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How Interculturally Competent Am I?: An Introductory Thesis Writing Course for International Students
ISBN: 9781443851701 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook aims to help students to develop thesis-writing skills through experiential learning by conducting a research project based on a diary study, and reporting on it in a mini-thesis. It was developed for the benefit of international students who, in their penultimate year of undergraduate study, are planning to write a graduation thesis in English related to intercultural communication in their final year with little or no prior knowledge of the subject, or of thesis-writing itself. The overarching structure of the book provides a clear overview of the main parts of a thesis, and...
This textbook aims to help students to develop thesis-writing skills through experiential learning by conducting a research project based on a diary s...
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Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-By-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
ISBN: 9781440542749 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Turn lackluster plots into irresistible stories When it comes to writing bestsellers, it's all about the plot. But creating a captivating storyline that mesmerizes your audience until the very end is easier said than done. With thousands of engaging books on the shelf, you'll need to set yours apart by developing unique scenarios that leave readers wondering what happens next. In this writing workbook, celebrated writing teacher and author Martha Alderson covers everything from constructing spirited action and compelling characters to establishing an unforgettable...
Turn lackluster plots into irresistible stories When it comes to writing bestsellers, it's all about the plot. But creating a captivating ...
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How to Write for the Christian Marketplace
ISBN: 9781475048599 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing for the Christian marketplace means reaching out to others through your written words. You will be able to touch people around the world with your message. Opportunities abound to share personal experiences and encourage others in their daily life. By studying this book you can learn about many areas of the Christian writing field. Writing is a craft. Sharpen your skills and learn from our experience. Then you, too, may see your writing and your name in print in the Christian marketplace. "This is an excellent book of basics for beginner writers." Jo Huddleston is a multi-published...
Writing for the Christian marketplace means reaching out to others through your written words. You will be able to touch people around the world with ...
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The New Author
ISBN: 9781908943071 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New Author is a 200 page book in three sections: writing basics, developing a 'social media platform' and e-publishing as an independent author. Take your manuscript from ready to go with this informative and easy to read guide. With foreword by Jim Williams, author of ten internationally published novels including the Booker Prize nominated Scherzo.
The New Author is a 200 page book in three sections: writing basics, developing a 'social media platform' and e-publishing as an independent author. T...
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How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them
ISBN: 9781594488481 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ben Yagoda's How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership.
He offers advice on what he calls "not-writing-badly," which consists of the ability, first, to craft sentences that are correct in terms of spelling, diction (word choice), punctuation, and grammar, and that also display clarity, precision, and grace. Then he focuses on crafting whole paragraphs with attention tocadence, consistency of tone, sentence transitions, and paragraph length. In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps we can... Ben Yagoda's How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership.
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Political Writing: A Guide to the Essentials: A Guide to the Essentials
ISBN: 9780765631244 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing well, and persuasively, is not only a discipline that can be learned, it is one deeply rooted in the classical arts of rhetoric and polemic. This book introduces the essential skills, rules, and steps for producing effective political prose appropriate to many contexts, from the editorial, the op-ed, and the polemical essay to others both weighty and seemingly slight.
Writing well, and persuasively, is not only a discipline that can be learned, it is one deeply rooted in the classical arts of rhetoric and polemic. T...
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Get That Book Published!: A Roadmap for Today's Writer
ISBN: 9780966292626 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Got a book inside you? There's no better time to get it out If you've never published, don't know where to start or simply want to explore new options, you'll find this book invaluable. "Lana Castle has produced a volume that is jam packed with step-by-step information on how to navigate the bewildering world of publishing. . . . Aspiring writers can do themselves a favor and jumpstart their careers by following this easy-to-read guide." - Sheila Allee, Executive Director, Writers' League of Texas Get That Book Published A Roadmap for Today's Writer is a concise little guide that...
Got a book inside you? There's no better time to get it out If you've never published, don't know where to start or simply want to explore new option...
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The Language of Fiction: A Writer's Stylebook
ISBN: 9781611683301 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grand themes and complex plots are just the beginning of a great piece of fiction. Mastering the nuts and bolts of grammar and prose mechanics is also an essential part of becoming a literary artist. This indispensable guide, created just for writers of fiction, will show you how to take your writing to the next level by exploring the finer points of language. Funny, readable, and wise, this book explores the tools of the fiction writer's trade, from verb tenses to pronouns to commas and beyond. Filled with examples from the best-seller lists of today and yesterday, it will help you consider...
Grand themes and complex plots are just the beginning of a great piece of fiction. Mastering the nuts and bolts of grammar and prose mechanics is also...
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Having Success with Nsf
ISBN: 9781118013984 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals. The book discusses aspects of the proposal submission and review process that are not typically communicated to the research community. Written by authors with successful track records in grant writing and years of experience as NSF Program Directors, this book provides an insider's view of successful grantsmanship. Written in a practical approach, this book offers tips that will not be found in official paperwork and provides answers to questions frequently asked...
This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals. The book discusses as...
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Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave
ISBN: 9781610351782 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing--writing that's full of extra, misused, and overused words--in this guide to producing sparkling copy that attracts readers, agents, editors, and sales. McNair explains the common mistakes made by most writers and shows how eliminating unnecessary words strengthens action, shorten sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. Containing 21 simple, straightforward principles, ""Editor-Proof Your Writing"" teaches how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies,...
Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing--writing that's full of extra, misused, and o...
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Writer's Breakthrough: Steps to Copyright and Publish Your Own Book
ISBN: 9780982940440 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you have a book ready for publication but don t know where to start? Writer's Breakthrough will teach you where to begin, guide you step-by-step, and help you publish your own book. Writer s Breakthrough is an excellent, practical, easy-to-understand resource for novice writers and aspiring self-publishers. --Midwest Book Review
Do you have a book ready for publication but don t know where to start? Writer's Breakthrough will teach you where to begin, guide you step-by-step, a...
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Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir
ISBN: 9781592408153 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice for writing a memoir. Writing memoir is a deeply personal, and consequential, undertaking. As the acclaimed author of five memoirs spanning significant turning points in her life, Beth Kephart has been both blessed and bruised by the genre. In Handling the Truth, she thinks out loud about the form--on how it gets made, on what it means to make it, on the searing language of truth, on the thin line between remembering and...
In the tradition of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice ...
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Writing Your Life: A Guide to Writing Autobiographies
ISBN: 9781618210265 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To many, the task of writing about one's life seems daunting and difficult. Where does one begin? What stories will inspire your children and grandchildren, and which will simply amuse them? "Writing Your Life: A Guide to Writing Autobiographies" breaks down the barriers of personal narrative with an easy-to-follow guide that includes thought-provoking questions, encouraging suggestions, memory-jogging activities, tips for writing, advice on publishing one's stories in print and online, and examples of ordinary people's writing. Having already helped thousands write their life stories, this...
To many, the task of writing about one's life seems daunting and difficult. Where does one begin? What stories will inspire your children and grandchi...
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How to Write a Book in 33 Days
ISBN: 9780956183019 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing a book is not a guaranteed fast track to vast royalty windfalls and bestseller fame and fortune. Nor is it an ego trip to be put off until retirement. Writing a high quality, content-rich, non-fiction business book to showcase your expertise and promote your brand is the smartest and most cost-effective marketing and business development decision you'll ever make. In 2006 RainToday.com and Wellesley Hills Group published a report called The Business Impact of Writing a Book. Of the business book authors surveyed: 94 percent reported that their book improved their brand. 95 percent...
Writing a book is not a guaranteed fast track to vast royalty windfalls and bestseller fame and fortune. Nor is it an ego trip to be put off until ret...
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Write Every Day: A Year of Daily Writing Prompts
ISBN: 9781480176683 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing prompts are a great way to jump start your muse and get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes you want to write and don't really know what to write about, and prompts can help guide you into a new story.
This collection of 366 writing prompts can be used daily throughout the year (leap years, too ) as a starting point to get you writing ... and keep you writing. Each day of the year has its own, unique prompt. Set a timer for fifteen or twenty minutes, and write wherever the prompt takes you. Or, if you're between stories and looking for something different to work on, flip to... Writing prompts are a great way to jump start your muse and get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes you want to write and don't really know what to...
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Sunsets & Semicolons
ISBN: 9781937556037 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sunsets & Semicolons - a Frank & Revealing Field Guide to the Writing Life From struggling as a beginning writer and learning everything he could squeeze out of books and articles on creativity, writing, and publishing, Greg Lilly stepped his way from technical writer to technology analyst to infrastructure architect of a major corporation then took a turn in his path to magazine editor, fiction author and small press publisher. The shift from the Information Technology world to a Writer's Life was a 40th birthday re-invention with some squeaks and bumps along the way. That perilous journey...
Sunsets & Semicolons - a Frank & Revealing Field Guide to the Writing Life From struggling as a beginning writer and learning everything he could sque...
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Taking Yourself Seriously: Processes of Research and Engagement
ISBN: 9780984921614 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking Yourself Seriously: Processes of Research and Engagement is designed for college students as well as more experienced professionals who want to further their development as researchers, writers, and agents of change. A wide range of tools and processes for research, writing, and collaboration are defined and described-from Governing Question to GOSP, Plus-Delta feedback to Process Review, and Supportive Listening to Sense of Place Map. The tools and processes are linked to three frameworks that lend themselves to adaptation by teachers and other advisors: A set of ten Phases of...
Taking Yourself Seriously: Processes of Research and Engagement is designed for college students as well as more experienced professionals who want to...
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Inside the Room: Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
ISBN: 9781592408115 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 writing their first spec script for an on-air series, creating one-hour drama and sitcom pilots that break out from the pack, and revising scripts to meet pro standards. Learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare, intimate look inside the yearlong process of creating,...
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 classr...
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The Old Editor Says: Maxims for Writing and Editing
ISBN: 9781934074893 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many beginning writers and editors benefited from a crusty old editor's brisk maxims about the craft. If you want to be reminded of those days, look inside. If you want to learn those brisk maxims, many of them are collected here. And if you aspire to become a crusty old editor, this is the handbook. About the Author: John McIntyre is the night content production manager at The Baltimore Sun and author of the blog You Don't Say at Baltimoresun.com. A former president of the American Copy Editors Society, he teaches editing at Loyola University Maryland.
Many beginning writers and editors benefited from a crusty old editor's brisk maxims about the craft. If you want to be reminded of those days, look i...
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Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir
ISBN: 9780299293147 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every person has a story to tell, but few beginners know how to uncover their story's narrative potential. And despite a growing interest among students and creative writers, few guides to the genre of memoirs and creative nonfiction highlight compelling storytelling strategies. Addressing this gap, authors Lynn C. Miller and Lisa Lenard-Cook provide a compact, accessible guide to memoir writing that shows how an aspiring memoir writer can use storytelling tools and tactics borrowed from fiction to weave personal experiences into the shape of a story. Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir...
Every person has a story to tell, but few beginners know how to uncover their story's narrative potential. And despite a growing interest among studen...
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