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The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head. In HELP! FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an 'owner's manual' for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582979977Author Sarah DometFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm)...

Many students and qualified workers in all areas of social work feel apprehension at the prospect of writing a formal report for a court or tribunal. Writing may be a fundamental skill, but it is one that students and practitioners cannot afford to take...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805080285Author Alex EpsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 309g

This book explores creative writing and its various relationships to education through a number of short, evocative chapters written by key players in the field. At times controversial, the book presents issues, ideas and pedagogic practices related to...

An invaluable, modern guide to great copywriting, Copy. Righter. shows you how to write in a way that is brand-literate, media-savvy, utterly engaging...and irresistibly persuasive. It will show you how to write great copy in every print and digital...

Feature Writing for Journalists considers both newspapers and magazines and helps the new or aspiring journalist to become a successful feature writer.Using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933377509Author Judith BarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Eighth Mountain Press,Publisher Eighth Mountain Press,

How To Be A Writer is a collection of interviews with famous writers, performers and industry insiders that takes the reader through a writer's day, from getting up to giving in. And, along the way, asks: When do you get ideas? When should you write? How...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847166081Author Stephen WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Straightforward PublishingPublisher Straightforward PublishingWeight(grams) 244g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250051035Author Professor Louise DeSalvoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585427581Author Sherry EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 38mm

The Creative Writing Compass presents a dynamic navigational instrument for creative writers and those learning to be creative writers, providing a method for developing and advancing knowledge of creative writing. Award-winning novelist Graeme Harper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312286217Author Caroline SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907117Author James BonnetFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Writing for radio brings together theoretical and practical aspects of radio writing. It deals with writing for all principal radio genres - short stories, plays, documentaries/drama documentaries, talks and features, adaptations/dramatisations,...

Effective scientific communication is a skill highly-prized by potential employers, and is central to success during postgraduate study. Communication Skills for the Biosciences is a straightforward, practical guide to the skills you should master to...

A text for practiced poets, this book offers a springboard beyond the basics into more daring poetic traditions, experimentation and methods. It lays out the myriad conversations influencing contemporary poetics, paying attention to its roots in...

With intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax. Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence and others, Voigt examines the signature musical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692850558Author Rebekah LoperFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Fantasia Hearth PressPublisher Fantasia Hearth PressWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981928470Author William Wallace CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Norton Creek PressPublisher Norton Creek PressWeight(grams) 455gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957216570Author Ellie StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Rosegate PublicationsPublisher Rosegate PublicationsWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989662007Author Eileen CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Creative AcademyPublisher Creative AcademyWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Teaching creative writing for the multicultural, global, and digital generation, this volume offers a fresh approach for enhancing core writing skills in the major forms of Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama. A Guide to Creative Writing and the...

A celebratory 20th anniversary edition of A landmark collection from black writers across the literary spectrum'The fact that IC3, the police identity for Black, is the only collective term that relates to our situation here as residents ('Black British'...

Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988069012Author Marcy KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Tongue Untied CommunicationsPublisher Tongue Untied CommunicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402210518Author William BrohaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

Since 1962 Editors on Editing has been an indispensable guide for editors, would-be editors, and especially writers who want to understand the publishing process. Written by America's most distinguished editors, these 38 essays will teach, inform, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060537005Author Dr Mardy GrotheFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874778823Format PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684850672Author James B. StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 381Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 345g

* Practical, with easy to follow rules, without getting into the technicalities of linguistics. * Includes examples of correct and incorrect ways to report stories, as well as examples of common mistakes, problem words, and real journalism headlines. *...

Who doesn't hate wading through wordy paragraphs? Unfortunately, many writers don't realize when they are padding their sentences and obscuring their meaning. Enter To the Point, the essential guide to writing succinctly. Featuring hundreds of new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345440464Author Carolyn SeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957670433Author Jane BettanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Dormouse Press, an imprint of Guidemark Publishing LtdPublisher Dormouse Press, an...

'A really fun idea for a book - and full of great stuff.' Greg Jenner, Public HistorianThis is the perfect guide for any writer who wants to recreate the Roman world accurately in their fiction. It will aid any novelist, screenwriter, games designer or...

On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. With elegance, humor, and sophistication, Gardner describes the life of a working novelist;...

Have you ever wanted to write a novel or short story but didn't know where to start? If so, this is the book for you. It's the book for anyone, in fact, who wants to write to their full potential. Practical and jargon-free, rejecting prescriptive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143131359Author Sandra ScofieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...