Bad Advice
In Britain the monarch is never wrong. Whenever the sovereign drops a brick in public, a functionary turns up at Buckingham Palace to explain that Her/His Majesty "was badly advised."In the same way, many of the things that you are getting wrong in writing are not your fault: you have been badly advised. You have been taught superstitions about English that have no foundation in the language. You have been hobbled with oversimplifications. You have been subjected to bizarre diktats from supposed authorities.Much of it was well-intentioned. Grammarians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries lacking an established English grammar had to invent one. They turned to Latin, which had prestige and an established grammar they had been taught in schools, and they tried to adapt English to it. But Latin is a very different kind of language, and it was a bad fit.Others have sought to tidy up the language by inventing and enforcing distinctions and prohibitions, seldom helpfully. (Look at the over/more than entry.)We have wound up with what the linguist Arnold Zwicky has termed "zombie rules" absurd rules that have no foundation in the language and which have been repeatedly exploded by linguists and better-informed grammarians, but which roam classrooms and editorial offices like the undead.As Henry Hitchings summed the situation up in The Language Wars, "The history of prescriptions about English ... is in part a history of bogus rules, superstitions, half-baked logic, groaningly unhelpful lists, baffling abstract statements, false classifications, contemptuous insiderism and educational malfeasance."Likewise, advice on writing in general is marred by oversimplifications, half-heard advice, and idiosyncratic preferences--sometimes bizarre--passed off as professionalism.Your teachers, editors, mentors, and supervisors have a lot to answer for.And you have much to unlearn. Look inside and see.I have kept the advice succinct. If you need further explanation on any point, look me up. If you want to argue with me, you can try.
The Art of Talking
The Art of Talking is a guide to public speaking and a tool to improve anybody's skills in communication. A great talk is not just a talk about a great idea. A great talk is an experience of a lifetime for the audience, but above all, for the speaker. Most of the speakers, even the professional ones, despise the process of preparation. They are busy people, successful people, who don't have time to spare, so they don't want to waist their precious time going through a coaching and preparation process in order to deliver a better talk for an audience they actually don't care so much about. In The Art of Talking, Norberto Jansenson, TEDx speaker and coach for TEDx speakers, and professional and famous storytelling magician, writer, coach, speaker, artistic and creative director and consultant for some of the biggest companies in the world, shares 30 years of experience related to talking to reach, to make a difference, to transform. Transform the lives of the members of any audience, but above all, transform the lifes of the speakers he has worked with. Words are very powerful, and they can create, and destroy, worlds. Words can be magical, and when they are, they can transform lives. Every human being is a real magician, whose powers have been long forgotten. This book shows a door that leads to a new world (which is actually an ancient world), where magic words were used to produce miracles. Avra Kedavra, the most powerful magic word, comes from Aramaic, one of the oldest semitic languages, and means "I create, as I speak". We all talk, all the time, mostly without having any idea nor paying much attention to what we say, and to what our words produce out there. This book provides tools to change all that. To take responsibility for the power we have, to care, and to learn to communicate much better, not only from the stage, but in any field, in any situation, with all of our professional and personal acquaintances. So be it.
Frances Burney and Her Readers. the Negotiated Image.
Was it possible for an eighteenth-century woman to become a celebrity and remain respectable? Could women's commercial success in literature be reconciled with contemporary ideals of prescribed feminine domesticity? The rugged trajectory marked by the critical reception of the works by Frances Burney (1752-1840), an English novelist, diarist and playwright, reveals the dilemmas she faced at different stages of her career from a debutante to an acclaimed literary figure. Burney's long life is set against the background of changing conventions in culture consumption and appreciation, and the book highlights the successes and failures of the techniques which the author employed in her texts for projecting a favourable image of herself as a woman and writer.
Cursive Handwriting Workbook For Kids BeginnersA Beginner’s Practice Book For Tracing And
Cursive Handwriting Workbook For Kids Beginners: A Beginner's Practice Book For Tracing And Writing Easy Cursive Alphabet Letters And NumbersWith the help of this workbook, your children will be writing in cursive in no time! What is so special about this handwriting book is that, learning how to write in cursive will no longer be boring. Surely, your children will find themselves having fun as they trace the easy to follow illustrated exercises. Inside You Will Find: Fun and simple writing exercises for letters and numbers. Learn new words and easily turn them into phrases. Lots of space for tracing, coloring, and even doodling. This workbook will be great for children aged three to five. Writing in cursive will no longer be a problem with continued practice with these creative exercises. Through consistent practice, your children will be able to write in cursive by themselves. Combine play with learning. Get this book NOW!
Cursive Handwriting Workbook for AdultsLearn Cursive Writing for Adults (Adult Cursive Han
From the trusted authority in handwriting and penmanship teaching comes the Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Adults.Specially designed for adults, this 110-page comprehensive workbook features age-appropriate exercises that will take adults from beginning cursive to fluently writing sentences and paragraphs. Words and sentences specifically selected for adults. Forming Letters - Learn how to correctly form every letter of the alphabet - both uppercase and lowercase. Joining Letters - Learn how to connect letters together correctly. Practice words - Write a selection of words, which increase in complexity as you progress. Write Sentences - Now you can confidently write full sentences and paragraphs using the skills you have learnt. Building Mastery - Each section builds on the previous one until you are fluently writing in cursive. Workbook details 8.5" x 11" - Large size provides plenty of room for writing inside. 110 pages - with more than 100 pages of writing exercises. High-quality paper - 60gm. From Scholdeners - the trusted name in writing education. Made in the USA.
Build-A-Book Workshop
Are you starting a new venture as an independent publisher?Or are you already running a small press and you want to up your game?Maybe you are an author planning to go it on your own for whatever reason inspires you...If any of those apply to you, this book is a good starting point for doing the job. The Literary Handyman: Build-A-Book Workshop takes decades of experience in book design and layout and parses it into an easy-to-understand blueprint for constructing a book that will only stand out for the best reasons.Please note, this is a guide to understanding the basic elements of professional book layout, not a step-by-step tutorial on how to use publishing or art programs or how to artistically design a book.
Editorial Expectations
Assuring successful author/editor collaborations depends on meeting expectations regarding process, changes, money, contracts, deadlines, communications and trust. This EFA Booklet, written for both freelance editors and writers who plan to hire an editor, highlights how to set up transparent expectations so they can be met by both parties in the relationship.The collaboration between the author and editor should be rewarding, and if handled properly, will continue through the years as the author grows in their own experience. Establishing a successful relationship between the author and the editor depends on transparency between both parties. And what does "transparency" mean? Both parties should ask the questions that will affect their relationship, and the answers should be clear and concise.An author should have some idea of what questions to ask when they approach an editor. They should ask pertinent questions about how the writer's work will be handled by the editor and what they will get back at the end of the process (the deliverables). When hiring a freelance editor, a writer can help negotiation get off on the right foot by attending to the following: Defining your goals for the project; Taking stock of where you are in the creative/publishing process; Researching the market for independent editorial services; Determining a rough budget for your project.The freelance editor should be professional and transparent about their work: what they do, how they do it, and what they will return to the author at the end of the process.Negotiating a price for editorial work and the means and expectations for communication back and forth, whether there will be a formal contract for author and editor, or a no less binding but less formal agreement, these and other concepts for working in an author/editor relationship are touched on in this booklet.This booklet and the many other informational booklets published by the EFA provide information for editors, authors, and writers. Some booklets dive deep into a narrow topic, while others touch more shallowly on a broader scope. This booklet is of the latter type. The EFA is a national nonprofit volunteer association of professionals who provide freelance editorial services to the publishing and communications industries. EFA members live in the United States and abroad and are experienced in a wide range of professional skills, subject areas, and media.
Hugh Giraffe
This is the third book in the Hugh Giraffe series for beginner level English language learners. This textbook is designed for English language learners who want to improve their reading and writing. This book aims to help English language learners improve their use of the future tense in its different forms with the aid of the learner's imagination. Drawing pictures can help learners to focus their minds before they begin to write. The quality of the artwork is not as important as the passage that the student writes. This is a beginner level book and focuses on the future tense. This textbook is for English language learners of all ages.
De Midland Dialecten
"Hoe gewoner iemand is, des te meer zal zijn taal het stempel dragen van de gemeenschap waarin hij leeft" (Jespersen, 1946: 183). In dit werk wil ik een redelijk fonemisch systeem vinden voor de Midlands (in Engeland), vertegenwoordigd door Yorkshire, en de stad Leeds' accent, als model, en de verschillende manieren en factoren die naar R.P. neigen.Ik heb ongeveer negen maanden met de mensen van deze stad gewoond, met hen gemixt, hun manier van spreken bekeken en, tot op zekere hoogte, hun lokale klanken kunnen onderscheiden en de onderliggende motivatie van die klanken kunnen voorspellen, en de oppervlakkige representatie in vergelijking met hun R.P. equivalenten kunnen voorspellen.
Never Bored
A 140-page journal full of fabulous illustrations, writing prompts, and how-tos.It's for writing and doodling and drawing and making music. It's ideas for ideas and anything you want it to be. Contributors: Sarah Pain, Ashlea Bechaz, Vicky Pratt, Ran Valerhon and Loraine Cooper.
Self-editing for Self-publishers
What is self-editing?Self-editing is a vital stage of the production of a book. It's usually either ignored by "how-to-write" books, or treated as part of the creative writing process. Both of these approaches can result in a poor end product.This book suggests an innovative, clear and easy-to-follow three-stage process that mirrors the editing process that a traditionally published book undergoes. Broken down into structural, sentence level and proofreading stages, each section is copiously illustrated with before-and-after edited examples.Find the answers to frequent questions like: "How long should a chapter be?" "Should I have a prologue?" "How do I punctuate dialogue properly?" "How many characters are too many characters?" "Is editing software any use?" "How do I write a synopsis?" "Is passive voice always wrong?"Save money. It's always a good idea to get a second set of eyes on your work, but if you've already worked through this book before handing your manuscript over you could save thousands on professional editing fees. Why pay them to fix things you can sort out yourself?Written by a professional editor, this book will give invaluable help to indie authors looking to self-publish. It will also help authors looking to polish their manuscript for submission to traditional agents and publishers, and might just prove the decisive factor between securing a publishing deal and languishing in the dreaded slush pile.Good luck, and happy self-editing!The author is a professional editor running a full-service literary consultancy based in Ireland with a client list spanning four continents. Working with both traditionally published and self-publishing authors, he draws on his experience of editing countless amateur manuscripts, running several popular writing websites and moderating some very popular writers' groups on social media. He's a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders in the UK, and a member of the Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers in Ireland. He has written on editing and writing in publications like the Irish Times and the Arts and Letters Daily, and presents regularly at conferences in Europe and the UK.
Personal Presence
Personal presence gives you the power to inspire, to influence, to excite, to question and to connect. We all have it within us. Yet many of us freeze or falter when speaking in public.As an actor on national TV and as a coach to high-performing professionals, Sarah Thurstan knows there are no set answers for how to give your best when you take the stage. It's a highly personal story for each of us.In this book, she guides you through how you can bring your natural self and your authentic voice to when you are speaking in public. In 15 chapters, she discusses how to master your fears, craft your message, share your stories, express your values and act when the spotlight is on you.These are skills which we can all learn and improve, whether as polished performers or as nervous beginners. We can always become a better version of ourselves when speaking in public and engaging our audiences.
Self-editing for Self-publishers
A comprehensive modern manual on how to self-edit your book.Written by a professional editor, this book gives you a clear and easy-to-follow process that mirrors the editing that a traditionally published book undergoes.Broken down into structural, sentence-level and proofreading stages, each section is copiously illustrated with before-and-after edited examples.In it you will find answers to all the commonly asked questions, like: "How long should a chapter be?""Should I have a prologue?""How do I punctuate dialogue properly?""How many characters are too many characters?""How do I write thoughts?""Is passive voice always wrong?"Included in the appendices are great explanations about other problem areas, like: How to use beta readersWhat to look for when hiring an editorEditing terminology explainedHow to write a synopsisThe pros and cons of editing softwareThis book will make you a better writer, and save you money on professional editing fees. It is your complete, easy-to-read, bang-up-to-date self-editing solution!Read what other authors and editors have said about it: I have read articles, watched videos etc about writing, but I have learned more from your book than from all of those other sources together. It is also very well-written, precise and with specific examples and makes an enjoyable as well as educational read."This is an invaluable resource for a growing subset of writers ... everything I've ever wanted to say to self-publishing authors, presented clearly and respectfully.""An invaluable guide for aspiring indie authors. I will cherish this book."" I have read it twice now and am reading the first part, the part about developmental editing, for a third time. I expect to read the whole book several more times in the next couple of years."As recommended by professional editors worldwide.
Cultures and Beyond
Creating a unique, immersive setting one culture at a timeA guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyistsWritten to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, CULTURES AND BEYOND (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #3) is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological and supernatural items, languages, names, and various systems our world will have, from health, educational, legal, and commerce, to information systems. You'll learn how to leverage real world cultures while making them seem original. Even those who've never invented a world will soon be masters as the author's decades of experience walk readers through using pre-made templates that make world building faster, better, and easier to complete.Invent interesting laws, crimes, and punishments that involve imaginary creatures or technologies, and learn how to leverage trial by ordeal and other judicial acts from Earth's past. Determine how much education is available and what form it takes. Create currencies for different places while keeping them easy for your audience to fathom, plus learn how to determine the value to assign labor, materials, products, time, and more. Master the art of creating naming styles for different societies. Fashion new military groups in gritty detail. Dream up sensible rules for magic, its practitioners, the supernatural and what happens when things go wrong. Learn what kind of files you'll need to create, how to organize them, and get jump started with a dozen free templates you'll use again and again.CULTURES AND BEYOND is the third volume in THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, the most in-depth, multi-volume series of its kind.Build better, faster.
Cultures and Beyond
Creating a unique, immersive setting one culture at a timeA guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyistsWritten to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, CULTURES AND BEYOND (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #3) is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological and supernatural items, languages, names, and various systems our world will have, from health, educational, legal, and commerce, to information systems. You'll learn how to leverage real world cultures while making them seem original. Even those who've never invented a world will soon be masters as the author's decades of experience walk readers through using pre-made templates that make world building faster, better, and easier to complete.Invent interesting laws, crimes, and punishments that involve imaginary creatures or technologies, and learn how to leverage trial by ordeal and other judicial acts from Earth's past. Determine how much education is available and what form it takes. Create currencies for different places while keeping them easy for your audience to fathom, plus learn how to determine the value to assign labor, materials, products, time, and more. Master the art of creating naming styles for different societies. Fashion new military groups in gritty detail. Dream up sensible rules for magic, its practitioners, the supernatural and what happens when things go wrong. Learn what kind of files you'll need to create, how to organize them, and get jump started with a dozen free templates you'll use again and again.CULTURES AND BEYOND is the third volume in THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, the most in-depth, multi-volume series of its kind.Build better, faster.
The Science of Storytelling
The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on the wildly popular creative writing class. Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children's writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction. Award-winning writer and acclaimed teacher of creative writing Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can write better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers--and also our brains--create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change. Stories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and mold our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us? Will Storr's superbly chosen examples range from Harry Potter to Jane Austen to Alice Walker, Greek drama to Russian novels to Native American folk tales, King Lear to Breaking Bad to children's stories. With sections such as "The Dramatic Question," "Creating a World," and "Plot, Endings, and Meaning," as well as a practical, step-by-step appendix dedicated to "The Sacred Flaw Approach," The Science of Storytelling reveals just what makes stories work, placing it alongside such creative writing classics as John Yorke's Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey into Story and Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing. "If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book. It is clear, compelling, and tightly shaped." ―Sunday Times (London)
How to Self-Publish a BookA Guide to Successful Self-Publishing
Perfect for anyone interested in self-publishing.Do you want to publish your book?Do you want to free from traditional publishers and looking to self-publishing?Do you just want to get your book out into the world?If the answer is yes to any of those questions, then this is the book for you. As in this book you'll learn about all the different self-publishing options as well as the amazing tools and opportunities that are available to us as self-published authors.By the end of this book, you'll know all the major options that are available to use as a self-published author and you'll know of the tools you'll need to be able to successfully self-publish.If you like this book, then please check out Human Branding for Authors: How to be Human in an AI World?
The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers
Have you tried and failed to find a literary agent? Grown tired of pitch sessions and query letters? The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers lists over 350 small presses, book contests, university presses, and independent publishers that take "unagented" submissions. This book is for you if you have: finished writing your book; given up on finding an agent; waiting months for an agent to call you back; longed for an editor to validate your creativity recoiled at the thought of self-publishing. In this essential reference, you'll discover publishers for romance, women's fiction, historical fiction, sci fi, fantasy, poetry, literary fiction, history, self-help, spirituality, politics, sports, thrillers, Christian fiction, young adult fiction, and children's books. Best of all, the publishers in this book aren't vanity presses. They don't charge a fee to consider your manuscript. If they like your story, they will proofread your book, create a stunning cover, and upload your book into the online bookstores. Finally, when people ask where they can buy your book, you'll have an answer. Isn't it time to transform your manuscript from a file on your hard drive into a finished book? Get started on your journey to becoming a published author. Buy The Big Book of Small Presses and Independent Publishers today!
Working With Words
Forrest Gump is known for having said Life is like a box of chocolates. It occurred to the author in a dream one night, that life is more like a bowl of strawberries.More precisely, public speaking is like a bowl of strawberries. A few strawberries, freshly picked off the plant and immediately eaten, can be delicious.A bushel basket of them sitting in front of you with the expectation you had to eat them, here and now, wouldn't be.But what about a nice strawberry sundae or a good-sized, mouth-watering portion of strawberry shortcake?When it comes to public speaking, there are times when fewer words are better.There are times we are bombarded with a speaker telling us everything they know about a subject.There's too much to absorb... so we tune out.Then there is the strawberry shortcake of presentations.This is where the speaker whets your appetite, gives you just enough of a serving that you are close to being full and leaves you wanting more.Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations provides you with the recipe for using words to help you become a dynamic speaker.Veteran Toastmaster of over 26 years, Rae A. Stonehouse provides sage advice and helpful tips to whet your appetite to become a more dynamic speaker and presenter.The book explores the following public speaking strategies: The Language of SpeakingImproving Your Descriptive PowersUsing Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentations Come AliveUsing Gestures for a Powerful Speech... and much more!Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations is for any speaker or presenter who wants to take their speaking to the next level.
iConquer Speech Anxiety
Does nervousness about public speaking seem to overwhelm you? Have you tried to avoid public speaking most of your life? iConquer Speech Anxiety is a practical and comprehensive guide to help anyone overcome the nervousness and anxiety associated with public speaking. The book is user friendly, research based, and offers you a step-by-step plan to conquer your speech anxiety. The strategies, exercises, techniques, examples, and charts will encourage you, give you confidence, and help you make speech anxiety a thing of the past. It has helped thousands overcome public speaking anxiety and it will help you!
Teaching Pragmatic Competence
Pragmatic competence is one of the aspects of language that involves knowledge beyond level of the grammar; therefore it could be taught in the class to increase students' capacity in using language in different social situations. The instructors and the students focus on linguistic knowledge rather than sociopragmatic knowledge could reduce students' proficiency in social interactions. The study attempts to tackle various issues such as to what extent the EFL instructors know how to teach pragmatic competence alongside other language skills and which approaches the instructors use for teaching pragmatic competence. This study aims at investigating how pragmatic competence is taught in English departments as well as identifying the challenges that the instructors face while teaching pragmatic competence.
Earnestly Speaking
This may or may not be the most comprehensive book on speech communication. I have read and searched through several libraries to find one that satisfies my appetite, but found none. Therefore, it gives me great pleasure to write the one which I believe can fill the void.Public speaking is so dynamic with the style of speaking changing according to the timesand needs of the listeners. Every speaker is different, and even the listeners are different. They vary from culture to culture, from country to country.Most books on public speaking are published in the United States for Americans. Yet these books are widely sold and read by readers all over the world. This is also a unique way of exporting American culture to the East.
Every Day I Write the Book
Amitava Kumar's Every Day I Write the Book is for academic writers what Annie Dillard's The Writing Life and Stephen King's On Writing are for creative writers. Alongside Kumar's interviews with an array of scholars whose distinct writing offers inspiring examples for students and academics alike, the book's pages are full of practical advice about everything from how to write criticism to making use of a kitchen timer. Communication, engagement, honesty: these are the aims and sources of good writing. Storytelling, attention to organization, solid work habits: these are its tools. Kumar's own voice is present in his essays about the writing process and in his perceptive and witty observations on the academic world. A writing manual as well as a manifesto, Every Day I Write the Book will interest and guide aspiring writers everywhere.
A Condessa Descal癟a
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Translation and Tourism
This book addresses one of the most central, yet criticised, solutions for international tourism promotion, namely translation. It brings together theory and practice, explores the various challenges involved in translating tourism promotional materials (TPMs), and puts forward a sustainable solution capable of achieving maximum impact in the industry and society.The solution, in the form of a Cultural-Conceptual Translation (CCT) model, identifies effective translation strategies and offers a platform for making TPM translation more streamlined, efficient and easily communicated. Using the English-Malay language combination as a case study, the book analyses tourism discourse and includes a road test of the CCT model on actual end-users of TPMs as well as tourism marketers in the industry. Guidelines for best practices in the industry round out the book, which offers valuable insights not only for researchers but also, and more importantly, various stakeholders in the translation, tourism and advertising industries.
Writers On Task
The Writers on Task journal is a tool for writers who want to keep moving forward on the days when writing is hard. ​We all have these days -- you are not alone!​Rather than putting the pen down or shoving your writing project in the proverbial desk drawer, use this journal to focus your energy on specific tasks related to your writing project. This book will help you select a task you want to tackle and focus! Where are you stuck or overwhelmed? Character or POV issues? Editing or pitching your book? Whether it's for a few minutes, a few hours, or the whole day, any amount of time devoted to your writing project will keep you motivated and engaged.​I truly hope you fill these pages with your research notes, conversations with your characters, new world blueprints, or even your draft elevator pitch. No matter how you fill the pages, you will be closer to achieving your writing goals.
Welcome Speeches and More
A great guide for persons asked to deliver welcome speeches or responses. Includes sample speeches and Scripture verses for a variety of occasions, plus poetry, prayers, and recitations.
Protest and Dissent; Conflicting Spaces in Translation and Culture
Essays collected in this book discuss textual and discursive formulations of dominance and resistance. The authors analyze how they are narrated and re-narrated, framed and reframed in different social, political and language communities and realities, through different media and means, and translated into different contexts and languages. As the ways we name, rename, or label events, people and places have implications in the real world, the essays are also meant to investigate the ways in which we partake in negotiating its construction, its changing meanings and senses through the stories we tell and the practices we live by.
One, Two, Three Is Not Trigonometry
The System of Checks & Balances did work correctly. It's just that the House of Representatives was the ones in trouble & they were dealt with. The President is following through with what he is doing. Apparently, he's not a criminal. Checks & balances stopped the house automatically. We were all a little hasty to Judge Trump. You have to believe in your president but still, you can write in any candidate you want on your ballot. You don't have to vote for him.
The Novel Editing Workbook
Finishing your book is awesome. Finishing your editing is what makes all the difference.Looking for an editing guidebook that will help you take your work-in-progress to the next level? Look no further.The novel editing process is your opportunity to tweak, cajole, twist your words like licorice, and buff the imperfections out of your sentences until they shine like new. It's your chance to transform that first draft that trickled out of your fingers and onto your pages, turning your story into the book you want it to be.Whether you're planning to traditionally publish or go the indie publishing route, self-editing is essential before any next steps. But don't just do the job most of the way. "Most of the way" won't sell your book.Writing a novel is an intimidating idea, but you know what? You did it. How amazing is that? Now finish the job. The Novel Editing Workbook is your resource to make it happen.
National Identity in Literary Translation
This book offers a wide selection of carefully selected studies examining some of the most compelling issues, which have been explored in the area of literary translation. The contributions were authored by an international group of scholars who focused on the recent developments in the field, encompassing the complex aspects of cultural transfer; translation of stylistic devices; and the importance of convention and ideology. However, the most distinctive feature of this book is that it offers a multifaceted view of the condition of the contemporary national identities and its linguistic transfer from different perspectives within various source language/target language pairs.
Gather
Master storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp on how to tell a good story Gathering around a campfire, or the dinner table, we humans have always told stories. Through the stories we tell, we define our own identities and shape our understanding of the world. Master storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp writes of the power of storytelling and its potential to transform both the speaker and the audience in Gather. Describing the elements required to make a story, he offers insights into how to read a room, how to capture the attention of listeners, how to create community through storytelling, and how to banish loneliness. A member of the Tlicho Dene First Nation, Van Camp includes stories from Elders whose wisdom influenced him.
Argument Structure
If you want to impress your colleagues, friends, and family with remarkable argumentation skills and logical thinking, then keep reading...Have you ever lost an argument?Have you ever been accused of being irrational or confusing?Have you ever gotten into a debate, only to find that you have contradicted yourself twice and don't even know what you think anymore?Don't be discouraged if you answered yes to all three questions. The truth is that most people do.You see, most debaters make the same mistakes - with both their argument structure and their responses.You may even make deadly logical sins... without even realizing.But now, you can stay informed with insider tips, usually only known to top debaters, which will maximize your chances of winning debates and receiving praise for your new remarkable skills.With examples from classical literature and advice compiled from many different sources, this book will ground you in methods that have been developed over centuries of rhetorical exercise.By reading Argument Structure: Secrets of the World's Best Debaters - Master the Structure of Arguments, you will: Learn how to lay down powerful premises that will keep your argument from contradicting itself Discover how to never get stuck in a logical fallacy again See examples of all kinds of logical fallacies so you can laugh (inside) as your opponent gets stuck in them Learn how to turn logical fallacies back on your opponent Master the art of analogy Organize your arguments like a pro Identify the difference between good and bad sources Figure out the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning Learn what to do when logic is not enough to convince your audience Discover tips and tricks for presenting yourself in a way that will help people believe you, from voice to posture Get advice on how to present yourself in a courtroom Get an entire chapter on writing argumentative essays guaranteed to boost your grades and your credibility And Much, Much More So if you want to learn more about how to master the structure of arguments and never get stuck stammering again, click "add to cart"!
The Influencer's Path to Successful Publishing
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ― Maya Angelou If you've ever thought, I should write a book, you're in the right place! The Influencer's Path to Successful Publishing demystifies the entire book publishing process, for writers and non-writers. When you follow six simple steps and choose from four popular publishing options you can have a book in your hands (and on Amazon) in as little as 90 days. Yes, you can be an author too! Don't wait one more day. Book your complimentary consultation today at www.olearypublishing.com.
Before and After the Book Deal
Everything you've ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide written by an acclaimed author. There are countless books on the market about how to write better but very few books on how to break into the marketplace with your first book. Cutting through the noise (and very mixed advice) online, while both dispelling rumors and remaining positive, Courtney Maum's Before and After the Book Deal is a one-of-a-kind resource that can help you get your book published. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including international bestselling authors Anthony Doerr, Roxane Gay, Garth Greenwell, Lisa Ko, R. O. Kwon, Rebecca Makkai, and Ottessa Moshfegh, alongside cult favorites Sarah Gerard, Melissa Febos, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Mira Jacob. Agents, film scouts, film producers, translators, disability and minority activists, and power agents and editors also weigh in, offering advice and sharing intimate anecdotes about even the most taboo topics in the industry. Their wisdom will help aspiring authors find a foothold in the publishing world and navigate the challenges of life before and after publication with sanity and grace. Are MFA programs worth the time and money? How do people actually sit down and finish a novel? Did you get a good advance? What do you do when you feel envious of other writers? And why the heck aren't your friends saying anything about your book? Covering questions ranging from the logistical to the existential (and everything in between), Before and After the Book Deal is the definitive guide for anyone who has ever wanted to know what it's really like to be an author.
Cursive handwriting workbook for teens
IMPORTANT: This workbook uses the standard, traditional American cursive letter formations - Beware other workbooks that use non-standard forms.From the trusted American name in quality cursive workbooks, this new book for teens and young adults helps to build cursive writing skills. It contains more than 100 pages of practice and uses an easy to follow dot-to-dot method to make learning cursive simple and enjoyable. You first go over each letter of the alphabet - upper and lower case - to master how to correctly form each letter. The next section deals with how to properly join letters to form words. In the next part we write a selection of words - starting simple and then moving on to more complex ones as your ability and confidence grows. The final section is where we put it all together and begin writing full sentences. Now you have mastered cursive writing and there's no stopping you! Start your journey towards cursive mastery today! Simply scroll up and click Add to Cart.
The PolygonsThePolygonsSurrealist Poems 1
An intimate and odd collage of Surrealist Poetry that word plays with expectations written using various literary techniques like stream of consciousness, word association, multi-syllabic rhyme, letter personification and portmanteau name punning. The process began during a creative writing workshop in 2001 at Rutgers University, inspired by the work of John Yau, the Oulipo and Salvador Dali. Poem topics include colors, numbers, shapes, elements, sauces, amusement park rides, celebrity deaths and stand-up comedians. Certain poems are for mature audiences only. Most poems were written without thinking, but all poems require thought.
Public Speaking Is A Skill, Not A Talent
The 7 stages to effective communicationPublic speaking is a skill, not a talent; it can be learned with practice and without leaving you trembling with fear. By following some simple, tried-and-tested strategies to gain confidence and improve preparation you will be speaking without fear in no time.Public speaking opportunities can occur at any time and for any occasion. Social situations; job interviews; business presentations; ceremonies; a keynote address; whatever the occasion, this book will help speakers of all levels learn how to speak effectively.Perhaps you've admired TED Talks speakers and yearn to be like them? Many are just like you - they had to start somewhere - and most have spent countless hours learning, preparing, and practising their craft before ever daring to step foot on the stage.Fear can be overwhelming, so we begin with practising simple techniques to manage the fear of public speaking; the exercises can also be incorporated into everyday life to help deal with stress and anxiety.Readers learn fundamental techniques to create, develop, and deliver an effective speech using an audience-centred approach. Readers learn the 7 stages of effective communication and how each building block works together to help convey the message interestingly, keeping listeners engaged, attentive, and on-side.Techniques for effective communication are explained in layman's terms using examples that are easy to understand.You will learn how to prepare a speech, from topic selection through to delivery and feedback, and how to remain audience-centred throughout, ensuring public speaking success.
10 Publishing Myths
10 Publishing Myths offers insights that every author needs to succeed in publishing.
The Art of Writing
Discover the lost art of great writing.Since the invention of writing, the written word has fueled humanity's astonishing progress. Thus, the ability to write effectively and beautifully has long been revered and rewarded. And yet in the digital age, people have begun to believe that this talent is somehow obsolete: that writing is something unworthy of study beyond the basic mechanics of vocabulary and syntax and grammar, that mediocre prose is acceptable in a world crying out for clear and precise communication. Peter Yang believes otherwise.The Art of Writing is Yang's highly practical treatise on the four key principles of dazzling, effective writing--economy, transparency, variety, and harmony. Far from your garden-variety style guide, the principles in this book apply to everyone, whether you're writing an inauguration speech or a letter home to Mom. Great writing is a skill, and this book gives you the tools to make your words shimmer on the page (or the screen). Packed with real-world insights and advice, The Art of Writing is your ultimate guide to transforming your writing and unleashing your inner artist.Fans of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., On Writing Well by William Zinsser, The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock, and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott will love this book.This book is for anyone who likes reading about: How to write Writing nonfiction Writing fiction How to be a better writer Writing style Business writing Writing a book
Writing That Makes Sense, 2nd Edition
The second edition of Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the fundamentals of the writing process and explores the basic steps of critical thinking. Drawing upon over twenty years of experience teaching college composition and professional writing, David S. Hogsette combines relevant writing pedagogy and practical assignments with the basics of critical thinking to provide students with step-by-step guides for successful academic writing in a variety of rhetorical modes. New in the second edition: -Expanded discussion of how to write effective thesis statements for informative, persuasive, evaluative, and synthesis essays, including helpful thesis statement templates. -Extensive templates introducing students to conventions of academic discourse, including integrating outside sources, interacting with other writers' ideas, and dialoguing with multiple perspectives. -Examples of academic writing from different disciplines illustrating essay titles, abstracts, thesis statements, introductions, conclusions, and voice. -Expanded discussion of voice in academic writing, including an exploration of active and passive voice constructions in different disciplines and tips on how to edit for clarity. -A new chapter on writing in the disciplines. -Updated sample student papers. -New readings with examples of opposing views and multiple perspectives.
Writing That Makes Sense, 2nd Edition
The second edition of Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the fundamentals of the writing process and explores the basic steps of critical thinking. Drawing upon over twenty years of experience teaching college composition and professional writing, David S. Hogsette combines relevant writing pedagogy and practical assignments with the basics of critical thinking to provide students with step-by-step guides for successful academic writing in a variety of rhetorical modes. New in the second edition: -Expanded discussion of how to write effective thesis statements for informative, persuasive, evaluative, and synthesis essays, including helpful thesis statement templates. -Extensive templates introducing students to conventions of academic discourse, including integrating outside sources, interacting with other writers' ideas, and dialoguing with multiple perspectives. -Examples of academic writing from different disciplines illustrating essay titles, abstracts, thesis statements, introductions, conclusions, and voice. -Expanded discussion of voice in academic writing, including an exploration of active and passive voice constructions in different disciplines and tips on how to edit for clarity. -A new chapter on writing in the disciplines. -Updated sample student papers. -New readings with examples of opposing views and multiple perspectives.
The Print and Cursive Handwriting Workbook
Improve your print and cursive handwriting, while appreciating the beauty and benefits of written wordsThis comprehensive print and cursive handwriting workbook for adults gives clear instruction and a sequential program of exercises that progress your penmanship to become perfectly polished. Make your best impression when writing in birthday cards, thank-you notes, postcards, love letters, and more. A chapter on calligraphy and hand lettering guides you to take your handwriting practice even further.Practical, encouraging approach-Anyone can improve their handwriting with a little practice. This workbook presents straightforward instruction, with an appreciation for the beauty of handwriting.Achieve your penmanship goals-Whether you want to increase your handwriting's legibility, write more quickly, or write in a way that presents a positive image, this is the workbook for you.Analyze handwriting weaknesses-This book offers methods and lessons to identify and correct handwriting flaws, and helps you develop your own distinct, unique style.Handwritten notes hold more value, so learn how to perfect the look of your penmanship.
Expert Speaker
Expert Speaker helps readers to amplify their messages and take control over the next big stage of their career.
How to Resist Amazon and Why
When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, and its business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own companies, and its CEO is the richest person in the world while its workers make minimum wage with impossible quotas...wouldn't you want to resist? Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, compiled this zine about his commitment to fighting Amazon. Includes: the open letter he wrote to Jeff Bezos, examples of successful social media activism, links to other resources, and some sobering words about boycotting.
You Send Me
Patricia T. O'Conner, the bestselling language maven who charmed legions of readers into civilizing their grammar (Woe Is I) and their writing (Words Fail Me), now drags proper English kicking and screaming into the Age of E-Mail. Do the old truths still apply? Yes, insist O'Conner and co-author Stewart Kellerman, her journalist husband. In fact, good English and good manners are even more important online. Thanks to the computer, we're writing again, but we'll have to upgrade our lousy language and social skills or suffer the cyber-consequences. With chapters on etiquette (To E or Not to E), beefier writing (The E-Mail Eunuch), deconstructing a message (All's Well That Sends Well), and civilized English (Grammar ? la Modem), You Send Me delivers everything you need to connect with real people in the virtual world.
Worlds of Childhood
Six prominent children's authors, including Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, and Jack Prelutsky, agree that to enter the worlds that children inhabit, you must possess the magic word - honesty.
Word Court
By the author of the Atlantic Monthly's highly popular column "Word Court," the most engaging grammar guide of our time, with all the authority of Strunk and White and all the fun of Woe Is I. The "Judge Judy of Grammar" was born when the Atlantic Monthly's Barbara Wallraff began answering grammar questions on America Online. This vibrant exchange became the magazine's bimonthly "Word Court," and eventually the bestselling hardcover book, Word Court. In Word Court, Wallraff moves beyond her column to tackle common and uncommon items, establishing rules for such issues as turns of phrase, slang, name usage, punctuation, and newly coined vocabulary. With true wit, she deliberates and decides on the right path for lovers of language, ranging from classic questions-Is "a historical" or "an historical" correct?-to awkward issues-How long does someone have to be dead before we should all stop calling her "the late"? Should you use "like" or "as"-and when? The result is a warmly humorous, reassuring, and brilliantly perceptive tour of how and why we speak the way we do.
