Download or read book CB s Top 100 Writing Tips Tricks Techniques and Tools from the Advice Toolbox written by Carter Blakelaw and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A character, a plot, and a theme walk into a bar... "Not another scene!" says the bartender. "Can't you just keep to the rules?" Based on more than a decade of writers' workshops and critique groups, this book turns weak writing on its head, transforming individual flaws instead, into useful tenets, or rules. In this book you will discover: *100 solid rules to apply to your fiction. *The motivation behind each rule. *The pros and cons of keeping--or breaking--the rules. *Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking. *How every rule serves to keep the reader reading. If you are serious about your craft click to look inside, or buy now.
Download or read book CB s Top 100 Writing Tips Tricks Techniques and Tools from the Advice Toolbox written by Carter Blakelaw and published by The Logic of Dreams. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you create plot from character? How do you create character from plot? How do you write text that flows? Based on more than a decade of writers' workshops and critique groups, this book draws useful lessons from weak writing, and presents these lessons as tenets, or rules. In this book you will discover: •100 solid rules to apply to your fiction. •The motivation behind each rule. •The pros and cons of keeping—or breaking—the rules. •Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking. •How every rule serves to keep the reader reading. Serious about your craft? Act now!
Download or read book Authentic Art in the Age of AI written by Carter Blakelaw and published by The Logic of Dreams. This book was released on 2023-06-11 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tune in to what is uniquely human about you, and channel a creativity that is beyond the reach of AI. Painter, poet, composer, performer, or prose monkey—aspiring artist or seasoned pro—if you're after a deeper perspective, this book is for you. To say that we humans 'feel' while an AI does not hardly scratches the surface. In this book Blakelaw uses a specific theory of what makes us conscious to spell out what makes us different from—and superior to—even the smartest machines (which is what an AI is, after all). Conscious experience is not a simple thing; it is causative and it offers us freedoms in ways that are not immediately obvious. Out of a Babel of arguments and considerations about the threats, promises, and challenges of AI, Blakelaw arrives at a broad manifesto that should inspire any artist in any field to keep raising their game, and never stop. Only a human being can be Authentic. That is the key.
Download or read book The Man in My Head Has Lost His Mind What is Consciousness written by Carter Blakelaw and published by The Logic of Dreams. This book was released on 2023-01-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The howl of the bedside clock-radio carves through your dreams like a buzz-saw through butter, and you are awake. In another place. Never mind the bright yellow sunlight that flecks your pillow and warms your face; you are rudely awake, and resent it. Gah! You roll onto your side, cantilever your legs over the side of the bed and plant your feet squarely on the carpet. You rub your face. Massage your neck. Oh, what it is to be alive!--and conscious--oh oh oh, indeed. But what is it to be alive, and conscious? Alive, we have some inkling of; you eat, you sleep, you exercise. You stay healthy and keep your body going as best you can. But conscious? What even is that? A good question is what that is, and a question for which this book has an answer. So in this text, first I set the scene: - Did our consciousness evolve? - Does consciousness give us free will? - Which animals do we think are conscious? - Where does consciousness go when we sleep? - How does consciousness deliver meaning? - What might a theory of consciousness look like? Then I propose: - A model for consciousness at the macro scale - A mechanism for consciousness at the micro scale Finally, I suggest some real world tests that science will one day be able to perform which will either corroborate or invalidate the theory I present here. This is a workable, testable theory. Science and philosophy demand nothing less. Table of Contents Introduction 1. A Poodle Ate My Homework 2. Life Is a Comic Strip 3. How Do You Explain Anything? 4. As Time Goes By (A Kiss Is Just a Kiss) 5. This See, Is the Conscious Bit 6. Qualia, the Possible and a Particular 7. Evolution and Free Will 8. The Good, the Bad and the Choosy 9. Finally, Making It All Work A must-read for the curious-minded, which you are, are you not? So read on...
Download or read book Tinnitus written by Jack Calveley and published by The Logic of Dreams. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder is a Message MOE STONE The newspaper hack who lost his Fleet Street job after asking the wrong questions. Searching for a skeleton in a closet, he finds numerous bodies instead. Not one of them is the one he wants... LINDA TURNBULL One time lead singer with the phenomenon known as Rap Banter, she is determined to pay off her moral debt to Vic Victor senior. Having sacrificed love for a sense of duty, love catches up with her. SANDY AMADEUS The Musical Theatre Company wants a true crime story to adapt for the stage. Three years out of music school, Sandy has stars in his eyes, but when he finds his story, the witnesses start killing each other. ANGELA MISTRAL The once child star of a Brazilian soap has left the stage to turn her hand to fashion in London. But first she must get back the royalties that are hers by right. These four driven characters converge on three houses in Morricone Crescent at the heart of London's Notting Hill in August 1997. Four carefully staged deaths tie them together just before the turmoil erupts over the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. They compete to make sense of the carnage in their attempts to escape back to normality.
Download or read book Writing Tools written by Roy Peter Clark and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America 's most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration. "Writing is a craft you can learn," says Roy Peter Clark. "You need tools, not rules." His book distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective. WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools. "Pull out a favorite novel or short story, and read it with the guidance of Clark 's ideas. . . . Readers will find new worlds in familiar places. And writers will be inspired to pick up their pens." - Boston Globe "For all the aspiring writers out there-whether you're writing a novel or a technical report-a respected scholar pulls back the curtain on the art." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "This is a useful tool for writers at all levels of experience, and it's entertainingly written, with plenty of helpful examples." -Booklist.
Download or read book Writing Tools written by Roy Peter Clark and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools. Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of fifty short essays on different aspects of writing. In the past decade, Writing Tools has become a classic guidebook for novices and experts alike and remains one of the best loved books on writing available. Organized into four sections, "Nuts and Bolts," "Special Effects," "Blueprints for Stories," and "Useful Habits," Writing Tools is infused with more than 200 examples from journalism and literature. This new edition includes five brand new, never-before-shared tools. Accessible, entertaining, inspiring, and above all, useful for every type of writer, from high school student to novelist, Writing Tools is essential reading.
Download or read book CB s Top 100 Writing Tips Tricks Techniques and Tools from the Advice Toolbox Break the Rules Not the Writing written by Carter Blakelaw and published by Logic of Dreams. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than a decade of writers' workshops and critique groups, this fully indexed, 170 page book draws useful lessons from weak writing, and presents these lessons as tenets, or rules. In this book you will discover: 100 solid rules to apply to your fiction. The motivation behind each rule. The pros and cons of keeping--or breaking--the rules. Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking. How every rule serves to keep the reader reading. If you are serious about your craft click to preview, or buy now.
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Download or read book Think on Your Feet Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills on the Job written by Jen Oleniczak Brown and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Think on Your Feet] is a helpful maven’s guide ideal for anyone who views a podium with fear and trembling.”—Publishers Weekly Get out of your own way! Our professional lives are full of situations outside of our control. A job interviewer asks a question out of left field. A coworker puts you on the spot in front of the boss. Your PowerPoint presentation crashes at a critical moment. Most people react to the unexpected with anxiety and unease. We get rattled, stumble over our words, and overthink the situation. Others, though, handle it with self-assurance and aplomb. They gain a sense of empowerment and energy when the pressure is on. Like great improv actors, they’re able to think on their feet. The great thing is, improv isn’t about winging it or flying by the seat of your pants; improv at its core is about listening and responding. It’s based on rules and techniques, and it taps directly into your soft communication skills. By incorporating it into your prep work for professional situations, you’ll learn how to retrain your brain for the unexpected and get out of your own way in those unexpected—and expected—professional situations. Practicing improv isn’t about being funny. Instead, it’s about developing the mental agility to spin any surprise in your favor and to communicate with confidence. Filled with engaging improv activities, this interactive guide will ensure you never come away from a tough moment pondering the woulda, coulda, shoulda! again. You’ll learn how to nurture your personal style for communicating in every professional situation. From effective listening in the office, giving presentations, and leading meetings to negotiating a raise, acing an interview, and more, you’ll start communicating with confidence and stop letting the unexpected hold you back. Take your workplace communication—and your career—to the next level by mastering the art of Thinking on Your Feet.
Download or read book Draw to Win written by Dan Roam and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures. Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories. Today, after so many years when speaking and writing dominated, we're back in another highly visual age. About 90 percent of everything shared online is now visual—selfies, GIFs, smartphone videos, and more. This explosion of communication through pictures isn't a millenial-driven fad; it's as natural as those lines first drawn by Oog and Aag. Just turbo-charged by the latest technology. And yet over the past twenty years, as I've taught people from Fortune 500 CE0s to White House staffers how to harness the power of imagery, the biggest objection I've always heard is, "But I can't draw!" Trust me, you can. You don't need to be da Vinci to be an outstanding visual thinker and communicator. The most effective drawings are the simplest, and you can get good at those in three minutes. In this little book, I'll teach you how to use seven basic shapes to explain just about anything to just about anyone. If you've read my previous books, you'll see one or two familiar tools here, along with a bunch of new tools you can start using right away. If you're new to my approach—welcome! Get ready to work smarter, communicate more clearly, and get better at whatever you do, just by picking up a pen. Get ready to draw to win.
Download or read book Essentials of Business Communication written by Mary Ellen Guffey and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text-workbook is a streamlined, no-nonsense approach to business communication. It takes a three-in-one approach: (1) text, (2) practical workbook, and (3) self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. The chapters reinforce basic writing skills, then apply these skills to a variety of memos, letters, reports, and resumes. This new edition features increased coverage of contemporary business communication issues including oral communication, electronic forms of communication, diversity and ethics.
Download or read book Organize Create Discipline written by Justin Klosky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professional organizer’s complete guide to getting—and staying—organized. As a child, Justin Klosky loved to count, analyze, and categorize everything in sight. Eventually diagnosed with OCD, he found ways to tap the benefits of his condition. Today, he’s founded a successful firm, O.C.D. Experience, building on the principals of Organize, Create, Discipline to help high-end clients take control of their lives through time management skills, getting rid of clutter, simplifying their habits, and rethinking storage solutions. Carefully arranged into more than 300 A-to-Z categories, Organize & Create Discipline explains organization methods for everything from laundry to legal documents, shoes, toys, kitchen drawers, medicine cabinets, utility closets, overflowing email inboxes, and dozens of other sources of daily detritus. Klosky’s unique advice yields peace of mind and radically improves productivity. With a clientele that includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Julie Chen, and Saks Fifth Avenue, Klosky now makes his unrivaled techniques to staying organized available to all.
Download or read book How to Deliver a TED Talk Secrets of the World s Most Inspiring Presentations Revised and Expanded New Edition with a Foreword by Richard St John and an Afterword by Simon Sinek written by Jeremey Donovan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to give a world-class presentationbased on the wildly popular TED Talks
Download or read book The Human Centered Brand written by Nela Dunato and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promote your business with clarity, ease, and authenticity. The Human Centered Brand is a practical branding guide for service based businesses and creatives, that helps you grow meaningful relationships with your clients and your audience. If you're a writer, marketing consultant, creative agency owner, lawyer, illustrator, designer, developer, psychotherapist, personal trainer, dentist, painter, musician, bookkeeper, or other type of service business owner, the methods described in this book will assist you in expressing yourself naturally and creating a resonant, remarkable, and sustainable brand. Read this book to learn: Why conventional branding approaches don't work for service based businesses. How to identify your core values and use them in your business and marketing decisions. Different ways you can make your business unique among all the competition. How to express yourself verbally through your website, emails, articles, videos, talks, podcasts... What makes your "ideal clients" truly ideal, and how to connect with real people who appreciate you as you are. How to craft an effective tagline. What are the most important elements of a visual brand identity, and how to use them to design your own brand. How to craft an exceptional client experience and impress your clients with your professionalism. How your brand relates to your business model, pricing, company culture, fashion style, and social impact. Whether you're a complete beginner or have lots of experience with marketing and design, you'll get new insights about your own brand, and fresh ideas you'll want to implement right away. The companion workbook, checklists, templates, and other bonuses ensure that you not only learn new information, but create a custom brand strategy on your own. Learn more at humancenteredbrand.com
Download or read book 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles written by Tracy Repchuk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles is a breakthrough blueprint outlining the proven steps for successfully attracting more leads, getting more clients, and making more sales. Author Tracy Repchuk shows entrepreneurs, business owners, and opportunity-seekers what to do, when to do it, and the order in which it needs to be done to build an online marketing presence that is stable, predictable, and expandable. Whether you want to dominate your market globally or locally, this thirty-one-day guide allows you to take your product, service, or message, and turn it into a moneymaking machine. Best Selling Author Tracy Repchuk is recognized as the Top Woman Speaker in the World for Internet Marketing and an entrepreneur in the IT and internet industry since 1985 Serves as a reference guide to newbies and entrepreneurs wanting to turn their passion into profits and accelerate business results 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracles guides you along a proven path to profits and shows you an Internet marketing formula that will attract more leads, get more clients, and make more sales
Download or read book Social Science Research written by Anol Bhattacherjee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.
