to process, and more importantly, how to be a human who writes. * Technical Communication *I’ve searched long and hard for a creative nonfiction text that not only reflects the traditions of nonfiction but likewise its myriad and protean forms. At last, I have it in this smart and clear-headed look at a genre that prizes uncertainty and seeking. Prentiss and Nelson undo traditional and unhelpful definitions of the forms and argue for a more malleable approach, eschewing the narrow rut of truth versus fiction. The vignettes that introduce each chapter are themselves lovely reflections that marry form and experience by these two talented writers. The choices for the anthology reflect the breadth, diversity, and brilliance of many of the most inventive and exciting writers of creative nonfiction today. And as guides, Nelson and Prentiss prove themselves to be the most trustworthy of pathfinders through a heretofore confusing landscape in a practice that is still trying to define itself. I expect this will be my teaching text of choice for years to come. * Robin Hemley, Author of Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood, Founder of NonfictioNOW and Co-editor and founder, Speculative Nonfiction *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Foundations 1. The History of Creative Nonfiction 2. Veracity and Genre 3. Forms and Modes of Creative Nonfiction 4. Interplay of Genres, Forms, and Modes 5. Elements of Creative Nonfiction Part 2: Evolutions 6. The Central Question 7. Image and Metaphor 8. Exploding Scene 9. Chronology 10. Dialectical Movement 11. Setting As Character 12. Writer, Narrator, Character 13. Lenses 14. Reflection, Introspection, and Speculation 15. Beginnings and Endings 16. Music of Prose Part 3: Integrities 17. Truth, Fact, and Memory 18. Authority and Credibility Part 4: Renovations 19. Workshops, Peer Reviews, and Writing Groups 20. Revision 21. Publishing Part 5: Anthology 1. Austin Bunn, “Basement Story” 2. Amy Butcher, “Women These Days” 3. Seo-Young Chu, “A Refuge for Jae-in Doe: Fugues in the Key of English Major” 4. Melissa Febos, “Leave Marks” 5. Kathy Fish, “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” 6. Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, “Open Season” 7. Ross Gay, “Loitering” 8. Och Gonzalez, “What I Do on My Terrace is None of Your Business” 9. Peter Grandbois, “Loyalty” 10. Major Jackson, “Mighty Pawns” 11. Sarah Minor, “A Log Cabin Square” 12. Jessica Hendry Nelson, “When You Were a Boy in Maine” 13. Sean Prentiss, “Buying a House” 14. Jonathan Rovner, “The Funambulists” 15. Vijay Seshadri, “Memoir” 16. Vivek Shraya, “Trisha” 17. Margot Singer, “Call it Rape” 18. Ira Sukrungruang, “Invisible Partners” 19. Jill Talbot, “The Professor of Longing” 20. Abigail Thomas, “Nostalgia” 21. Ryan Van Meter, “First” 22. Elissa Washuta, “Incompressible Flow” 23. Christian Wiman, “The Limit” 24. Brooke Juliet Wonders, “Self Erasure” 25. Xu Xi, “Godspeed” 26. Kristen Millares Young, “A Few Thoughts While Shaving” Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc APA Style Citations For Dummies
Book SynopsisWrite right in for scholarly success While world-renowned for the precision and clarity it lends to scholarly writing, keeping track of APA style's exacting standards can be demanding (at times even excruciating!) for initiates and seasoned writers alike. Created and governed by the American Psychological Association, it provides a universal style for formatting, citations, and footnotes in psychological research, behavioral and social science journals, and beyond. Getting up to speed is tough stuff, but once you've got it, your work will have that easy-to-follow scholarly authority that will get high marks from your professors and peers alike. Your friendly, frustration-free guide for this adventure in simplifying APA style is Joe Giampalmi, who has taught more than 100 APA-style composition courses to college students. He takes the pain of following APA style away by breaking it down to its essential elements and focusing on the important stuff students encounter most. You'll work through specific, real-life examples of using APA style for psychology, criminology, business, and nursing papers. In addition to demystifying the intricacies of formatting and citation, APA Style & Citations For Dummies has got you covered in all matters of grammar and punctuationas well as guidance on how APA style can help you negotiate issues around the ethics of authorship and the importance of word choice in reducing bias. Develop conciseness and clarityPay attention to flow, structure, and logic in your writingKnow when, why, how, and what to citeKeep your writing ethically conscious and bias-free Writing in APA style is something that almost all students will need to do at some point: APA Style & Citations For Dummies is a must-have desk reference to know how to win the approval of your professorsand earn the marks you need for success!Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Conforming to Standards: APA and the Academic Environment 5 Chapter 1: Capitalizing on Consistency: APA and the Academic Classroom 7 Understanding APA and Academic Standards 8 Standardizing how you handle topics 10 Respecting the academic environment 10 Comparing APA and MLA 13 Identifying Your Role in Academic Process 15 APA and high school classrooms 16 APA and college courses 17 APA and comp courses 18 APA and content courses 19 APA and online courses 20 Confronting Cultural Differences — APA and Nonnative English Students 21 Seeking a professor who supports language learning 22 Understanding that English isn’t easy 23 Making the transition seamlessly 24 Chapter 2: Updating and Debugging: APA Seventh Edition 27 Transitioning from the Sixth: APA for Today 28 Focusing on the Title Page and Page Organization 29 Running heads 30 Period spacing 30 Levels of headings 30 Font options 30 DOI and URL Formatting 31 Paper length 31 Bold section headings 31 Writing improvement plan 31 Page order 31 Eyeing the Changes with Citations and References 32 Addressing Bias-Free Writing Style and Updated Mechanics 34 Approaching APA Updates: Mindset 35 Student Publishing: Your Goal As a Serious Writer 37 Chapter 3: Understanding Expectations: APA and Discourse Communities 39 Understanding Academic Expectations in College 40 Figuring out what you want to achieve in college 41 Fulfilling your professors’ expectations: Your needs 42 Examining APA Expectations 47 Overcoming Adversity 48 Identifying Discourse Communities You’ll Encounter in College 49 College communities 50 Course communities 52 APA community 53 Graduation community 53 Chapter 4: Protecting Scholarship: Plagiarism 57 Academic Integrity: Get Your Sheepskin 58 Defining academic integrity 58 Looking at the research 59 Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty: You Know Better 60 Cheating 60 Self-plagiarism 60 Patchwriting 61 Conflicts of interest 61 Unauthorized collaboration 61 Falsification 61 Plagiarism 62 Avoiding Plagiarism: Your Responsibilities 63 Manage your time wisely 63 Advocate academic integrity 64 Identify assignment limitations 64 Detail your research 64 Practice responsible citing 65 Utilize APA feedback resources 65 Steer clear of unreliable strategies 66 Closing Cultural Gaps: APA Strategies for Nonnative English Students 68 Grasping cultural differences in education 68 Utilizing additional APA strategies for non-native English students 69 Part 2: Earning Applause: APA Writing for the Academic Audience 71 Chapter 5: Writing for Success: APA Writing Style 73 Focusing on the Why and How: Audience and Purpose 74 Academic and assignment audience 75 Purpose 76 Zeroing In: Assignment Approach and Focus 77 Approach 78 Focus 79 Smooth Sailing: Transitions and Flow 80 Organizational flow 81 Transition strategies 82 Writing with Attitude: Tone 83 Recalling Sandbox Lessons: Respectful Language 86 Racial and ethnic references 87 Age and disability references 87 Gender and sexual orientation references 88 Socioeconomic references 90 Chapter 6: Creating a Foundation: The Principal Parts of Speech, Structure, and Usage 91 Shining the Spotlight on the Stars of the Show: Action Verbs 92 Using your voice 92 Being in agreement 94 Focusing on tense 95 Avoiding Anonymity: Nouns 96 Designating Replacements: Pronouns 97 Staying in agreement 97 Eyeing APA person preferences 98 Using the singular “they” 99 Building Basics: Structures 99 Sentences and paragraphs 100 Parallelism 101 Reducing Confusion: Problem Pairs 103 Problem pairs 103 Problem pronouns 104 Misplaced description 105 Chapter 7: Navigating Pages: Conventions of Style 107 Marking Cadence: Punctuation 108 End punctuation and spacing 108 Comma 109 Semicolon and colon 109 Dashes and slashes 111 Quotation marks 112 Parentheses, brackets, and ellipses 113 Seeking Attention: Special Conventions 115 Italics 115 Abbreviations 116 Numbers 117 Perfecting Appearance: Spelling 117 Spelling strategies 118 Possessives 119 Foreign forms 120 Hyphenation 120 Standing Tall: Capitalization 122 Proper nouns 123 Titles and headings 124 Chapter 8: Covering All Bases: Three-Level Revising 127 Revising: Why Rewriting Is So Important 129 Seeking feedback when revising 130 Rewriting in action: A real-life example 130 Streamlining: Structural Organization 133 Opening: Working title, first sentence, and introduction 133 Middle 137 Closing 137 Paring: Paragraphs and Sentences 140 Sentence starters 141 Spoken-language wordiness 142 Wordy phrases and clauses 143 Whittling Words 144 Unnecessary and overused words 144 Verb and ly-adverb combinations 147 Superfluous verb endings 148 Chapter 9: Achieving Your Personal Best: Student Improvement Plan 151 Understanding What Makes a College Reader 152 Developing Lifetime Literacy Skills: Reading for Success 154 Reading to learn 154 Improving your reading plan 158 Writing As a Skill for Lifetime Success 162 Developing Lifetime Literacy Skills: Writing for Success 163 Writing to learn 163 Putting together your writing improvement plan 165 Part 3: Practicing Safe Cites: Writing and Citing Sources 169 Chapter 10: Gaining Insight: To Cite or Not to Cite 171 Crediting Sources: General Guidelines 173 Full and partial quotations 174 Block quotations 174 Summarizing and paraphrasing 175 Statistical data within the context of research 176 Terms specific to a field 176 Tables, Internet images, and clip art 176 Facts and figures that aren’t common knowledge 177 Controversial information that contradicts generally accepted truths 177 No citations required 178 Coordinating Citations: Common Elements 178 Citing author-date format 179 Citing repeated narratives 180 Sections of a source 180 Citing an unknown author 181 Citing numerous authors 181 Citing same author, same date 182 Citing authors with the same surname 182 Citing organization authors 182 Addressing Special Approaches: Personal, Authoritative, and Legal 182 Personal communication 183 Academic authorities 183 Legal reference 183 Citing Electronic Sources: Websites, Periodicals, Software, and Visuals 184 Evaluating Sources 185 Determining what makes a reliable source 185 Assessing the quality of the sources cited 186 Chapter 11: Preparing for Conflict: Source Engagement 191 Pre-Gaming: Gathering Sources 192 Rehearsing: Preparing Sources 193 Using signal phrases 195 Summarizing and citing correctly 196 Paraphrasing and citing correctly 197 Quoting and citing correctly 198 Synthesizing: Engaging with Sources 199 Author and source 200 Source and source 201 Source, source, and author 201 Source, source, and source 202 Primary sources as engagement 202 Post-Gaming: Verifying Information 203 Chapter 12: Formatting Last Impressions: Reference List 205 Playing by the Rules: General Guidelines 206 Coordinating Reference Elements: Author, Date, Title, and Source 208 Author 209 Date 210 Title 211 Source 212 Clarifying Elements: Reference Conventions and Abbreviations 213 Punctuating your references 213 Capitalizing references 214 Playing by the Rules: Specifics for Formatting Periodicals 215 Seeing Is Believing: Real-Life Reference Items 216 Books and reference works 217 Edited book Chapters and works in reference books 218 Periodical and journal articles 219 Reports 221 Audiovisual media and works 222 Online media 224 Conferences and presentations 225 Webpages and websites 225 Legal reference 225 Extending References: Annotated Bibliography 226 Part 4: Perfecting Presentation: Beginnings, Endings, and Other Writings 227 Chapter 13: Preparing Appetizers and Desserts: Front and Back Materials 229 Opening Impressions: Formatting Front Matter 230 Previewing your paper: Table of contents 231 Listing figures and tables 232 Focusing on abstracts 234 Including an executive summary 236 Closing Remarks: Formatting Back Matter 238 Wrapping up with appendixes 238 Ending with a glossary 239 Including footnotes and endnotes 241 Chapter 14: Acing a First Impression: Formatting Title Page and Page Layout 243 Naming Writes: Title Page and Titles 244 Recognizing title page elements 245 Strategizing for writing titles 247 Packaging Appearance: Formatting and Organization 249 Page formatting: Consistency is key 249 Page organization: Sequence is essential 251 Chapter 15: Understanding First Year Writing: APA Essays and Reaction Papers 257 Conquering College Comp: Essay Basics 258 Differentiating essays from research writing 258 Identifying the fundamentals of writing an essay 259 Focusing on Essay Structure and Formatting 262 Writing a memorable essay title 263 Starting your essay with a bang 263 Giving the body what it needs: Figurative language 265 Avoiding crash endings 266 Formatting your essay 266 Formatting your essay citations 267 Implementing Essay Variations: Common College Essays 268 Narrative 268 Cause and effect 269 Comparison and contrast 270 Expository 270 Persuasive 271 Descriptive 272 Reading and Responding: Reaction Paper Basics 272 Writing a successful reaction paper 273 Organizing a reaction paper 275 Formatting a reaction paper 276 Chapter 16: Mastering Advanced Writing: APA Review of Literature 279 Reviewing Literature: Searches and Steps 280 Starting the search 281 Focusing on the topic 284 Sequencing the process in four steps 285 Studying Samples: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion 289 Starting with the thesis: The introduction 289 Developing the thesis: The body 289 Ending with significant findings: The conclusion 293 Determining other major sections 295 Laying Out Pages and the Title Page of the APA Literature Review 296 Chapter 17: Perfecting Specialized Writings: APA Reports 299 APA Report Writing: Creating and Organizing 300 Eyeing the purpose and benefits of reports 300 Examining report characteristics 301 Writing Reports in Six Easy-to-Follow Steps 303 Step 1: Plan and focus 304 Step 2: Search for information 305 Step 3: Analyze the information 305 Step 4: Organize major and optional sections 305 Step 5: Write the report 305 Step 6: Revise 307 Adapting APA Formatting to Reports 307 Studying Report Samples: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion 309 Introduction 309 Body 309 Conclusion 311 Organizing Your Report: Other Essential Sections 311 Acknowledgments 311 Glossary 312 Executive summary 312 Transmittal memo 313 Table of contents 313 Methodology 313 Recommendations 314 Appendixes 315 Discussion 315 APA Report Writing: Specializing and Personalizing 316 Business reports 316 Education reports 317 Science reports 317 Periodic reports 317 Sales and marketing reports 317 Proposal reports 317 Feasibility studies 318 Recommendation reports 318 Technical reports 318 Academic reports 318 Project progress reports 319 Field reports 319 Research reports 319 Part 5: The Parts of Ten 321 Chapter 18: Ten Priorities for Proficient Academic Writing 323 Analyze Assignments 323 Focus on Audience and Purpose 324 Begin Assignments with Background Reading 325 Plan Projects 325 Focus on Specific Nouns and Action Verbs 326 Reference Sources Beyond Professors’ Expectations 326 Write Tight and Revise 326 Read and Read Some More 327 Write, Write, and Write 328 Develop a Writer’s Work Ethic 328 Chapter 19: Ten Strategies for Creative Source Engagement 331 Look for Power Language within Sources 332 Think Critically to Analyze Sources 332 Utilize Professors as a Source 333 Extend Conversations 334 Master a Variety of Signal Phrases 334 Use Source Engagement with Every Applicable College Paper 335 Engage Exclusively with Classic Sources 335 Engage with Anecdotes 336 Learn from Sources 337 Turn to Primary Sources 337 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for High-Scoring Research Papers 339 Form a Study Group 339 Peer Up 340 Include a Few Optional Parts 340 Schedule Reviews with Your Writing Center 341 Perfect Your Reference List 342 Select a Local Topic with a Global Application 342 Contact an Expert for an Interview 343 Create Checklists 343 Attend to Details 343 Utilize the Professor’s Office Hours 344 Index 345
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Oxford University Press Oxford AZ of Grammar and Punctuation
Book SynopsisThis handy guide provides the basic information about grammar and punctuation that people need on a daily basis. Arranged in an easy-to-use two-colour A-Z format, the book contains entries for standard grammatical terms and deals with specific questions of usage such as the difference between 'may' and 'might' or 'that' and 'which'.Trade ReviewThe amount of information packed into these 192 pages is astonishing. ... This is the ideal pocket grammar book for the non-linguist who needs clear advice unclouded by grammar gobbledygook. * Susanne Geercken and Alistair Reeves, Medical Writing *Here we have a grammar book, written in clear, simple language, that gives you a straightforward and easy-to-understand guide to the subject. * Writing Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements How this book is arranged Introduction to grammar Further reading A-Z entries
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Elsevier Canada An Introduction to Writing for Health
Book SynopsisLearn to become a better writer the SMART way. An Introduction to Writing for Health Professionals: The SMART Way, 4th Edition explores quick-and-easy methods to help you improve your writing skills. Thoroughly updated to reflect APA style guidelines, the fourth edition illustrates various forms of common written communication, such as email, instant messaging, blogs, letters, memos, reports, resumés, briefs, articles, presentations, research papers, and more. You are introduced to the essential elements of writing using the SMART approach - Source, Message, Audience, Route, and Tone, as well as steps to use when crafting academic papers (PROCESS), and key takeaways for becoming a better writer (LAST). These acronyms provide quick-and-easy ways to help you get started and organize your writings. It also includes handy quick reference lists and free additional resources on the companion Evolve website. UNIQUE! SMART, PROCESS, and LAST acronyms help facilitate learning by making the material easier to remember. Clear and straightforward writing style provides a reader-friendly approach to writing for learners of all levels. Common Error sections and Exercises featured throughout to reinforce content. APA style examples throughout text include those most commonly used in the health professions. NEW! Expanded coverage of research, digital literacy, communication on social media, and electronic mediums reflects advances in online culture. NEW! Fully revised SMART Ways for Other Routes chapter includes principles of documentation and charting, electronic communication (including email, instant messaging, social networking, and blogs), curriculum vitae, and dissertations. NEW! Points to Remember section at the end of each chapter (formerly SUMMARY) highlights key information using bullet points.Table of Contents1. SMART Elements of Communication 2. Writing PROCESS 3. Citations, References, and Bibliographies 4. Common Errors in Writing 5. SMART Ways for Specific Routes 6. Last Words on SMART Communications Appendix A: Sample Student Paper
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The University of Chicago Press Students Guide to Writing College Papers Fifth
Book SynopsisFor beginning writers and researchers, this guide introduces students to the art of formulating an effective argument, conducting high-quality research with limited resources, and writing an engaging class paper.
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Haymarket Books The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To
Book SynopsisThis easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innovative reading, writing, workshop, critique, and assessment strategies. A captivating mix of memoir and progressive teaching strategies, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom demonstrates how to be culturally attuned, twenty-first century educators. The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop is a call to create healthy, sustainable, and empowering classroom communities. Award-winning educator Felicia Rose Chavez exposes the invisible politics of power and privilege that have silenced writers of color for far too long. It’s more urgent than ever that we consciously work against traditions of dominance in the classroom, but what specific actions can we take to achieve authentically inclusive communities? Together, we will address how to: · Deconstruct our biases to achieve a cultural shift in perspective. · Design a democratic teaching model to create safe spaces for creative concentration. · Recruit, nourish, and fortify students of color to best empower them to exercise voice. · Embolden our students to self-advocate as responsible citizens in a globalized community. Finally, a teaching model that protects and platforms students of color, because every writer deserves access to a public voice. For anyone looking to liberate their thinking from “the way it’s always been done,” The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop is a clear, compelling guidebook on a necessary step forward.Trade Review“With personal anecdotes and memories, with brilliant readings of spaces, classrooms, and texts, Felicia Rose Chavez communicates so much of what is truly at stake in the classroom: our voices, our histories, and our capacities to live ethically, curiously, and in true and deep connection with ourselves and others. This book is a gorgeous dismantling just as it is an urgent offering up of strategies and questions. My heart is so alive reading this.”—Aracelis Girmay, author of The Black Maria“‘How does one write but not necessarily learn voice?’ This is one of the most halting and necessary questions Felicia Rose Chavez poses in The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop. What Chavez presents from her experience as workshop participant, artist, activist, and professor is vital and generous.” —Jennifer Baker, editor of Everyday People“There is power in the words we write. Understanding how we can use those words to build community, challenge racism, and decolonize classrooms is the work of anti-racist educators. Chavez lays out powerful and inclusive ways to model a writing workshop structure that would make June Jordan proud.” —Dr. Bettina L. Love, author of We Want to Do More Than Survive“‘Dismantle’ has become a trendy word in our current historical moment. We use it, but don't really know how to dismantle. If we are truly going to learn, write, and read in an equitable, supportive, creative, humanity-driven environment that seeks to replace white-centered, patriarchal teaching techniques, this book is required reading. It's bound to be an instant classic.” —Willie Perdomo, author of The Crazy Bunch“Felicia Chavez's The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop is a generational intervention. Chavez is expanding expectations of How-To books while giving radical generative portals of entry into workshop reconstruction. Every writing teacher on Earth needs this book."—Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy"I just read The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop; so many great insights into the whiteness of the discussion of craft and the creative writing classroom. Great book for writing teachers and librarians (like me) who support creative writing programs or English departments with creative writing courses." —Thomas Dodson, Southern Oregon University LibrarianTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Decolonizing the Creative ClassroomChapter Two: Preparing for ChangeChapter Three: Fostering Engagement, Mindfulness, and Generosity Chapter Four: Instituting Reading and Writing RitualsChapter Five: Completing the CanonChapter Six: Owning the Language of CraftChapter Seven: TeachingWriters to WorkshopChapter Eight:Conferencing as CritiqueChapter Nine: Promoting Camaraderie and Collective PowerAppendix: Platforming Writers of Color: A 21st Century Reference Guide
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John Murray Press Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction
Book SynopsisDo you have a compelling vision for a story set in the past? Are you inspired by novelists such as Alan Furst and Philippa Gregory? Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this exciting and wide-ranging genre of fiction, whatever your favorite style and era. Designed to build your confidence and help fire up creativity, this book is an essential guide to mastering the practicalities of writing historical fiction, showing you where to start with research, developing your plots, and convincingly and imaginatively capturing the voices of the past. Using Snapshots designed to get you writing quickly, Key Ideas to help crystallize thought, and a wealth of supplementary materials, this indispensable guide will have you telling amazing and rich historical stories in no time. You''ll learn to research and plan your story, practice developing characters and settings, perfect your characters'' voices, and transport the re
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American Psychological Association Concise Guide to APA Style
Book SynopsisConcise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition is the official APA Style resource for students. Written for high school and undergraduate students, instructors, and writers learning APA Style, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. It provides complete guidance for new writers on effective, clear, and inclusive scholarly communication and the essentials of formatting papers and other course assignments. The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect best practices in scholarly writing and publishing. Full color throughout Content relevant to a range of majors and courses, including psychology, social work, criminal justice, communications, composition, education, business, engineering, and more New chapter focused on student papers Sample student title page, paper, and annotated biblioTable of Contents1. Student Paper Types, Elements, and FormatGeneral Guidelines for Student Papers 1.1 Application of APA Style to Student Papers 1.2 Student Essays 1.3 Annotated Bibliographies 1.4 Dissertations and Theses 1.5 Student Paper Required ElementsPaper Elements 1.6 Title Page 1.7 Title 1.8 Author Name (Byline) 1.9 Author Affiliation 1.10 Abstract 1.11 Text (Body) 1.12 Reference List 1.13 Footnotes 1.14 AppendicesFormat 1.15 Importance of Format 1.16 Order of Pages 1.17 Page Header 1.18 Font 1.19 Special Characters 1.20 Line Spacing 1.21 Margins 1.22 Paragraph Alignment 1.23 Paragraph Indentation 1.24 Paper LengthOrganization 1.25 Principles of Organization 1.26 Heading Levels 1.27 Section LabelsSample Student Paper 2. Writing Style and GrammarEffective Scholarly Writing 2.1 Continuity and Flow 2.2 Transitions 2.3 Noun Strings 2.4 Conciseness and Clarity 2.5 Wordiness and Redundancy 2.6 Sentence and Paragraph Length 2.7 Tone 2.8 Contractions and Colloquialisms 2.9 Jargon 2.10 Logical Comparisons 2.11 AnthropomorphismGrammar and Usage 2.12 Verb Tense 2.13 Active and Passive Voice 2.14 Mood 2.15 Subject and Verb Agreement 2.16 First- Versus Third-Person Pronouns 2.17 Editorial “We” 2.18 Singular “They” 2.19 Pronouns for People and Animals (“Who” vs. “That”) 2.20 Pronouns as Subjects and Objects (“Who vs. Whom”) 2.21 Pronouns in Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses (“That” vs. “Which”) 2.22 Subordinate Conjunctions 2.23 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 2.24 Parallel ConstructionStrategies to Improve Your Writing 2.25 Reading to Learn Through Example 2.26 Writing From an Outline 2.27 Rereading the Draft 2.28 Seeking Help From Fellow Students 2.29 Working With Writing Centers 2.30 Revising a Paper 3. Bias-Free Language GuidelinesGeneral Guidelines for Reducing Bias 3.1 Describe at the Appropriate Level of Specificity 3.2 Be Sensitive to LabelsReducing Bias by Topic 3.3 Age 3.4 Disability 3.5 Gender 3.6 Participation in Research 3.7 Racial and Ethnic Identity 3.8 Sexual Orientation 3.9 Socioeconomic Status 3.10 Intersectionality 4. Punctuation, Lists, and ItalicsPunctuation 4.1 Spacing After Punctuation Marks 4.2 Period 4.3 Comma 4.4 Semicolon 4.5 Colon 4.6 Dash 4.7 Quotation Marks 4.8 Parentheses 4.9 Square Brackets 4.10 SlashLists 4.11 List Guidelines 4.12 Lettered Lists 4.13 Numbered Lists 4.14 Bulleted ListsItalics 4.15 Use of Italics 4.16 Reverse Italics 5. Spelling, Capitalization, and AbbreviationsSpelling 5.1 Preferred Spelling 5.2 HyphenationCapitalization 5.3 Words Beginning a Sentence 5.4 Proper Nouns and Trade Names 5.5 Job Titles and Positions 5.6 Diseases, Disorders, Therapies, Theories, and Related Terms 5.7 Titles of Works and Headings Within Works 5.8 Titles of Tests and Measures 5.9 Nouns Followed by Numerals or Letters 5.10 Names of Conditions or Groups in an Experiment 5.11 Names of Factors, Variables, and EffectsAbbreviations 5.12 Use of Abbreviations 5.13 Definition of Abbreviations 5.14 Format of Abbreviations 5.15 Unit of Measurement Abbreviations 5.16 Time Abbreviations 5.17 Latin Abbreviations 5.18 Chemical Compound Abbreviations 6. Numbers and StatisticsNumbers 6.1 Numbers Expressed in Numerals 6.2 Numbers Expressed in Words 6.3 Combining Numerals and Words to Express Numbers 6.4 Ordinal Numbers 6.5 Decimal Fractions 6.6 Roman Numerals 6.7 Commas in Numbers 6.8 Plurals of NumbersStatistics and Equations 6.9 Presentation of Statistics 6.10 Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations 6.11 Spacing, Alignment, and Punctuation for Statistics 6.12 Presentation of Equations 7. Tables and FiguresGeneral Guidelines for Tables and Figures 7.1 Purpose of Tables and Figures 7.2 Design and Preparation of Tables and Figures 7.3 Graphical Versus Textual Presentation 7.4 Formatting Tables and Figures 7.5 Referring to Tables and Figures in the Text 7.6 Placement of Tables and Figures 7.7 Reprinting or Adapting Tables and FiguresTables 7.8 Principles of Table Construction 7.9 Table Components 7.10 Table Numbers 7.11 Table Titles 7.12 Table Headings 7.13 Table Body 7.14 Table Notes 7.15 Standard Abbreviations in Tables and Figures 7.16 Confidence Intervals in Tables 7.17 Table Borders and Shading 7.18 Long or Wide Tables 7.19 Relation Between Tables 7.20 Table Checklist 7.21 Sample TablesFigures 7.22 Principles of Figure Construction 7.23 Figure Components 7.24 Figure Numbers 7.25 Figure Titles 7.26 Figure Images 7.27 Figure Legends 7.28 Figure Notes 7.29 Relation Between Figures 7.30 Photographs 7.31 Figure Checklist 7.32 Sample Figures8. Works Credited in the TextGeneral Guidelines for Citation 8.1 Appropriate Level of Citation 8.2 Plagiarism 8.3 Self-Plagiarism 8.4 Correspondence Between Reference List and Text 8.5 Use of the Published Version or Archival Version 8.6 Primary and Secondary SourcesWorks Requiring Special Approaches 8.7 Interviews 8.8 Classroom or Intranet Sources 8.9 Personal CommunicationsIn-Text Citations 8.10 Author–Date Citation System 8.11 Parenthetical and Narrative Citations 8.12 Citing Multiple Works 8.13 Citing Specific Parts of a Source 8.14 Unknown or Anonymous Author 8.15 Translated, Reprinted, Republished, and Reissued Dates 8.16 Omitting the Year in Repeated Narrative Citations 8.17 Number of Authors to Include in In-Text Citations 8.18 Avoiding Ambiguity in In-Text Citations 8.19 Works With the Same Author and Same Date 8.20 Authors With the Same Surname 8.21 Abbreviating Group Authors 8.22 General Mentions of Websites, Periodicals, and Common Software and AppsParaphrases and Quotations 8.23 Principles of Paraphrasing 8.24 Long Paraphrases 8.25 Principles of Direct Quotation 8.26 Short Quotations (Fewer Than 40 Words) 8.27 Block Quotations (40 Words or More) 8.28 Direct Quotation of Material Without Page Numbers 8.29 Accuracy of Quotations 8.30 Changes to a Quotation Requiring No Explanation 8.31 Changes to a Quotation Requiring Explanation 8.32 Quotations That Contain Citations to Other Works 8.33 Quotations That Contain Material Already in Quotation Marks 8.34 EpigraphsCopyright and Permission 8.35 General Guidelines for Reprinting or Adapting Materials 8.36 Materials That Require a Copyright Attribution 8.37 Copyright Status 8.38 Permission and Fair Use 8.39 Copyright Attribution Formats 9. Reference ListReference Categories 9.1 Determining the Reference Category 9.2 Using the Webpages and Websites Reference Category 9.3 Online and Print ReferencesPrinciples of Reference List Entries 9.4 Four Elements of a Reference 9.5 Punctuation Within Reference List Entries 9.6 Accuracy and Consistency in ReferencesReference Elements (Author, Date, Title, Source) 9.7 Author Element 9.8 Format of the Author Element 9.9 Spelling and Capitalization of Author Names 9.10 Identification of Specialized Roles 9.11 Group Authors 9.12 No Author 9.13 Date Element 9.14 Format of the Date Element 9.15 Updated or Reviewed Online Works 9.16 Retrieval Dates 9.17 No Date 9.18 Title Element 9.19 Format of the Title Element 9.20 Series and Multivolume Works 9.21 Bracketed Descriptions 9.22 No Title 9.23 Source Element 9.24 Format of the Source Element 9.25 Periodical Sources 9.26 Online Periodicals With Missing Information 9.27 Article Numbers 9.28 Edited Book Chapter and Reference Work Entry Sources 9.29 Publisher Sources 9.30 Database and Archive Sources 9.31 Works With Specific Locations 9.32 Social Media Sources 9.33 Website Sources 9.34 When to Include DOIs and URLs 9.35 Format of DOIs and URLs 9.36 DOI or URL Shorteners 9.37 No SourceReference Variations 9.38 Works in Another Language 9.39 Translated Works 9.40 Reprinted, Republished, or Reissued Works 9.41 Religious and Classical WorksReference List Format and Order 9.42 Format of the Reference List 9.43 Order of Works in the Reference List 9.44 Order of Surname and Given Name 9.45 Order of Multiple Works by the Same First Author 9.46 Order of Works With the Same Author and Same Date 9.47 Order of Works by First Authors With the Same Surname 9.48 Order of Works With No Author or an Anonymous Author 9.49 Abbreviations in References 10. Reference ExamplesAuthor VariationsDate VariationsTitle VariationsSource VariationsTextual Works 10.1 Periodicals 10.2 Books and Reference Works 10.3 Edited Book Chapters and Entries in Reference Works 10.4 Reports and Gray Literature 10.5 Dissertations and Theses 10.6 Reviews 10.7 Informally Published Works Software and Tests 10.8 Computer Software and Mobile Apps 10.9 Tests, Scales, and Inventories Audiovisual Media 10.10 Audiovisual Works 10.11 Audio Works 10.12 Visual Works Online Media 10.13 Social Media 10.14 Webpages and Websites Legal References 10.15 Cases or Court Decisions 10.16 Statutes (Laws and Acts) 10.17 Constitutions and Charters 10.18 Treaties and International Conventions
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Silman-James Press,U.S. Screenplay: Writing the Picture
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Berlinica Publishing LLC Berlin! Berlin!
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Cambridge University Press Research Methods in Business Studies
Book SynopsisThis accessible guide provides clear and practical explanations of key research methods in business studies, presenting a step-by-step approach to data collection, analysis and problem solving. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students will find it an indispensable aid when writing reports and dissertations.Table of ContentsPart I. Challenges and Ambiguities of Business Research: 1. Introduction; 2. Research in business studies; Part II. The Research Process: 3. The research process; 4. Research problems; 5. Research design; 6. Measurements; Part III. Implementation: 7. Data collection for qualitative research; 8. Qualitative data analysis; 9. Data collection for quantitative research; 10. Description and preliminary analysis of quantitative data; 11. Multiple regression; 12. Additional methods of quantitative analysis; 13. Cross-cultural research; 14. Writing the final report.
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Macmillan Learning Practical Strategies for Technical Communication
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WW Norton & Co Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises
Book SynopsisWrite. Research. Edit. Everything students need in an affordable handbook they truly use.
£26.00
Quercus Publishing Fashion Writing: Journalism and Content Creation
Book SynopsisFashion writing now enjoys its highest-ever profile as the digital world has multiplied the number of platforms on which it is available. No longer confined to restrictive print schedules or occasional broadcast slots, fashion has become an ever-present content driver. With retailers, brands and designers all in on the act, plus citizen fashion coverage from the social media community, the volume of fashion content has risen beyond any predictions.While influencers monetise their musings - indeed, create successful and influential fashion media and fashion product businesses - traditional magazines and newspapers have expanded their multi-channel fashion content in order to secure more touch points with consumers.Aimed at students on journalism, content creation, media and publishing courses this guide will also appeal to untrained writers who want to develop a more professional approach to their fashion writing.Trade ReviewAnchored by the kind of clearly defined writing guidelines you would expect from two highly regarded former fashion editors, 'Fashion Writing' delivers so much more than a straightforward guide to penning tightly wrought, well researched prose. Packed with contemporary cultural signposts, a bird's eye view on the global fashion landscape and reems of insider intel from the world's finest writers and content creators, 'Fashion Writing' is an encyclopaedic and indispensable manual for the next gen of aspiring trend sleuths and fashion commentators. -- Khabi Mirza * Fabric PR *Fashion Writing is clearly written in an elevated but approachable tone ... Fashion Writing has several advantages over the text I have been using. The first is photos. My prior text has no photos or graphics of any kind, and it is short on mechanics and writing examples. Photos are essential in fashion, and the selections made in Fashion Writing are beautifully reproduced, timely, and diverse. I also appreciate the step-by-step walk-throughs of how to structure news and especially features. I also see examples of how to write headlines and pay-off lines, etc. -- Sarah Portway * The State University of New York at Oneata *
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Vintage Publishing Novelist as a Vocation: An exploration of a
Book SynopsisWords have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles.'You end this collection…vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' GuardianReaders who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his beautifully surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing.In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.'Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers' New York Times Book Review'A fascinating glimpse of the peculiar writerly life' Sunday Times** A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**Trade Review[The] 11 essays here… deal with all the things that you’d like to ask [Murakami]…in the highly unlikely event that you were able to corner him at a book-signing session… You end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again * Guardian *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Writing and Editing for Digital Media
Book SynopsisIn this fifth edition, Brian Carroll explores writing and editing for digital media with essential information about voice, style, media formats, ideation, story planning, and storytelling.Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and combines hands-on, practical exercises with new material on podcasting, multi-modal storytelling, misinformation and disinformation, and writing specifically for social media. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. Broadened in scope, this new edition also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, social media managers, marketers, as well as to students aspiring to these roles. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.It is an essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.This book also has an accompanying eResource that provides additional weekly activities, exercises, and assignments that give students more opportunity to put theory into practice.Table of Contents1. Writing for Digital Media: Laying the Foundation 2. Editing for Digital Media: Storytelling Strategies 3. Writing for Digital Media II: Tools & Techniques 4. Editing for Digital Media II: Creating the User Experience 5. Digital Storytelling: Generating Ideas & Publishing the Story 6. Doing Journalism 7. Responsible Advocacy: Public Relations and Social Media Management 8. Multimodal Storytelling: The Medium is the Message 9. Misinformation & Disinformation: Credibility in a "Post-truth" Age 10. Knowing the Law: Intellectual Property, Libel & Privacy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Read Economic News
Book SynopsisClosely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic journalist. How to Read Economic News combines theory and practice to explore the discourse surrounding economics in the mass media and how this specialised form of reporting can be improved. Beginning by introducing major concepts such as financialised economic reporting, media amnesia and loss of trust, the book goes on to help students to interpret, understand and analyse existing news discourse and to identify subtle biases in news reports stemming from hegemonic belief systems. The final section puts this analytical knowledge into practice, providing students with methods for the critical production of news and covering such skills as identifying newsworthiness, story sourcing, achieving clarity, and using complex datasets in news stories. <Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of ContributorsChapter 1: Introduction – How to Read Economic NewsHenry SilkeFergal QuinnMaria Rieder Part I: Connecting economic theory, ideology and journalismChapter 2: Economic Imaginaries, Economics Theories And The Role Of Economic Journalism Hendrik TheineChapter 3: What can journalism learn from Heterodox EconomicsAndrea GrisoldChapter 4: Ideology, Economics and JournalismHenry SilkeChapter 5: Journalism Studies and Crises: Economic, Environmental and Political - Towards a political Economic Approach.Paschal PrestonPart II: Methodological approaches for evaluation of economy-related media outputChapter 6: Using Content Analysis to study Economic JournalismFergal QuinnMuireann PrendergastChapter 7: Analysing Economic News Sources: Who gets to speak? Henry SilkeChapter 8: Corpus Linguistics and Economic Media researchBrian ClancyElaine VaughanChapter 9: Breaking Down the Discourse, Exposing Power in Economic Journalism – Critical Discourse AnalysisMaria RiederHendrik TheineChapter 10: Deconstructing Economic Discourses on Broadcast NewsCiara GrahamBrendan O’RourkeChapter 11: Deconstructing Discourse: Applying Interview Research in the Economic NewsroomSophie KnowlesNadine StraußChapter 12: Researching Audiences: Understanding how economic news is receivedMike BerryPart III: News production: Best practices for investigating economic and business stories Chapter 13: Making sense of economic dataDonal PalcicDarragh FlanneryChapter 14: Economic news approachesAudrey GalvinBrian HurleyChapter 15: Where theory meets practice - tips for BETTER economic journalism Fergal QuinnMaria RiederHenry SilkeIndex
£34.19
Boss Fight Books Silent Hill 2
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£11.39
Little, Brown Book Group A Story is a Deal
Book SynopsisA fascinating exploration of how to use the power of storytelling to create irresistible pitches, build passionate brand loyalty, motivate teams and lead with charisma. ''Will Storr is a genius'' Rory Sutherland''A captivating and enlightening read . . Will Storr is an unusually talented and insightful writer'' Adam Grant''Storr shares profound insights'' Seth Godin''Whip smart, insightful and ridiculously entertaining'' Jimmy Carr____________________________________________________ Using the latest findings from social psychology, evolutionary psychology, organisational psychology and neuroscience, A Story is a Deal argues that we won''t unlock the true power of story if we treat it merely as something we read on a page, see on a screen or hear in a speech. Storr shows how successful stories shape identities, which changes beliefs, drives action and achieves extraordinary results. With examples ranging from Aztec rituals to Apple''s legendary advertising successes (and long-forgotten fails), A Story is a Deal lays out a revolutionary new method for creating the most persuasive messaging: by harnessing the power of our storytelling brains._____________________________________________________''Intensely original and powerfully practical'' Jonah Berger''A fascinating insight into the human mind'' Levinson Wood''A very clever book that makes the reader feel cleverer with every page'' Daniel Finkelstein''Powerfully persuasive and urgently practical'' Bruce Daisley''Will Storr has a unique ability to explain our social world in ways that would never otherwise occur'' Jack Dee
£17.00
Broadview Press Ltd Writing on Fire
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£25.16
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Artful
Book SynopsisAli Smith melds the tale and the essay into a magical hybrid form, a song of praise to the power of stories in our livesIn February 2012, the novelist Ali Smith delivered the Weidenfeld lectures on European comparative literature at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Her lectures took the shape of this set of discursive stories. Refusing to be tied down to either fiction or the essay form, Artful is narrated by a character who is haunted—literally—by a former lover, the writer of a series of lectures about art and literature. A hypnotic dialogue unfolds, a duet between and a meditation on art and storytelling, a book about love, grief, memory, and revitalization. Smith’s heady powers as a fiction writer harmonize with her keen perceptions as a reader and critic to form a living thing that reminds us that life and art are never separate. Artful is a book about the things art can do, the things art is full of, and the quicksilver nature of all artfulness. It glances off artists and writers from Michelangelo through Dickens, then all the way past postmodernity, exploring every form, from ancient cave painting to 1960s cinema musicals. This kaleidoscope opens up new, inventive, elastic insights—on the relation of aesthetic form to the human mind, the ways we build our minds from stories, the bridges art builds between us. Artful is a celebration of literature’s worth in and to the world and a meaningful contribution to that worth in itself. There has never been a book quite like it.
£16.00
Broadview Press Ltd The Mad Scientist’s Guide to Composition - MLA
Book SynopsisConsidering the composition classroom as a mad scientist's laboratory, The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition introduces different kinds of writing as experiments. Writing an essay is a task that can strike fear into a student's heart, but performing an experiment licenses creativity and doesn't presume that one knows the outcome from the start.The Mad Scientist's Guide covers the kinds of writing most often required on college campuses, while also addressing important steps and activities frequently overlooked in composition guides, such as revision and peer reviewing. Actual examples of student writing are included throughout, as are helpful reminders and tips to help students polish their skills. Above all, the Mad Scientist's Guide seeks to make writing fun.Trade ReviewComments on the first edition"In an ideal world, writing would be taught with joy, create a sense of adventure, emphasize invention, and be full of monsters. Welcome to that ideal world. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition will resonate profoundly with students and teachers who want an accessible, enjoyable, and riveting invitation to best writing practices-and to unbounded imagination." - Jeffrey J. Cohen, Dean of Humanities, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University"As its subtitle promises, The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition is somewhat cheeky, but the subtitle undersells just how useful it is. Focusing on real issues that plague student writing and student writers, Weinstock walks students through the process of writing an essay from start to finish, identifying common missteps and questions that may arise while providing examples from his own students' writing and the work of published authors. Whether read from beginning to end or mined for appropriate sections to complement ongoing work in a class, this Guide is a must-have for anyone with a sense of humor looking to be a better writer or for composition instructors hoping to make reading about writing, well, a little bit more fun." - Leah Richards, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York"Many composition textbooks seem to be under the influence of the idea that, in order to be helpful, textbooks need to be dry and formal. Weinstock is in no way dry or formal. Overall, I love this book because of its accessibility, its ability to joke (and resonate with) both student and instructor, and because it focuses on the things I want to teach this is also the first textbook that I have read from cover to cover out of pure enjoyment, while also annotating everything Weinstock wrote. It is this last factor-that I could learn from and enjoy it-that sold me on teaching this book." - Rebekah Phillips, University of Delaware"The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition (A Somewhat Cheeky but Exceedingly Useful Introduction to Academic Writing) is probably the most high-spirited book we are ever likely to review in these pages. … But don't be fooled; the merriment serves a serious purpose, keeping its intended readers engaged with a subject writing papers many of them dread. If I had had this when I was doing my undergraduate work, it would have saved me a lot of learning time. And, I suspect, many a graduate student, and not a few working technical writers, would benefit from what is found here as well. Considering that this is a composition handbook, Weinstock has performed a miracle: He has brought the dead to life and produced a handbook that students might not only read but heed." - Patrick Lufkin, Technical Communication"I enjoyed The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition. It was entertaining to read while also being very informative. While I much prefer it over a 'standard' textbook, they also just don't fall in the same category. The Guide delivers information effectively, providing creative perspectives and humor to what would otherwise be boring lessons. Because of what it offers over traditional textbooks, I would argue that it's a better teaching tool than they are. Instead of slogging through a 1000+ page, heavy book, we got a more casual (and, dare I say, fun) journey through the components of composition. Because of that, I'd highly recommend this book for future courses." - Kyle Goetke, student, Drexel University"Jeffrey Weinstock's The Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition is the composition book I've been looking for. Weinstock masterfully blends academia with horror, humor, and pop culture. My students really enjoy this book because of Weinstock's wit, which makes the content less intimidating when compared to a traditional composition book. The Mad Scientist's Guide has made my teaching a lot more fun and engaging." - Criss Vo, Golden West CollegeTable of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Nuts and Bolts (Mechanics) Chapter 2: Graverobbing (Finding, Evaluating, and Incorporating Sources) Chapter 3: Readying the Lab (Brainstorming, Formulating an Argument, Outlining) Chapter 4: Conducting Experiments (Writing to Inform, Writing to Persuade, and Writing to Evaluate) Chapter 5: The Monster Lives! or Does It? (Revision, Peer Reviewing, Retroactive Outlining) Chapter 6: Placating Ghosts (Systems of Citing Sources to Avoid Angering the Dead … and the Living) Chapter 7: The Great Beyond Addendum 1: A Successful Experiment! Addendum 2: A Successful Experiment! Addendum 3: Common Mad Scientist Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) Addendum 4: Finishing Touches Permissions Acknowledgments Index
£24.26
Broadview Press The Broadview Guide to Grammar Usage and
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£25.60
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing for Science Students
Book SynopsisCatering to the specific needs of science students, this award-winning guide equips students of all scientific disciplines with the skills they need to communicate effectively in written assignments. The book guides students through each of the key stages involved in producing a piece of scientific writing. It begins by developing students'' understanding of the different types of scientific writing, including lab reports, essays and abstracts. Students are then taken through the writing process, from the initial stages of interpreting the question and conducting research through to writing a draft and responding to feedback. The second edition includes new material on criticality in scientific communication and the difference between descriptive and analytic writing. There is also a new section on building arguments using several sources, and new and extended examples of writing that will help students digest the material.This is an essential resource for alTable of ContentsPART I: UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC WRITING Introduction 1. Scientific Writing: What Makes it Different? PART II: PREPARING TO WRITE 2. Understanding the Different Types of Academic Writing 3. Interpreting the Question 4. Researching the Topic and Gathering Materials 5. Evaluating and Refining Your Materials 6. Incorporating and Referencing Other People's Work 7. Working with Data 8. Being Critical PART III: GETTING DOWN TO WRITING 9. Producing a Draft 10. Making Sure Your Work Looks Its Best PART IV: REFLECTING ON YOUR WORK AND MOVING FORWARD 11. Making the Most of Feedback Appendix 1: Exercises Appendix 2: Answers to Exercises Appendix 3: Annotated Further Reading
£16.14
Henry Holt & Company Win Every Argument
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAudie Award FinalistAn Amazon best business and leadership book of 2023Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, rise above the tit for tats on social media, and triumph in a successful and productive debate in the real world.MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan isn't one to avoid arguments. He relishes them as the lifeblood of democracy and the only surefire way to establish the truth. Arguments help us solve problems, uncover new ideas we might not have considered, and nudge our disagreements toward mutual understanding. A good argument, made in good faith, has intrinsic valueand can also simply be fun. Arguments are everywhereand especially given the fierce debates we're all embroiled in today, everyone wants to win. In this riveting guide to the art of argument and rhetoric, Hasan shows you how. As a journalist, anchor, and interviewer who has clashed with politici
£19.00
David R. Godine Publisher Inc Farnsworth's Classical English Style
Book Synopsis“An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can.”—Wall Street Journal Say it with style—on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples from Lincoln, Churchill, Douglass, and other masters of the language. As Farnsworth says, “Explaining a precept may take just a few words, but only examples can make it familiar to the ear. So we will consider examples from writers and orators who all have lessons to teach.” Farnsworth shows how small choices about words, sentences, and paragraphs put force into writing and speech that have stood the test of time. What was the secret? Knowledge of choices in the selection of words, the arrangement of sentences, the creation of a cadence. Now that knowledge can be yours through hundreds of examples of the very best use of rhetorical devices, classical cadence patterns, hyperbole and much more. This is must for anyone who wants to speak or write with clear, persuasive, enjoyable, unforgettable style. “A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own.”—The Baltimore SunTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Choice of Words: Simplicity Choice of Words: The Saxon Finish Choice of Words: The Latinate Finish and Variations Choice of Words: Special Effects Metonymy Hyperbole Lengths of Sentences Sentence Structure Passive Voice Anacoluthon The Rhetorical Instructions The Rhetorical Announcement Cadence: Classic Patterns Cadence: Combinations and Contrasts
£18.99
Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and
Book SynopsisCompact and convenient, The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation, Third Edition includes information on MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of citation and documentation. Based on the “Documentation” chapter in the acclaimed Broadview Guide to Writing, this volume has been expanded with additional examples and has been fully updated to cover recent changes such as the 2020 APA and 2021 MLA updates.The book discusses summary and paraphrase as well as direct quotation, and it includes an extensive treatment of how to integrate quoted material into the text of an academic paper. There is coverage, too, of what constitutes plagiarism—and of how to avoid it.Trade ReviewCOMMENTS ON THE SECOND EDITION "This is an extraordinarily useful, usable, and affordable reference and supplement for students, writers, and editors. More and more, professionals and students are being called upon to document materials in varying styles, especially in MLA, Chicago, and APA, and this guide offers a convenient and clear reference for the most oft employed styles. In particular, the MLA update is extremely welcome given the guide's inclusion of the new approach to documenting in MLA as well as multiple specific examples of both traditional sources (like print books and academic journal articles) and more recent source types (such as graphic narratives, tweets, and online video). I was particularly impressed with the entries that provided different examples for sources based on the access or presentation model for the source, such as an interview published in print in a newspaper versus an interview accessed via an online video posting." - Brian Gastle, Western Carolina University"The Broadview Pocket Guide [to Citation and Documentation] is an efficient and effective tool for all kinds of learners in all academic disciplines and successfully demonstrates the most-used citation styles of the academic curriculum. The Pocket Guide is particularly insightful in terms of defining and avoiding plagiarism with real-world examples of its professional and academic consequences. Its multiple-view approach includes descriptions, examples, and online links which accommodates all student learning styles. Especially welcome are its practical elements-charts of signal phrases, citation tables that help use the new MLA style, bullet points at the end of each section which highlight the most significant elements of each style, and sample essays-all of which provide quick and easy access for students as they write and edit academic papers." - Aleksondra Hultquist, Stockton University"The second edition of Broadview's Guide to Citation and Documentation incorporates everything you need for referencing across style guides into one efficient handbook. The editors include recent changes adopted by the MLA and provide citation information for an expanded variety of digital and live media, from online videos to entries in a wiki. Much appreciated is the extended section on plagiarism, which clearly explains when, and not just how, to cite quoted material-indispensable for students at all levels of research." - Tabitha Sparks, McGill UniversityTable of Contents Documentation and Research Avoiding Plagiarism-and Choosing When and What to Quote Citation and Documentation Incorporating Sources Summarizing Paraphrasing Quoting Directly Formatting Quotations Short Prose Quotations Long Prose Quotations Verse Quotations Quotations within Quotations Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation Using square brackets to add to a quotation Using an ellipsis to delete from a quotation Integrating Quotations Avoiding 'dumped' quotations Signal Phrases MLA Style About In-Text Citations in-text citations no signal phrase placing of in-text citations in-text citation when text is in parentheses page number unavailable one page or less multiple authors corporate author more than one work by the same author cited multi-volume works two or more authors with the same last name indirect quotations short poems longer poems novels or short stories plays works without page numbers sacred texts works in an anthology or book of readings tweets About Works Cited MLA Core Elements Author Title of Source Title of Container Other Contributers Version Number Publisher Publication Date Location MLA Optional Elements Date Of Original Publication City of Publication Books in a Series Unexpected Type of Work Date of Access Examples single author two authors three of more authors corporate author, no author identified works with an anonymous author two or more works by the same author works under a pseudonym edited works works in translation selections from anthologies or collections of readings cross-references for works from the same collection or anthology multi-volume works different editions republished sources reference work entries works with a title in the title material from prefaces, introductions magazine articles newspaper articles journal articles book reviews periodical publications in online databases illustrated books graphic narratives films or television episodes online videos radio broadcasts podcasts recorded music live performances works of visual art interviews online projects e-books information databases entry in a wiki blog post e-mail message tweet comment posted on a webpage MLA Style Sample APA Style Incorporated Sources in APA Style Summarizing Paraphrasing Quoting Directly Formating Quotations Short Quotations Long Quotations Quotations within Quotations Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation Using square brackets to add to a quotation Using an ellipsis to delete from a quotation Integrating Quotations Avoiding 'dumped' quotations Signal Phrases About In-text Citations in-text citation no signal phrase (or author not named in a signal phrase) titles of stand-alone works titles of articles and chapters of books placing of in-text citations citations when text is in parentheses electronic source-page number unavailable two or more dates for a work multiple authors corporate author author not given date not given two or more works in the same citation two or more authors with the same last name works in a collection of readings or anthology indirect source private and personal communications About References book with single author two to seven authors more than seven authors corporate author works with unknown author two or more works by the same author edited works works with an author and a translator selections from anthologies or collections of readings electronic version of a print book journal articles abstract of a journal article magazine articles newspaper articles book reviews reference work entries films and video recordings episodes from television series podcasts music recordings interviews documents on a website blog posts entries in a wiki tweets other Web references maps or charts APA Style Sample Chicago Style About Chicago Style notes titles: italics/quotation marks multiple references to the same work page number or date unavailable two or more dates for a work two or three authors four or more authors author unknown/corporate author/government document works from a collection of readings or anthology indirect source two or more works by the same author edited works translated works e-books magazine articles newspaper articles journal articles films and video recordings television broadcasts sound recordings interviews and personal communications book reviews blog posts websites online videos tweets Chicago Style Sample CSE Style In-text Citation List of References CSE Style Sample Sample Essay (MLA Style) Sample Essay (APA Style)
£15.26
Broadview Press Ltd Argumentative Essays: A Step-by-Step Guide
Book SynopsisThis brief spiral-bound booklet provides a portable, scannable, and simple guide to the basics of argumentative essay writing. Designed to complement in-depth classroom instruction, it serves as a portable resource that students can use on their own or in class for quick, step-by-step guidance on how to plan, research, write, and edit argumentative essays. Advice on avoiding plagiarism and documenting sources is included, along with up-to-date MLA and APA citation guidelines and a sample essay. Laminated for convenience and durability, the booklet is intended as a lasting reference tool that students can use throughout their academic studies. Additional resources, including an essay outline tool and grammar exercises, are provided on a free companion website.Table of Contents Step 1: Get Started Tips for Brainstorming and Pre-Writing Choose an Arguable Topic Thesis Statements Step 2: Conduct Research Where to Find Sources Library databases Wikipedia Google Scholar Academic Books How to Assess Sources Taking Notes Keeping Track of Sources Note-Taking Tips Step 3: Construct an Argument Modes of Persuasion Support Your Thesis Counter-Arguments Fallacies of Reasoning Step 4: Sketch an Outline Tips for Writing OutlinesStep 5: Create a First Draft Parts of the Essay Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion Step 6: Integrate Sources Quoting Directly Summarizing main ideas and arguments Paraphrasing Step 7: Document Your Sources Modern Language Association (MLA) Format In-Text Citations (MLA) Works Cited (MLA) American Psychological Association (APA) Format In-Text Citations (APA) References (APA) Step 8: Revise and Edit Checklist: Content Checklist: Mechanics Sample Essay
£12.30
NewSouth Publishing Level Up Your Essays: How to get better grades at
Book SynopsisLevel Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark your essays, it will show you step-by-step how to write high quality essays that will get you top marks.This book will guide you through all the stages including your essay plan, developing research strategies, writing with distinction, and getting your editing and referencing right every time. Bursting with insider tips and tricks on what markers look for, this clear and easy-to-use guide includes: Over 20 worksheets with exercises and checklists The secret formula for a good essay (yes, there is a formula!) Practical knowledge on digital tools to help you with research, writingand referencing Guidelines for writing in academic English Common mistakes and missteps and how to fix them Straightforward information for international students Successful time management strategies so you never hand in an essaylateNo matter what grades you get now, this book you will revolutionise your essay writing – and get you the marks to prove it.
£13.46
University Press of Colorado Standing at the Threshold: Working Through
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£18.99
LID Publishing The Storytelling Workbook: A nine-week programme
Book SynopsisThe Storytelling Workbook is a nine-week programme (based on Anthony Tasgal's 'rule of three') to help you learn to better tell your own narrative and present your story whether it be for your CV, your dating apps or your own personal writing. It is an entertaining, instructive and interactive guide to becoming a better storyteller across all facets of your personal and professional life. Including a mix of case studies, advice and exercises, this workbook is structured into three sections: before, during and after. In the before section, you will learn to free yourself from reductionism, obsession with numbers, facts, data and 'messaging'; in the during section, you will concentrate on finding simplicity, meaning and depth; while finally, in after, you will come to understand how to write less and think more and ultimately to keep writing again and again.
£8.99
HarperCollins Publishers AQA GCSE 91 English Language Writing Papers 1 2
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: GCSE Grade 9-1Subject: English LanguageSuitable for the 2024 examsTargeted practice questions covering your GCSE grade 9-1 English language reading papers 1 and 2Our Writing (for papers 1 and 2) GCSE Grade 9-1 workbook has everything you need to put your skills to the test and score top marks on your GCSE Grade 9-1 English Language exam! Prepare for your exam in a snap with this new GCSE Grade 9-1 Snap Revision Writing (for papers 1 and 2) Workbook from Collins. Full of questions to help you with the writing component of papers 1 and 2 with answers included you'll get plenty of practice. With exam-style questions you can plan and write your essay responses to be completely prepared for your AQA exam. Perfect to use alongside the GCSE Grade 9-1 Writing (for papers 1 and 2) Snap Revision Guide for all the key information you need to practise and pass.
£7.49
Atria Books Write Through It
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£21.74
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Pitch Craft
Book SynopsisAn award-winning author and Stanford writing instructor demystifies the business of writing with this practical, procedural guide tocreating successful pitches, impressing editors and agents, negotiating compensation, and more.Published multi-genre writer Laura Goode had an epiphany after finishing her MFA and building a freelancing career: Nobody is teaching writers how to wield their persuasive storytelling abilities to make money from their writing. So she decided to write the business-of-writing handbook she needed most.Pitch Craft draws on Goode?s experience as a novelist, poet, essayist, filmmaker, and creator of a pitching and publishing course to uncover what nobody else will tell you about the business strategy that creates a writing career. With unapologetic honesty earned from years of navigating the publishing world, each chapter in this valuable insider''s guideclose-reads a distinct element of putting your work out into the world, such as: Constructing effective author bios and websites Leveraging your social media platform Developing a reliable template for pitches and queries Cultivating relationships with publishing gatekeepers Strengthening your self-advocacy skills Pitch Craft is for writers in all genres and of all experience levels, whether you''re just getting started, are considering applying to a graduate program, or have been in the trenches for decades. After reading and completing the assignments in Pitch Craft, you''ll hold a finished pitch in hand and the knowledge and skills to navigate your dream literary career.
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Open University Press The Handbook of Academic Writing A Fresh Approach
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Academic Writing offers practical advice to busy academics who want, and are often required, to integrate writing into their working lives. It defines what academic writing is, and the process of getting started through to completion, covering topics such as: Gaining momentum Reviewing and revising Self-discipline Writing regularly Writers' groups and retreats Academic writing is one of the most demanding tasks that all academics and researchers face. In some disciplines there is guidance on what is needed to be productive, successful writers; but in other disciplines there is no training, support or mentoring of any kind. This book helps those in both groups not only to improve their writing skills and strategies, but, equally importantly, to find satisfaction in engaging in regular and productive writing. Underpinned by a diverse range of literature, this book addresses the different dimensions of writing. The fresh approach that MurraTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrefacePart I Defining and understanding academic writing Advancing your writing: Starting, gaining momentum and engaging creatively in the academic writing process Retreating: Reviewing, revising, crafting and enhancing your writing Disciplinarity in academic writing Part II Retreating to advance: Planning, running and participating in writers' retreats for academics A writing for publication programme Writers' groups Part III Redefining academic writing practices Integrating writing into your life Using writing to reconcile teaching-research tensions. Advancing and retreating: The essential dynamic of academic writing BibliographyIndex
£21.84
