Reading Bestsellers
Readers are essential agents in the production of bestsellers but bestsellers are not essential to readers' leisure pursuits. The starting point in this Element is readers' opinions about and their uses of bestselling fiction in English. Readers' relationships with bestsellers bring into view their practices of book selection, and their navigation of book recommendation culture. Based on three years of original research (2019-2021), including a quantitative survey with readers, interviews with social media influencers, and qualitative work with international Gen Z readers in a private Instagram chat space, the authors highlight three core actions contemporary multimodal readers make- choosing, connecting, and responding- in a transmedia era where on- and offline media practices co-exist. The contemporary multimodal reader, or the MMR3, they argue, illustrates the pervasiveness of recommendation culture, reliance on trusted others, and an ethic of responsiveness.
Writing That Gets Noticed
Selected as one of the Best Books for Writers by Poets & Writers Successful essayist, columnist, writing instructor, and editor Estelle Erasmus will show you how to find your voice, write stellar pieces, and get published. In real-world, experience-based chapters, she coaches you to: - mine your life for ideas and incubate those ideas - choose the perfect format -- essay, op-ed, feature article, and more - research publications and follow editor etiquette - craft a perfect pitch - protect your psyche from rejection - revise your work for maximum impact - deliver what you promise, protect your work, and get paid
Australian Books and Authors in the American Marketplace 1840s-1940s
Shortlisted for the Walter McRae Russel Award 2019Australian Books and Authors in the American Marketplace 1840s-1940s explores how Australian writers and their works were present in the United States before the mid-20th century to a much greater degree than previously acknowledged. Drawing on fresh archival research and combining the approaches of literary criticism, print culture studies and book history, David Carter and Roger Osborne demonstrate that Australian writing was transnational long before the contemporary period. In mapping Australian literature's connections to British and US markets, their research challenges established understandings of national, imperial and world literatures.Carter and Osborne examine how Australian authors, editors and publishers engaged productively with their American counterparts, and how American readers and reviewers responded to Australian works. They consider the role played by British publishers and agents in taking Australian writing to America, and creating new opportunities for novelists to move between markets.Some of these writers, such as Christina Stead and Patrick White, remain household names; others who once enjoyed international fame, such as Dale Collins and Alice Grant Rosman, have been largely forgotten. The story of their books in America reveals how culture, commerce and copyright law interacted to create both opportunities and obstacles for Australian writers.
The Routledge Handbook of Audio Description
This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the expanding field of Audio Description, the practice of rendering the visual elements of a multimodal product. This is the essential guide and companion for advanced students, researchers and Audio Description professionals within translation studies and media accessibility.
Word Sorcery 101
A helpful writing guide for beginner writers and writers interested in learning more about the publishing process. This book contains advice on the basics of good storytelling, pointers on self-editing, and a guide to the different stages of editing encountered in publishing.
The Sacred Word
"The Sacred Word: Musings on Hindu Mythology and Spirituality" is a collection of poems that delves deep into the rich tapestry of Hindu mythology, offering readers a glimpse into the mystical world of Vedic sages, deities, mythical figures, and holy shrines. Through the vivid imagery and lyrical beauty of these poems, readers are transported to an ethereal realm where the divine and mortal coexist.The poems in this collection are a tribute to the timeless wisdom of Hindu sages, who through their teachings and writings, have illuminated the path of spiritual enlightenment for seekers across the world. Each poem is a celebration of the rich cultural heritage of India, with its diverse traditions, deep-rooted spirituality, and rich mythology. The poems offer a unique perspective on Hinduism, highlighting the mystical elements that make it so compelling and captivating.
Once More, With Feeling
The newest volume in the Million Dollar Writing series, Once More, With Feeling is a guide by New York Times Bestselling author Jody Lynn Nye to revising your finished manuscript. Nye goes point by point over the topics you should review when working toward a final draft of a new book. From narrative hook to resolution, with discussions of formatting, resources, and numerous examples of problem-solving, this volume should be by the elbow of any aspiring writer.
Pros and Cons
Attending your first convention as a professional writer? Don't know what opportunities are out there for you? How do you get invited? How do you approach editors? How do you deal with fans who love your book and those who haven't read it yet? Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett have answers to the questions you don't even know you have. From how to approach a convention committee to how to handle yourself on panels and signings, this book will give you an expert's perspective on how to make the most of a convention.
Discourse of the Inquisitive
Good communication skills are necessary for articulating learning, especially in online classrooms. It is often through writing that learners demonstrate their ability to analyze and synthesize the new concepts presented in the classroom. In other words, writing gives students the opportunity to work with the content of the classroom, making learning more active and, therefore, helping new concepts move more readily to long-term memory. Because writing-in the guise of discussion prompts, essays, research papers, and other projects-is generally the main type of assessment, it has a big impact on learners' grades. For students to succeed, therefore, it is important to know how to write well. Yet most writing professors spend the first minutes of every new course hearing about how their newly enrolled students hate writing; regrettably, their fear of writing affects their ability to communicate effectively. So, while their focus is to teach and model the writing process, writing professors must first spend a significant amount of time quelling the disquiet students feel about writing before helping them build skills and confidence in the writing process. When writing and communication instructors are successful, their students are better positioned to succeed as well. Discourse of the Inquisitive brings together professors and professor-writers from the Departments of Communication and English at APUS to offer their insights into good communication and how to articulate its form to others. From the basic building blocks of writing to directive feedback, from academic discourse to creative art forms, and from military students to adult learners, the anthology is filled with tips, tricks, and strategies to improve communication skills inside the classroom and out.
Translation Tools and Technologies
To trainee translators and established professionals alike, the range of tools and technologies now available, and the speed with which they change, can seem bewildering. This state-of-the-art, copiously illustrated textbook offers a straightforward and practical guide to translation tools and technologies.Demystifying the workings of computer-assisted translation (CAT) and machine translation (MT) technologies, Translation Tools and Technologies offers clear step-by-step guidance on how to choose suitable tools (free or commercial) for the task in hand and quickly get up to speed with them, using examples from a wide range of languages. Translator trainers will also find it invaluable when constructing or updating their courses. This unique book covers many topics in addition to text translation. These include the history of the technologies, project management, terminology research and corpora, audiovisual translation, website, software and games localisation, and quality assurance. Professional workflows are at the heart of the narrative, and due consideration is also given to the legal and ethical questions arising from the reuse of translation data.With targeted suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter to guide users in deepening their knowledge, this is the essential textbook for all courses in translation and technology within translation studies and translator training.Additional resources are available on the Routledge Translation Studies Portal.
On Good Authority
The average book sells 300 copies and doesn't change the career-or life-of its author whatsoever. Instead, it becomes a shelf decoration, just one that happened to take a lot of money and effort to create.It doesn't have to be this way. After all, you probably already have a beautiful shelf!Whether you're ready to share your expertise with the world, want to launch a book that will serve you for your entire career or are tired of releasing books that don't do anything to help your business, On Good Authority: 7 Steps to Prepare, Promote and Profit from a How-To Book that Makes You the Go-To Expert is for you.Culled from dozens of interviews with top founders, CEOs, thought leaders and authors like Robert Greene, Chris Voss and Jay Abraham, On Good Authority walks you through a proven system for planning, promoting and profiting from your own how-to book while also breaking down how this kind of book can build your authority in ways nothing else can.In this book, you'll learn how to: Find an idea that will attract your ideal client so you can actually generate income from your bookNurture an audience while your book is being written so you don't end up releasing your book to cricketsBreak into the media big leagues by scoring appearances on shows like Today and Good Morning AmericaLand podcast interviews that can lead to big book salesCreate and secure paid speaking gigs with your newfound authorityHave a tool that builds your business 24-7 for the rest of your life, without ever asking for a raise or complainingAs Robert Greene says himself (in this book), "A book is the royal path to any kind of success you want in life."Still, the royal path requires very specific steps (but no curtseys).Learn what they are by reading On Good Authority today.
The C.A.P.E. Crusade
The C.A.P.E. Crusade is a refreshingly new take on the College Application Personal Essay, Billy Lombardo provides a balance of broad guidance and nitty-gritty tips to help young writers craft meaningful essays in response to what can feel like an impersonal process.Whether you've got a support team of dozens behind you, or you're going at it completely on your own, this book will get you through every step of the process. The C.A.P.E. Crusade anticipates the mental blocks, myths, misconceptions, and missteps that college essayists face, while covering myriad topics not explored in other books on the college essay: - Myths, complaints, and challenges of the College Application Personal Essay- Characteristics of great personal essays- An inexhaustible list of essay topics - The C.A.P.E. idea-generation prompts- Getting Past the Reluctance to Reveal- Making Use of Team You- Peer editing as a teaching tool- Braiding together seemingly disconnected topics- Memory- Closing the gap between oral and written expression- Common (and flawed) approaches to the C.A.P.E.Billy comes at this subject with decades of experience as a teacher, as a scholar deeply immersed in literature and creative writing, and as an author published in every genre from articles, reviews, interviews, and essays, to poetry, flash fiction, nonfiction, short stories, novels, and plays. An award-winning writer, Billy has helped hundreds of students from around the world create successful College Application Personal Essays.
Worldbuilding
International bestseller Anderson has created many extensive fictional universes, ranging from sweeping galactic empires to complex steampunk fantasies, to humorous monster-filled cities. He has become known for his skill in worldbuilding. In Worldbuilding: From Small Towns to Entire Universes he describes his techniques in creating a rich fictional setting, leading writers through the countless questions and topics one must consider. Whether it's geography, climate, politics, economics, society, religion, science, arts, or history, all of these ingredients form the basis for a believable setting for your story to unfold.
Writing As a Team Sport
In a creative project, are two heads better than one? Writing partnerships can produce a remarkable synergy, building on each other's talents to create work unlike anything the individual authors could do alone. On the other hand, unsuccessful collaboration can be disastrous and has ruined many a friendship.Kevin J. Anderson has worked on numerous novels and stories with dozens of collaborators, and many of those projects have become bestsellers and award winners. Rebecca Moesta has written books and stories with numerous other writers. In this in-depth book Anderson and Moesta describe various collaboration methods with frank recollections of their own experiences. You'll learn collaborative techniques that will suit any sort of writer, as well as the pitfalls you may encounter.Includes a sample collaboration agreement to adapt to your own needs.
Presentation Hell
Your company has a story to share. How will you share it?What if your presentations did the work for you? What if each slide worked as a compelling scene in your company's story? What if your presentation united you with your audience and initiated dialogue? What if you could make a connection every time you spoke?In Presentation Hell, Shufflrr founders James Ontra and AlexAnndra Ontra reveal how your company can transform the entire presentation experience from tedious and painful to dynamic and rewarding. Their proprietary systems for Structured Storytelling and Presentation Management streamline preparation by providing an organized slide library of polished slides with consistent language. You'll learn how to facilitate better conversations, respond impactfully in critical moments, and reinforce messaging in every step. Featuring revolutionary strategies that apply to every industry, Presentation Hell is today's bible for making your communication count.
Presentation Hell
Your company has a story to share. How will you share it?What if your presentations did the work for you? What if each slide worked as a compelling scene in your company's story? What if your presentation united you with your audience and initiated dialogue? What if you could make a connection every time you spoke?In Presentation Hell, Shufflrr founders James Ontra and AlexAnndra Ontra reveal how your company can transform the entire presentation experience from tedious and painful to dynamic and rewarding. Their proprietary systems for Structured Storytelling and Presentation Management streamline preparation by providing an organized slide library of polished slides with consistent language. You'll learn how to facilitate better conversations, respond impactfully in critical moments, and reinforce messaging in every step. Featuring revolutionary strategies that apply to every industry, Presentation Hell is today's bible for making your communication count.
Cyborg, Autism, and The Posthuman
Discrimination, destruction, and death have been the souvenirs of anthropocentricism. Once humankind granted himself superiority and domination over nature and other beings, it gradually paved the way for human beings to freely practice abuse on animals and misuse nature to their own benefits. As hierarchical thinking naturalized through human society, it also affected various groups of people such as people of color or the disabled: they were deemed to be closer to animals and thus deserved to be mistreated. Donna Haraway introduced her notion of 'cyborg' in "A Cyborg Manifesto" (1985) to advertise a deconstructive weltanschauung against hierarchical thinking. According to the definition, cyborg figure is a hybrid post-human body that is untouched by polar dichotomies and is capable of 'becoming' animal or machine. Interestingly enough, since autistic people who - on grounds of their supposedly intellectual 'disability' - have long been exiled from the so-called normal society, started to author autobiographies, their projected self-image as a cyborg figure has attracted ample attention: bodies sharing close affinities with animals, robots, nature, and environment.
Composition Studies 50.3 (Fall 2022)
The oldest independent periodical in the field, COMPOSITION STUDIES publishes original articles relevant to rhetoric and composition, including those that address teaching college writing; theorizing rhetoric and composing; administering writing programs; and, among other topics, preparing the field's future teacher-scholars. All perspectives and topics of general interest to the profession are welcome. We also publish Course Designs, which contextualize, theorize, and reflect on the content and pedagogy of a course. Contributions to Composing With are invited by the editor, though queries are welcome. CONTENTS OF 50.3 (Fall 2022): From the Editors: A Three-Year Check-In AT A GLANCE: Myth-Checking in Complandia: The Dispositions of Try This by Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Derek Mueller, and Kate Pantelides ARTICLES Interrogating the Four Ps: Positionality, Privilege, Power, and Professionalism in the Rhetoric and Composition Job Market by Chen Chen, Dev K. Bose, Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Elizabeth Keller Kirycki, Ruth D. Osorio, and Elliot Tetreault Unlike Conventional Form(s) Of: Beyond Reparative Antiracism by Louis M. Maraj Teaching During a Pandemic: A Study of Instructors' Preparedness for Online Composition Delivery by Pam Lieske, Ana Wetzl, and Mahli Xuan Mechenbier "Expanding Communicative Possibilities" in the Public Writing Classroom by Alisa Russell COURSE DESIGNS WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I: Researching Oral Histories of the University of Kentucky by Jannell McConnell Parsons, Kathryn Kohls, Shelby Roberts, Joshua McConnell Parsons, and Jim Ridolfo Incorporating Black Life, History, and Culture (BLHAC) in English Composition 101 at an HBCU by Nathaniel Norment, Jr. WHERE WE ARE: DISCOURSES OF CRISIS IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION: Fakers and Takers: Disrespect, Crisis, and Inherited Whiteness in Rhetoric-Composition Studies by Carmen Kynard Queering Crisis: Hope for an Alternative Academy by William P. Banks Dizzying Up the Discipline by Ryan Skinnell A Long-Term Crisis: Peak Graduate Programs and Market Contraction by Jim Ridolfo A Historical and Cultural Rendering of the Rhetoric of Disciplinary Crisis by Cedric D. Burrows The AI "Crisis" and A (Re)turn To Pedagogy by Sandra Jamieson REVIEW ESSAY New Histories and Theories of Writing with/through Technologies: A Review Essay by Gavin P. Johnson and G. Edzordzi Agbozo Are We There Yet? Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education-Twenty Years Later, by Jennifer Marlow and James P. Purdy Video Scholarship and Screen Composing, by Daniel Anderson 100 Years of New Media Pedagogy, by Jason Palmeri and Ben McCorkle BOOK REVIEWS: Writing Rhetorically: Fostering Responsive Thinkers and Communicators, by Jennifer Fletcher Reviewed by Suzanne Bordelon Self+Culture+Writing: Autoethnography for/as Writing Studies, edited by Rebecca Jackson and Jackie Grutsch McKinney Reviewed by Erick Raven Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other, edited by Hillary Glasby, Sherrie Gradin, and Rachael Ryerson Reviewed by Tyler J. Martinez Community Is the Way: Engaged Writing and Designing for Transformative Change, by Aim矇e Knight Reviewed by Jainab Tabassum Banu Translingual Pedagogical Perspectives: Engaging Domestic and International Students in the Composition Classroom, edited by Julia Kiernan, Alanna Frost, and Suzanne Blum Malley Reviewed by Andres Altamirano Beyond Progress in the Prison Classroom: Options and Opportunities, by Anna Plemons Reviewed by Rae Haight On Teacher Neutrality: Politics, Praxis, and Performativity, edited by Daniel P. Richards Reviewed by Kaustav Mukherjee Transfer Across Media: Using Digital Video in the Teaching of Writing, by Crystal Van Kooten Reviewed by Shreelina Ghosh Black Madness:: Mad Blackness, by Ther穩 Alyce Pickens Reviewed by Kimberly A. Bain CONTRIBUTORS
Educational Neuroscience for Literacy Teachers
Bridging the world of reading instruction and applied cognitive neuroscience, this book presents research-backed reading instructional methods and explains how they can be understood through the lens of brain processes.Dispelling myths about neuroscience, Spence and Mitra explore how brain-based research informs literacy research in a way that is clear and accessible to pre-service teachers. Chapters address theories of reading, social-emotional learning, phonological processes, embodiment, multilingualism, reading comprehension, and more. Featuring examples of instruction and consistent "Did you know?" and "Food for thought" sections, readers will come away with a greater understanding of the reading brain and how neuroscience can facilitate effective instruction.Delving into the extent to which neuroscience can underpin reading research, this text is ideal for pre-service teachers, educators, and students in the fields of language arts and literacy, as well as cognitive neuroscience.
Critical Pedagogy in the Language and Writing Classroom
This volume introduces theory-to-practice-based critical pedagogy grounded in Paulo Freire's scholarship to language and literacy learning settings. The chapters present authentic experiences of teacher-scholars, feature real-world examples and activities ready for implementation in the classroom, and provide nuanced guidance for future teachers. The examples and activities from teacher-scholars place critical pedagogy at the heart of classroom contexts and cover key topics, including place-based pedagogy, contemplative pedagogy, technology within the classroom, and translingual and multimodal paradigms. The chapters include further readings and discussion questions that challenge assumptions and promote deeper reflection, and can be modified for different teaching contexts. This practical volume is essential reading for students and scholars in TESOL and critical pedagogy.
Increasing Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills Through Graphic Novels
Graphic novels are not only a viable option to improve student retention of literature, but also the cornerstone of several potential lesson plans.
Increasing Visual Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills through Graphic Novels
Graphic novels are not only a viable option to improve student retention of literature, but also the cornerstone of several potential lesson plans.
Analyzing Discourse
Rather than applying a rigid theory or surveying a variety of approaches, Analyzing Discourse provides a methodology that has been refined over years of use. As an introduction to discourse analysis for linguistic field workers, it is practical, addressing issues commonly confronted by field linguists. The material follows a functional and cognitive approach that seems to be a good approximation of how discourse is actually produced and understood. Since the aim of the manual is introductory rather than comprehensive, most chapters are relatively short, and the whole can be covered in fifteen classroom hours. References are provided for further reading on the topics discussed. The manual can be used individually or in group sessions, such as in a formal course or a linguistic seminar. In a group setting, concepts can be illustrated by examining texts beyond those provided in the manual. This revision corrects the errata of the classic first edition, which remains a solid presentation of the basic concepts for analyzing discourse.
Creativity and Anxiety: Making, Meaning, Experience
Anxiety is perhaps the defining psychological malady of our age, whereas creativity is seen as an almost unassailable good, its importance heralded and promoted in a range of disciplines and domains. A number of diverse thinkers and researchers have tried to unpick the relationship between anxiety and creativity, and this short book explores and connects some of their ideas and findings. Drawing on psychoanalysis and neuroscience, existential psychology and mindfulness, literary studies and philosophy, this book places a range of different disciplines in dialogue. It explores how creativity and anxiety might impact one another, and argues for the importance of establishing a diverse and inclusive cultural space which everyone can draw from and contribute to.
Art as a Way of Listening
Offering a wealth of art-based practices, this volume invites readers to reimagine the joyful possibility and power of language and culture in language and literacy learning. Understanding art as a tool that can be used for decolonizing minds, the contributors explore new methods and strategies for supporting the language and literacy learning skills of multilingual students. Contributors are artists, educators, and researchers who bring together cutting-edge theory and practice to present a broad range of traditional and innovative art forms and media that spotlight the roles of artful resistance and multilingual activism. Featuring questions for reflection and curricular applications, chapters address theoretical issues and pedagogical strategies related to arts and language learning, including narrative inquiry, journaling, social media, oral storytelling, and advocacy projects. The innovative methods and strategies in this book demonstrate how arts-based, decolonizing practices are essential in fostering inclusive educational environments and supporting multilingual students' cultural and linguistic repertoires. Transformative and engaging, this text is a key resource for educators, scholars, and researchers in literacy and language education.
Migration and Mutation
Spanning four centuries from the Renaissance to today's avant-garde, Migration and Mutation explores how the sonnet has evolved in and out of translation. Contributors examine little-studied translation trajectories in the early modern period, such as the pivotal role of France between Italy and England or the first German sonnets and their Italian, French, Dutch and Scottish origins. Essays then shed new light on major European sonneteers In the 19th and 20th centuries, including Shakespeare, Keats, Yeats, Rilke and Pessoa, alongside lesser-known contemporaries and with novel approaches. And finally, contributors explore how translation and adaptation create metaphorical space in the 21st century. Migration and Mutation also pays attention to the political or subversive dimension of the sonnet, with essays on women, gay or postcolonial reclaimings of the sonnet and recent experiments such as post-Soviet Sonnets on shirts by Genrikh Sagpir. It takes the sonnet out of the confines of enclosed national traditions bringing it into renewed contact with mostly European, but also other, cultures.
You Must Write a Book
THE SINGLE BEST TOOL EVERY ENTREPRENEUR NEEDS TO BUILD, BOOST, AND GROW THEIR BUSINESSBeyond technology, software, social media networks, even advertising and marketing campaigns, the biggest and best tool you'll ever have in your belt is a book with your name on the cover. Authority and Credibility-Nothing establishes your authority faster or better, making it easier to attract investors, clients, and customers. Brand recognition-Nothing makes your name and your brand easier to recognize, giving you greater reach with no additional overhead. The ultimate business card-We're hard-wired to hold on to books, to keep and care for them, and to share them with others. When's the last time someone did that with your business card? You Must Write a Book introduces you to these concepts, and digs further-revealing not only the benefits of how a book can help you to build and grow your business and your brand, but how you can put your ideas on the page. You'll learn: Why a book matters to your businessPre-planning and strategic thinking, before putting even the first word on the pageHow to write your book by committing to only a few words per dayHow to hire ghostwriters or other professionals to get your ideas on the page, without writing a wordThe steps for launching your book like a champMarketing plans-both for your book, and using your book to market yourself and your businessYou'll also learn from the masters-gain insight from some of the most advanced thinkers in publishing, so that you can skip level one and build from their success. Get in on the wisdom from thought leaders such as Hal Elrod, Bryan Cohen, Pat Petrini, J.A. Huss, Steve Scott, James Altucher, Kevin Tumlinson, and many more. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SINGLE TOOL TO ACHIEVE NEXT-LEVEL SUCCESS, PICK UP YOUR COPY OF 'YOU MUST WRITE A BOOK' RIGHT NOW!Honor矇e Corder is a publishing strategist, TEDx speaker, and the author of dozens of books, including You Must Write a Book and You Must Market Your Book. As the host of the Empire Builders Mastermind, she passionately mentors authors through the process of writing, publishing, and monetizing their books, plus creating multiple streams of income. She wrote this book because she wants you to write a bestselling (and best earning) book! Find out more at HonoreeCorder.com.
The Ten Day Outline
You wouldn't take a road trip without a map. Why write a novel without one? Writing a novel feels like it should be easy. You've got plenty of inspiration, characters who won't stop telling you what they want, and a blank page ready for your masterpiece-so why are you stuck? From juggling plots and subplots, to crafting characters and fleshing out a fictional world, your story can feel like a puzzle you'll never fit together. What's worse, you can't shake the feeling that after all this work you might be left with an unpublishable mess... Enter The Ten Day Outline. By strategically planning your novel, you can create a custom-built map of your story to help you navigate the many twists and turns that come with the writing process. Best of all, having an outline is the key to writing your novels faster-and you only need ten days to create your own! By the end of this ten-day challenge, you'll have: Developed a vibrant cast of engaging characters your readers won't want to part with.Solved your trickiest plot holes and found the core of your story with my "Question Method."Created an in-depth master outline to guide you towards a more polished first draft.Learned to tap into your inspiration, even when your muse seems far away.Gathered the storytelling tools you need to bring your dream novel to life!Packed with daily tasks, easy-to-follow prompts, and handy checklists to track your progress, The Ten Day Outline takes fiction authors from inspiration to action. By the end, you'll be ready to write a rock-solid first draft that's well on its way to becoming a fan-favorite novel. Ready to fulfill your writing dreams? It's time to kick overwhelm to the curb with The Ten Day Outline!
The Ten Day Edit
Editing a novel can feel like being trapped in a leaky boat. For every plot hole you plug, a dozen new ones spring open. And it feels like it's only a matter of time before you sink entirely. Many first-time authors finish their manuscript, only to find themselves drowning in a sea of edits. Unlike planning and writing a story, the path to editing success can be a lot less clear. Should you start from chapter one and go from there? Begin with deeper edits and work backwards? Or ask for feedback from your writing friends? Enter The Ten Day Edit. Most self-editing books provide you with all of the tools but very few instructions on how to actually use them. In this step-by-step guide for new authors, developmental editor Lewis Jorstad bucks this trend by giving you the exact strategies you need to navigate the four unique phases of the editing process. Using this structured ten-day system, you will: Find your focus with an editing game plan, custom-built for your story.Strengthen your manuscript with advanced storytelling techniques.Discover how following the four phases of editing creates clarity throughout the revision process.Learn how to work with beta readers, critique partners, and professional editors to hone your writing skills.Perfect your prose, craft a tantalizing opening line, choose an eye-catching title and more.Create a professional-quality novel ready to share with the world!Packed with daily tasks, easy-to-follow prompts, and handy checklists to track your progress, The Ten Day Edit takes new fiction authors from inspiration to action. By the end, you'll have mastered the self-editing process and done your story justice! Ready to cut through the overwhelm? It's time to revise your novel with confidence with The Ten Day Edit!
Machine Learning in Translation
Machine Learning in Translation introduces machine learning (ML) theories and technologies that are most relevant to translation processes, approaching the topic from a human perspective and emphasizing that ML and ML-driven technologies are tools for humans.Providing an exploration of the common ground between human and machine learning and of the nature of translation that leverages this new dimension, this book helps linguists, translators, and localizers better find their added value in a ML-driven translation environment. Part One explores how humans and machines approach the problem of translation in their own particular ways, in terms of word embeddings, chunking of larger meaning units, and prediction in translation based upon the broader context. Part Two introduces key tasks, including machine translation, translation quality assessment and quality estimation, and other Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks in translation. Part Three focuses on the role of data in both human and machine learning processes. It proposes that a translator's unique value lies in the capability to create, manage, and leverage language data in different ML tasks in the translation process. It outlines new knowledge and skills that need to be incorporated into traditional translation education in the machine learning era. The book concludes with a discussion of human-centered machine learning in translation, stressing the need to empower translators with ML knowledge, through communication with ML users, developers, and programmers, and with opportunities for continuous learning.This accessible guide is designed for current and future users of ML technologies in localization workflows, including students on courses in translation and localization, language technology, and related areas. It supports the professional development of translation practitioners, so that they can fully utilize ML technologies and design their own human-centered ML-driven translation workflows and NLP tasks.
Reading Spaces in Modern Japan
This study provides an accessible overview of the range of reading spaces in modern Japan, and the evolution thereof from a historical perspective. After setting the scene in a short introduction, it examines the development of Kanda-Jinbōchō, the area of Tokyo that has remained for a century the location in Japan most bound up with books and print culture. It then considers the transformation of public reading spaces, explaining how socio-economic factors and changing notions of space informed reading practices from the early modern era to the present. This led, in turn, to changes in bookstores, libraries, and other venues. Finally, it briefly considers the nature and impact of virtual reading spaces, such as the representation of reading and reading spaces in popular culture, and new modes of reading mediated by the digital realm as well as the multifaceted relationship between these and older forms of reading practice.
Publishing Contracts and the Post Negotiation Space
Many writers dream of having their work published by a respected publishing house, but don't always understand publishing contract terms - what they mean for the contracting parties and how they inform book-publishing practice. In turn, publishers struggle to satisfy authors' creative expectations against the industry's commercial demands. This book challenges our perceptions of these author-publisher power imbalances by recasting the publishing contract as a cultural artefact capable of adapting to the industry's changing landscape. Based on a three-year study of publishing negotiations, Katherine Day reveals how relational contract theory provides possibilities for future negotiations in what she describes as a 'post negotiation space'. Drawing on the disciplines of cultural studies, law, publishing studies and cultural sociology, this book reveals a unique perspective from publishing professionals and authors within the post negotiation space, presenting the editor as a fundamental agent in the formation and application of publishing's contractual terms.
7 Day eBook Writing and Publishing System
Have you seen others earning a full-time income from writing and publishing eBooks, and you want to do it too, but you don't know how? In this book you're going to learn not only how to write an eBook in 7 days or less, but also how to start making sales - all within one week. Really! You're also going to discover: - The 4 elements that each chapter of your eBook must contain to really hook your reader in and keep them reading.- The extremely useful and well-known 'secret' that keeps your writing flowing.- How to stay on topic. This is really important because readers don't want you to waste their time with unnecessary tangents.- How to create a blueprint in as little as 2 hours or less. How to integrate main topics and sub-topics into your blueprint so that it really eases the writing process.- How to quickly find chapter ideas.- How to publish your eBook in just minutes.- Create a free eBook cover using basic software already on your computer. - A huge list of ways to market your eBook for free.- What you need to talk about most in your sales page - and it's NOT your eBook.- How to create a 10-point marketing plan and a whole list of ideas of what to include.- How to write a short report or eBook in just 2 hours. This really is the ultimate guide on writing and publishing eBooks AND making sales.
Public Speaking
Importance of Speech. There never has been in the history of the world a time when the spoken word has been equaled in value and importance by any other means of communication. This book is a must for serious speakers. It brings up and gives great examples of good public speaking for everyone. Anyone want to improve their speeches or just get started? Try this for great ideas and help in starting to enlighten audiences anywhere. An excellent company for the individual seeking to master the art of public speaking. The entire panoply of skills required are brought together in one delightful handbook. If you want to be successful these days, you have to master the art of communication! Only those who present themselves authentically and argue wisely can achieve their goals - whether at work or in their private lives.
A Caribbean Self-Publishing Guide
This Caribbean Self-Publishing Guide focuses on key areas of interest for new and aspiring authors to become successful publishing entrepreneurs. We have looked at Writing, Marketing, Publishing and Distribution and intend to add to this publication yearly. Caribbean Books Foundation seeks to connect the Caribbean Community and its diaspora through Literature. www.caribbeanauthors.wordpress.com
The People of Print
This collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook. It offers a biographical introduction to each figure, placing them in their social, professional, and institutional settings. The collection considers varied print trade roles including that of the printer, publisher, paper-maker, and bookseller, as well as several specific trade networks and numerous textual forms. The biographies draw on extensive new archival research, with details of key sources for further study on each figure. Chronologically organised, this Element offers a primer both on numerous individual figures, and on the tribulations and innovations of the print trade in the century of revolution.
Major Works of Valerie Lynn Stephens
This is Volume II of an enhanced edition of the Major Works of Judeo-Christian Author Valerie Lynn Stephens. Contained herein are works included in the original edition, as well as newer works not released in the previous edition.
Letter Tracing Book - Practice Writing Letters and Words A to Z
This book aims to help children develop letter recognition and formation through coloring, tracing, and writing. Children will have numerous opportunities to trace and write upper and lowercase letters. For developing word recognition, they can associate words with the provided pictures while tracing and writing them. The book consists of more than 100 pages of coloring, tracing, and writing practice!
Creative Lettering Journal with Inspirational Quotes
Improve your hand lettering skills with inspiring quotes With a little practice, you can create exquisite works of original art with hand lettering and modern calligraphy. Build up your skills with this guided journal, filled with meaningful quotes to practice your hand lettering and lift your spirit.What sets this creative lettering journal apart: Hand lettering how-tos--It doesn't matter if you're a total beginner; this book explains basic guidelines, the tools you'll need, how to master brush lettering and faux calligraphy, and more.Seven unique alphabets--Become a hand lettering pro as you practice seven different alphabets in various lettering styles and learn how to add your own artistic flair.Insights and questions--Add a dose of positivity to your day with thought-provoking questions and words of wisdom to ponder as you hand letter the inspirational quotes.Take your hand lettering to the next level with the Creative Hand Lettering Journal.
5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts
Become a better writer in 5 minutes a dayWriting regularly is the best way to boost your skills and stay inspired--and this book of creative writing prompts is here to help you out! Spark your creativity with 501 short, simple prompts that encourage you to imagine, create, and improve.Just 5 minutes--The exercises in this daily writing prompt journal are quick and easy to do so you can always carve out a bit of writing time, no matter what else is going on in your life.Let go of the rules--Open-ended prompts offer just enough guidance to get you started as you practice generating fresh ideas, creative thinking, and releasing perfectionism.A mix of prompts--From a love poem to a sci-fi adventure and dialogue between kids, you'll get a chance to work with an array of genres, topics, and styles.Continue the story--Each writing activity includes an optional extra prompt that lets you expand what you wrote into something even more detailed and unique.Spark something new and build confidence in your writing this collection of 501 writing prompts!
Creative Hand Lettering Journal for Christians
Reflect on God's Word as you create beautiful, hand-lettered art dlineHand lettering passages from Scripture is a great way to unwind, get creative, and meditate on the Lord's wisdom. With a collection of uplifting Bible verses and plenty of space to practice and journal, this book invites you to spend meaningful time with God as you learn the art of hand lettering. What sets this book apart: Creative lettering basics--Review the fundamentals of hand lettering, including how to form, connect, and space letters--no experience required.A range of elegant fonts--Try your hand at seven unique alphabets and use them to make art with a variety of uplifting and instructive Bible passages.Room to write and reflect--Find space to practice each letter of each alphabet, write free hand, and record your thoughts and reflections about each Bible verse.Connect with Christ and improve your hand lettering skills with the Creative Lettering Journal for Christians.
The Spaces of Bookselling
The spaces of bookselling have as many stories to tell as do the books for sale. More than static backgrounds for bookselling, these dynamic spaces both shape individual and collective behaviors and perceptions and are shaped by the values and practices of booksellers and book buyers. This Element focuses primarily on bookselling in the United States from the 19th through the 21st centuries and examines three key bookselling spaces-the store, the street, and the catalogue. Following an introduction, the second section considers how the material space of bookstores shapes social engagement in and cultural values associated with the bookstore. The third section turns to itinerant and sidewalk booksellers and the ways in which they use the physical, social, and legal space of the street to craft geographies of belonging. And the final section pages through bookseller catalogues, examining them as a significant genre that works to spatialize the bookstore.
The Invisible Art of Literary Editing
A field guide to the trade and art of editing, this book pulls back the curtain on the day-to-day responsibilities of a literary magazine editor in their role, and to the specific skills necessary to read, mark-up and transform a piece of writing. Combining a break-down of an editor's tasks - including creating a vision, acquisitions, responding to submissions and corresponding with authors - with a behind-the-scenes look at manuscripts in progress, the book rounds up with a test editing section that teaches, by way of engaging exercises, the nitty-gritty strategies and techniques for working on all kinds of texts. Generous in its insight and access to practicing editors' annotations and thought processes, The Invisible Art of Literary Editing offers an exclusive look at nonfiction, fiction and poetry manuscripts as they were first submitted, as they were marked up by an editor and how the final piece was presented before featuring an interview with the editor on the choices they made about that piece of work, as well as their philosophies and working practices in their job. As a skill and a trade learnt through practice and apprenticeship, this is the ultimate companion to editing any piece of work, offering opportunities for learning-by-doing through exercises, reflections and cases studies, and inviting readers to embody the role of an editor to improve their craft and demystify the processes involved in this exciting and highly coveted profession.
How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People By Public Speaking
Being an effective public speaker is an invaluable skill. Yet, most people have an innate fear of speaking before large crowds. In this book, Dale Carnegie shows people how they can easily overcome their fear of public speaking and reach a point where they, in fact, begin enjoying it! The book provides rock-solid advice on how to communicate more effectively, by developing poise and confidence; improving one's diction; as well as making and winning arguments. Carnegie focuses on his core idea that everyone is capable of being a great speaker and that it is just a matter of practice. The book is relevant not only for learning how to make an effective speech before large crowds, but also for communication in personal settings, such as dealing with customers and participating in meetings at work. With its superb collection of practical tips on how to communicate better, How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People has been winning hearts since its publication in 1926.
Write That Book
It's time Imagine being able to call yourself a published author.Seeing your name on the front of a book.The one you wrote.The dream you've had for years finally fulfilled.Being able to leave your book as part of your legacy.Now is the time to turn that dream into reality.Let author and book writing super coach, Michael Heppell, show you step by step, word by word and page by page how to write, publish and sell your book.www.WriteThatBook.co.uk
The Novels of Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh is a writer who has embraced almost every genre of fictional and non-fictional writing in English. His span of writing covers history, science fiction, marginalized, post-colonial, feministic approach but with the single motive of bringing to the readers that which has not been discussed so far. Though he is emotionally and professionally bound to his native land, his stories do travel afar, particularly Middle East, America, Britain and Bangladesh but each time he returns to his origins, namely India and Bangladesh. Every. journey is an exploration of ties both old and new, sometimes delving deep into the fathoms of the colonial past and at others an examination of people, a journey into the realms of human feelings and sufferings.
Mastering Spanish Handwriting and Documents, 1520-1820
English-speaking researchers working with a Spanish-language document face two hurdles--understanding the handwriting and vocabulary, and grasping the record's institutional, historic, social, and cultural context. This book fills both needs. With images, charts, transcribed documents and in-depth commentary, this guide addresses handwriting concepts and challenges relevant to Spanish-language documents. The book also examines the format and procedures underlying ecclesiastical and legal record types, giving the context for a document's vocabulary and format.
