Download or read book The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide written by Nancy Atlee and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide written by Nancy Atlee and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many writing and formatting guides are written for adults and are too complex for students. They don't communicate the basics of good writing in a way that kids can easily grasp and integrate into their own writing. The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide offers the perfect solution. Filled with straightforward language, lots of easy-to-understand examples, and straight-to-the-point guidance, this handbook was designed from the ground up to meet the needs of your students. This fantastic guide covers all of the basics of good writing, including: essential elements of writing and editing; definitions of terms used in prose writing; definitions of types of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; helpful references; common usage errors and how to avoid them; and information about writing sentences, paragraphs, and essays. The compact dictionary format makes information easy to find. Reference pages provide quick access to commonly asked questions. From writing strategies, to literary and composition terms, students will find what they need to support their writing in The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide. This extensive text includes the essential elements of prose and poetry. With definitions and terminology, common errors, sample formats, and helpful guidelines, this book will be a reference that writers will refer to again and again. For additional guidance in grammar, see The Absolutely Essential Grammar Guide. Grades 5–12
Download or read book The Absolutely Essential Grammar Guide written by Nancy Atlee and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A reference manual for: capitalization, parts of speech, punctuation, sentences"--Cover.
Download or read book The Plot Dot written by Derek Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Adult Coloring Book for Authors!This book will help you paint powerful visual scenes that stick with readers long after they're finished your book. The techniques described within are simple and easy to use. Think of this as a guided coloring book adventure. YOUR adventure.There are lots of systems and guides to plotting, but if you're like me you have journals filled with notes, scenes and description... it can get overwhelming. I've based this book on traditional three-act story architecture, but it's greatly simplified. Plotters and pantsers can use the guided exercises to gain greater visual clarity and build more meaningful scenes with resonance. This book will help you get organized and unlock hidden potential in your scenes that you didn't know was there, by going beyond words and focusing on drawing and coloring your scenes until you have a full outline.This book makes an excellent workbook for writing retreats, is simple enough for children to use (it's never too early to write your first novel), and introduces a new, and hopefully useful, way to organize your novel, improve your writing, and create unforgettable scenes that will make a deep and lasting impact.
Download or read book The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing written by Thomas S. Kane and published by OXFORD University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're composing a letter, writing a school thesis, or starting a novel, The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing offers expert advice on how to think more creatively, how to conjure up ideas from scratch, and how to express those ideas clearly and elegantly. No matter where you find yourself in the writing process - from the daunting blank page to the rough draft that needs shaping to the small but important questions of punctuation - you'll find what you need in this one handy, all-inclusive volume.
Download or read book Write More Good written by The Bureau Chiefs and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still clinging to your dog-eared dictionary? So attached to The Elements of Style that you named your rabbits Strunk and White? Maybe you’re a beleaguered reporter, or a type-A newspaper reader who unwinds by e-mailing the editor about whether “tweet” is a verb? It’s time to face up to reality: Writing clearly, checking facts, and correcting typos are dying arts. Whether you’re a jaded producer of media or a nitpicking consumer of it, this book will help you to embrace, not resist, the lowering of standards for the written word! Part dictionary, part journalism textbook, part grammar and writing manual, Write More Good is a “comprehensive” “guide” to today’s “media,” in all its ambulance-chasing, story-fabricating, money-hemorrhaging glory. (LEGAL DISCLAIMER: The authors are not responsible for consequences that may result from actually using this book as a dictionary, textbook, or grammar and writing manual.) Let The Bureau Chiefs, the ritin’ and reportin’ geniuses behind the Twitter phenomenon @FakeAPStylebook, teach you about: * Proper usage! “World War” should be used only for conflicts involving countries on at least three continents. For large-scale battles against clones, killer tomatoes, or a fifty-foot woman, use “attack” instead. * Entertainment Journalism! When writing about a celebrity for an online audience, save your readers time by linking directly to nude photos of him or her. * Science Reporting! When writing about those robots that seek out and consume houseflies for energy, the parenthetical aside “(OH GOD, WE’RE DOOMED!)” is implied and is therefore not necessary to include in your story. And much, much, more!
Download or read book Style Guide for Business Writing written by and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Style guides come in many shapes and sizes, usually focused toward scientific or academic use only. However, business writing is a space occupied by many individuals that has not been given the attention it deserves. The Style Guide for Business Writing, Second Edition, is designed specifically to assist business writers in both the public and private sector, including those publishing with English as a second language; authors of academic papers; business book authors; financial journalists; and writers of reports, proposals or even just e-mail and memoranda. This book provides a comprehensive guide to clear and precise writing that will help develop basic communication skills for the beginner, and refresh the basics for the experienced business writer. Major topics are arranged alphabetically and the cross references and index enable quick and easy access to information. Michael C. Thomsett is a market expert, author, speaker, and coach. His many books include Stock Market Math, Candlestick Charting, The Mathematics of Options, and A Technical Approach to Trend Analysis.
Download or read book About Writing written by Suz Demello and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT WRITING: YOUR ESSENTIAL WRITING GUIDE by Suz deMello Both of Suz deMello's famed writing manuals, now in one handy paperback. A perfect gift for any writer! Also available in large print: http: //tinyurl.com/AWLgPr Here's what folks said about one of the included books, PLOTTING AND PLANNING: Sue has written a concise manual that is valuable for both beginning and seasoned writers. Going to write a book? Read this first! --Bestselling suspense author Kylie Brant Suz deMello's PLOTTING AND PLANNING is a concise, informative, and entertaining look at writing a novel. --Paranormal author Silver James Regarding the other book that's in ABOUT WRITING: Not only did WRITE THIS NOT THAT! reach #2 on Amazon's writing reference list, but it also garnered many five star reviews: Five stars...good advice and fun to read. --Jo Frye Five stars... Kudos to the author for a well-written manual! --Book CraZ Five stars from me... This short guide covers the essentials and is useful for both new and experienced writers. --Author Catherine Cavendish
Download or read book FranklinCovey Style Guide written by Stephen R. Covey and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FranklinCovey Style Guide: For Business and Technical Communication can help any writer produce documents that achieve outstanding results. Created by FranklinCovey, the world-renowned leader in helping organizations enhance individual effectiveness, this edition fully reflects today’s online media and global business challenges. The only style guide used in FranklinCovey’s own renowned Writing Advantage TM and Technical Writing Advantage TM programs, it covers everything from document design and graphics to sentence style and word choice. This edition’s many improvements include extensive new coverage of graphics, writing for online media, and international business English. Through dozens of examples and model documents, writers learn how to overcome “writer’s block” and efficiently create documents from start to finish. FranklinCovey’s experts show how to get powerful results from every email; add distinctiveness and power to any online presence; write far more effective proposals, letters, memos, reports, and resumes; and improve all forms of documentation, from business procedures to highly technical content. You’ll learn how to quickly discover and prioritize the information you need, whether you’re planning a presentation, leading a meeting, or managing a project. The authors reveal how to design visuals that communicate messages instantly and intuitively, and use charts, color, illustrations, maps, photos, and tables to supercharge any presentation. Packed with up-to-the-minute examples, this A-Z guidebook can help you write more effectively no matter who you are — whether you’re a business or sales professional who must motivate and persuade, a technical professional who must explain challenging content more clearly and accurately, or a student who needs stronger writing skills to succeed in school and in your career.
Download or read book A Practical Writing Guide for Academic Librarians written by Anne Langley and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering the skills necessary for clear, effective writing can make writing tasks flow more easily. This book helps academic librarians who are new to the profession or new to a supervisory or management position, as well as those who want to be more productive and make the their writing for work go more smoothly. From progress reports to project plans, cover letters to case studies and book reviews to blogging, readers will find examples and how-tos for most of the types of writing they need to do in their academic library careers. Discusses the importance of style and audience Analyzes and guides the reader through the types of writing that academic librarians use in their everyday work Includes information on presenting data: specifically, tables, graphs and charts
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Secondary Teaching written by Susan Davies and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Oxford Guide to Writing written by Thomas S. Kane and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, how to conjure up an idea from scratch. Many, once you have an idea, show you how to express it clearly and elegantly. And many handbooks offer reliable advice on the use of commas, semicolons, and so forth. But The New Oxford Guide to Writing does all three, so that no matter where you find yourself in the writing process--from the daunting look of a blank page, to the rough draft that needs shaping, to the small but important questions of punctuation--you will find what you need in one handy, all-inclusive volume. Highlighted by numerous examples of successful prose--including marvelous, brief excerpts from Mark Twain, Joan Didion, H.L. Mencken, E.B. White, and Annie Dillard--this stimulating volume covers the entire subject step-by-step, clearly and authoritatively. It shows: ___*How to use commonplace books and journals to store ____ideas, how to brainstorm, how to explore a potential ____topic systematically ___*How to use a statement of purpose or an outline to ____give preliminary shape to your material, how to use ____drafts and revisions (and more revisions) to refine ____your ideas ___*How to open an essay clearly and interestingly, how to ____lead the reader subtly, how to use qualifications to ____express complexity without sacrificing impact ___*How to organize ideas into a coherent paragraph, how ____to vary sentence structure and length for variety and ____emphasis ___*How to select words that convey both information and ____point of view ___*And much, much more In addition, it contains a useful appendix on punctuation, ranging from commas and periods to underlining and capitalization. Whether you write for business or for pleasure, whether you are a beginner or an experienced pro, The New Oxford Guide to Writing is an essential addition to your reference library, providing abundant assistance and encouragement to write with more clarity, more color, and more force.
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Download or read book Axelrod Cooper s Concise Guide to Writing written by Rise B. Axelrod and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapted from the best-selling St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, Axelrod and Cooper’s Concise Guide to Writing provides streamlined versions of the chapters covering six of the most commonly assigned genres in the first-year writing course — remembering events, writing profiles, explaining concepts, arguing a position, proposing a solution, and justifying an evaluation. The careful integration of well-chosen readings with guided writing instruction in these chapters is complemented by coverage of strategies for reading, writing, and research in brief-but-complete chapters at the end of the book. Read the preface.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Business Communication for Finance Professionals written by Jason L. Snyder and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication skills are a competitive advantage for today’s finance professionals. Savvy professionals know that employers want and need employees with excellent relationship building, writing, and presentation skills. The Essential Guide to Business Communication for Finance Professionals asks its readers to adopt the “communicate or die” philosophy in their approach to their careers. Two business professors with years of experience in finance and communication offer advice and tips for approaching some of the most common business communication situations faced by today’s finance professionals. Readers will walk away from this book with tools to manage their professional image and reputation.
Download or read book How to Write a Lot written by Paul J. Silvia and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All students and professors need to write, and many struggle to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. In this practical, light-hearted, and encouraging book, Paul Silvia explains that writing productively does not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions. Drawing examples from his own field of psychology, he shows readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and become prolific without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. After describing strategies for writing productively, the author gives detailed advice from the trenches on how to write, submit, revise, and resubmit articles, how to improve writing quality, and how to write and publish academic work.
Download or read book Writers Artists Guide to Writing for Children and YA written by Linda Strachan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The W&A Guide to Writing for Children and YA provides informed, practical advice from a successful and experienced writer of children's books across all ages. Its coverage includes picture books through middle grade and young adult; fiction and non-fiction; books for reluctant readers and books for the education market. It is one author's lifetime of experience distilled into an engaging guide on how to manage, kickstart or begin your writing career. This is a heavily revised and expanded edition of Linda's Writing for Children (2008). Much has happened in both Linda's writing life and in the world of children's books since then. Staying true to the essence of the original, the new edition includes more advice and experience to reflect changes in digital publishing, self-publishing, and the explosion of YA and children's writing more broadly.
