Language Arts category: 28677 books
by Melissa Samaroo
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
The Complete Guide to Writing A Successful Screenplay outlines timesaving tools to hone your writing, so you can at¬tract Hollywood agents and producers. You will discover how to create a timeline and deadline, whether writing your screenplay is a full- or part-time job. Writing and pitching a screenplay...
DIY MFA
Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Get the Knowledge Without the College!
You are a writer. You dream of sharing your words with the world, and you're willing to put in the hard work to achieve success. You may have even considered earning your MFA, but for whatever reason--tuition costs, the time commitment, or other responsibilities--you've...
by Kenneth Goldsmith
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith’s manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context.
Kenneth Goldsmith wants you to...
Cut to the Chase
Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don't know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut To The Chase, written by...
Exploring Language Assessment and Testing
Language in Action
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are...
Writing Movies
The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
To break into the screenwriting game, you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great. Superlative. Stellar. In Writing Movies you'll find everything you need to know to reach this level. And, like the very best teachers, Writing Movies is always practical, accessible, and entertaining.
The...
You're On!
101 Tips to improve your public speaking skills
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
A useful guide for pastors, group leaders, coaches, & storytellers, Ruth Stotter’s little guide will boost your confidence if you are new to public speaking, and it will remind experienced speakers of the basics that insure success in front of large audiences and small. The author’s experience...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Contemporary media authorship is frequently collaborative, participatory, non-site specific, or quite simply goes unrecognized. In this volume, media and film scholars explore the theoretical debates around authorship, intention, and identity within the rapidly transforming and globalized culture...
Gift of the Gob
Morsels of English Language History
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
A book about the quirks of the English language from an Australian point of view, from popular author and ABC TV and Radio regular Kate Burridge. Morsels of English Language History. Why can we fall in love but not in hate?. What do codswallop and poppycock share?. Why not one house and two hice?....
Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom
Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Clearly written and well organized, this book shows how to apply the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) across all subject areas and grade levels. The editors and contributors describe practical ways to develop classroom goals, assessments, materials, and methods that use UDL to meet...
by Michael R. Neal
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Writing and the teaching of writing is changing at a rapid pace. How can educators understand writing assessment as and with technology in the 21st-century classroom? Michael Neal contends that new technologies are neither the problem nor the solution. Instead, educators need to tap into digital resources...
Story Stakes
Your #1 Writing Skills Strategy to Produce a Page-Turner that Transforms Readers into Raving Fans of Your Screenplay or Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Make your story a page-turner; make a living as a writer.
Wouldn’t it be great if readers stayed up all night to finish your screenplay or novel?
After such an intense emotional experience, when they’re done with your story, these readers won’t quickly forget about it and reach...
Inside the Room
Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
What does it take to go from being a fan to professional television writer? For the first time outside of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme classrooms, TV writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars take aspiring writers through the process of...
Inciting Incident
How to Begin Your Screenplay or Novel and Captivate Audiences Right Away (While Accomplishing Your Long-Term Plotting Goals)
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
*** REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION
Does Your Story Beginning Set You Up For Success…or Failure?
Beginnings are agonizing to write.
So much is at stake.
If you start your story in the wrong place, if it’s boring or bogged down by exposition, audiences will abandon...