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This writer’s guide is packed full of insightful lessons on writing well. Gleaned from years of teaching writing workshops and crafting his own stories, Christopher Hawke teaches these lessons in a clear and concise way. While a fan of The Elements of Style and Chicago Manual of Style, this book...

Taking Flight With OWLs examines computer technology use in writing centers. Its purpose is to move beyond anecdotal evidence for implementing computer technology in writing centers, presenting carefully considered studies that theorize the move to computer technology and examine technology use in...

Are you ready to scare, taunt and thrill yourself silly? This huge collection of 52 writing prompts in the horror and thriller genre will keep you busy.  You could write a short story per week!  Does your mind ever go blank when you sit down to work on your fiction? A great way to...

Keywords in Writing Studies is an exploration of the principal ideas and ideals of an emerging academic field as they are constituted by its specialized vocabulary. A sequel to the 1996 work Keywords in Composition Studies, this new volume traces the evolution of the field’s lexicon, taking into...

Classroom-based writing tutoring is a distinct form of writing support, a hybrid instructional method that engages multiple voices and texts within the college classroom. Tutors work on location in the thick of writing instruction and writing activity. On Location is the first volume to discuss...

Are you ready to travel to far off places, create new worlds and new creatures? This huge collection of 52 writing prompts in the science fiction and fantasy genres will keep you busy.  You could write a short story per week!  Does your mind ever go blank when you sit down to work...

All too many people start a writing project with grand ambitions but reach a crisis of completion. Finishing School helps writers reignite the passion that started them on the project in the first place and work steadily to get it done. Untold millions of writing projects—begun with hope...

Genre: Creative Writing (Nonfiction) Word Count: 3153 (52 Writing Exercises) Looking for ways to practice and improve your writing skills? An exercise a week to help you hone your skills might be exactly what you need. These exercises have been collated from workshops run by Avril Sabine...

Where has the road taken you? What wisdom have you gained on this journey?The world needs our stories, tales of both passion and pain. Told from your deep truth, the words can cleanse the soul and heal the heart.Writing Wild was crafted for new writers and non-writers who identify with...

This monograph investigates 15 L2 creative writers’ social constructive power in identity constructions. Through interviews and think-aloud story writing sessions, the central study considers how L2 writer voices are mediated by the writers’ autobiographical identities, namely, their sense of...

Students of all levels need to know how to write a well-reasoned, coherent research paper—and for decades Kate L. Turabian’s Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers has helped them to develop this critical skill. For its fifth edition, Chicago has reconceived and renewed this classic work...

Out in the Center explores the personal struggles of tutors, faculty, and administrators in writing center communities as they negotiate the interplay between public controversies and features of their own intersectional identities. These essays address how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class,...

Speed Your Personal Journey Down Publication Highway The first three books in this series taught you: how to develop your author success mindset, how to design your morning routine and enhance your clarity and focus, and how to create your personal author vision statement. Your author...

Personal interactions are the single most effective way for teachers to understand and evaluate their student as learners. Responding specifically to new Common Core State Standards in reading and writing, this book introduces pre- and inservice teachers to a method of one-on-one interaction the authors...