Writing Publishing category: 5352 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technological perspectives. The...
by Alison Plus
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Please Note: This is a boxed set.
The first year of college can be challenging for many reasons. The classes are harder, the schedule is more demanding, and you will be expected to manage everything on your own, perhaps for the first time in your life.
And the papers! You have to write...
Having the Last Say
Capturing Your Legacy in One Small Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Renowned writing coach Alan Gelb shows baby boomers how to create “last says”—short personal narratives that serve as a powerful form of life review.
As the baby-boomer generation ages, its members are looking ahead to the biggest challenge of all: making sense of life in its third act....
Naming What We Know
Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Naming What We Know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. The first part of the book defines and describes thirty-seven threshold concepts...
by Alison Plus
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
This practical booklet can help you write a compare and contrast essay by showing you the complete process of writing this type of paper. This systematic method will start with your assignment and end with a final proofreading. In between that first and last step, this writing method relies upon templates...
The Lifestyle Writer
How to Write for the Home and Family Market
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
The Lifestyle Writer is a book that explores every aspect of writing for the home and family market. From writing parenting and childcare articles to writing for the travel and technology markets, it is packed full of tips and advice for the budding writer.
Telling Life's Tales
A Guide to Writing Life Stories for Print and Publication
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Telling Life’s Tales is a comprehensive guide to writing life stories. It helps writers and non-writers to decide what they want to tell of their lives and how they want to tell it. Giving practical advice and information, the reader will learn story structure, key elements of writing, how to plot...
by Bob May
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
The right-to-the-point nature of the storytelling will make you feel as though Mr. May is talking directly to you, teaching his valuable lessons on:
illustrating what dramatic action is
understanding the importance of character objectives in scripts
using proper formatting in plays or screenplays
understanding...
Free-Range Writing
75 Forays For The Wild Writer's Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Many writers start out with an idea of what kind of thing they want to write and then never stray from that area of writing. That’s a shame because if you think of yourself as just a novelist, or a poet, or a memoirist, or a non-fiction writer you don’t get to explore the full range of your writer...
by Shyamala Shanmugasundaram
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Have you always been pressed for time to generate story ideas? Are you looking for story prompts to sustain your daily writing habit?
Whether you want a submission for a magazine, an anthology or publish your own bunch of short stories, this book is guaranteed to give you story ideas.
The key...
2015 Guide to Literary Agents
The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
The best resource available for finding a literary agent!
No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent if you want to get the best traditional publishing book deal possible. The 2015 Guide to Literary Agents is your essential...
Writing Personal Essays
Shaping and Sharing Your Life Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Writing from the truths in our lives seems difficult but personal essayist Sheila Bender provides a powerful methodology to reach more deeply into your personal experience and, therefore, to reach others deeply. You'll create eight styles of personal essays to examine your life events from different...
The Writing Program Administrator's Resource
A Guide To Reflective Institutional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2005
The role of the writing program administrator is one of diverse activities and challenges, and preparation for the position has traditionally come through performing the job itself. As a result, uninitiated WPAs often find themselves struggling to manage the various requirements and demands of the...
Very Like a Whale
The Assessment of Writing Programs
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Winner of the 2015 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment
Written for those who design, redesign, and assess writing programs, Very Like a Whale is an intensive discussion of writing program assessment issues. Taking its title from Hamlet, the book explores the multifaceted forces...