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The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers

by Karl Iglesias

ISBN 1580625509 (1-58062-550-9)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp

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Aspiring screenwriters don't need another book on how to write a screenplay, says Karl Iglesias. What they need is a book on how to be a screenwriter. Voilà: The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, featuring interviews with 14 screenwriters, arranged by subject. The result reads like a panel discussion, touching on such subjects as collaboration, schmoozing, discipline, Hollywood, and story pitching. The dream of winning a Hollywood jackpot has lured everyone and his gardener into the screenwriting game. Still, despite the unencouraging odds, "all you need to do is write a good script," says Scott Rosenberg (Beautiful Girls). Some of the book's best advice concerns one of the screenwriter's most formidable hurdles: getting a screenplay read. Submit it to film festivals and screenwriting competitions, or follow Tom Schulman's (Dead Poet's Society) advice and hire an entertainment attorney. After all, "most of them know a lot of agents." --Jane Steinberg [via]

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ISBN 9780898793703 (0-89879-370-X, 089879370X)

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Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons

by Michael Newton

ISBN 089879370X (0-89879-370-X)
Softcover, F & W Pubns

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"... you will simply have to make your peace with guns. Case closed." No, these are not the words of an NRA apologist attacking some common-sense legislation, rather they're found in the introduction of Michael Newton's authoritative guidebook on guns, bombs, and all manner of things that go "boom"--and alter events in stories. If you're one of those scribes who believes that killing machines are better left on the printed page, this entry in Writer's Digest's Howdunit series will prove invaluable in giving your Glocks, dum-dum rounds, and spookily-named Hotchkiss guns the unmistakable ring of authority. Bang bang. [via]

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Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons: ISBN 089879370X (0-89879-370-X)
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Aspects of the Novel, and Related Writings

by E. M. Forster

ISBN 0713157690 (0-7131-5769-0)
Hardcover, Edward Arnold

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ISBN 9780965647632 (0-9656476-3-3, 0965647633)

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Bead Creative Art Quilts

by Nancy Eha

ISBN 0965647633 (0-9656476-3-3)
Hardcover, Creative Visions Press

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Challenge the myth that beading adds mere sparkle to fabric art and let the foremost authority on fabric beading show you how to create incredible beaded art. Learn break-through beading secrets for producing professional results. Master basic bead embroidery stitches, and then expand your beading repertoire with never before published techniques the author has invented. Special illustrations are included for left-handed beaders. This book will delight the eye and inspire the hands! [via]

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ISBN 9780679435204 (0-679-43520-4, 0679435204)

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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott

ISBN 0679435204 (0-679-43520-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group

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Think you've got a book inside of you? Anne Lamott isn't afraid to help you let it out. She'll help you find your passion and your voice, beginning from the first really crummy draft to the peculiar letdown of publication. Readers will be reminded of the energizing books of writer Natalie Goldberg and will be seduced by Lamott's witty take on the reality of a writer's life, which has little to do with literary parties and a lot to do with jealousy, writer's block and going for broke with each paragraph. Marvelously wise and best of all, great reading. [via]

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Body Trauma: A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries

by David Page

ISBN 1933016418 (1-933016-41-8)
Softcover, Behler Pubns

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This reference book has much to offer many. Indispensable for the novelist, with gore-filled chapters and multiple car crashes spewing limbs and guts, Dr. David Page's opus will also be treasured by medical enthusiasts, hypochondriacs, and those who like lively bathroom reading. From trench foot to crunched legs, massive hemothorax to flail chests, Body Trauma is educational, comprehensive, and a jolly good time. [via]

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ISBN 9780898795240 (0-89879-524-9, 0898795249)

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Cause of Death: A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensis Medicine

by Keith D. Wilson

ISBN 0898795249 (0-89879-524-9)
Softcover, F & W Pubns

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Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and salable -- story. [via]

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ISBN 9780898799279 (0-89879-927-9, 0898799279)

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Characters and Viewpoint

by Orson Scott Card

ISBN 0898799279 (0-89879-927-9)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc

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Orson Scott Card presents practical, in-depth instruction on how fiction writers can make the best choices in creating characters and handling viewpoint. The author shows how to put original yet realistic people into fiction.' [via]

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ISBN 9780226104034 (0-226-10403-6, 0226104036)

The Chicago Manual of Style

ISBN 0226104036 (0-226-10403-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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What can we say? This weighty tome is the essential reference for all who work with words--writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, publishers, and students. Discover who Ibid is, how to deftly avoid the split infinitive, and how to format your manuscripts to impress any professor or editor (no, putting it in a blue plastic folder is just not enough). [via]

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ISBN 9780226103907 (0-226-10390-0, 0226103900)

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The Chicago Manual of Style: For Authors, Editors, and Copywriters

by University of Chicago

ISBN 0226103900 (0-226-10390-0)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press

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Writers Style Manual Grammar Check Guide- For English Majors and Wordsmith's this book is the magic spell put on an author's works. Here's your Charm- it weighs only 3lbs. [via]

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Christian Writers' Market Guide 2006: The Reference Tool for the Christian Writer

by Sally Stuart

ISBN 1400071240 (1-4000-7124-0)
Softcover, WaterBrook Press

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The Complete Book of Scriptwriting

by J. Michael Straczynsk

ISBN 1582971587 (1-58297-158-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc

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Working writer/producer Straczynski has revised his 1981 text -- a standard in many institutions -- and brought it into the '90s, with updates on fluctuating markets, speculation about opportunities in CD-ROMs and anecdotage about Writers' Guild strikes that have occurred in the interval. A handy tome for the novice, since Straczynski covers much basic ground in key areas of writing for film, television, radio, animation and stage. Strongest in the movie/TV areas and also valuable for animation scribes, playwrights might note that their chapter is the thinnest; perhaps it was all apportioned according to what the various disciplines pay? [via]

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ISBN 9780898793710 (0-89879-371-8, 0898793718)

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Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons

by Anne Klarner, Serita Deborah Stevens

ISBN 0898793718 (0-89879-371-8)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc

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Never before has such specialized information been so thoroughly compiled and easily accessible to writers! Each book is written by a professional in their respective field, providing the inside details that writers need to weave a credible -- and salable -- story. [via]

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ISBN 9781594200694 (1-59420-069-6, 1594200696)

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The Elements of Style

by William Strunk, E. B. White, Maira Kalman

ISBN 1594200696 (1-59420-069-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. [via]

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ISBN 9780975229804 (0-9752298-0-X, 097522980X)

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The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writers

by William Strunk

ISBN 097522980X (0-9752298-0-X)
Softcover, Kt Pub

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Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. [via]

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ISBN 9780024182005 (0-02-418200-1, 0024182001)

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The Elements of Style With Index

by William Strunk

ISBN 0024182001 (0-02-418200-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall

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Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. [via]

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English Handbook for Christian Schools

by Grace Colling

ISBN 0890842795 (0-89084-279-5)
Hardcover, Bob Jones Univ Pr

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Holy Places & Temples of India

by John Howley

ISBN 0965385809 (0-9653858-0-9)
Softcover, Ten Speed Pr

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India has a vast array of cultures, religions and interests. But many people miss the real meaning and value of India-the spiritual side. This is not due to a lack of interest, but because it is difficult to find an easily understandable book on this subject. This book is different. It goes deeper into the heart of India-its spiritual side. What yogis and ascetics have been realizing for centuries. [via]

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The Lost Art of the Great Speech: How to Write One How to Deliver It

by Richard Dowis

ISBN 0814470548 (0-8144-7054-8)
Softcover, Amacom Books

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ISBN 9780226823379 (0-226-82337-7, 0226823377)

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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

by Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Kate L. Turabian

ISBN 0226823377 (0-226-82337-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Dewey, Bellow, Strauss, Friedman--the University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate L. Turabian literally wrote the book on the successful completion and submission of the student paper. Her Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, created from her years of experience with research projects across all fields, has sold more than seven million copies since it was first published in 1937. Now, with this seventh edition, "Turabian's Manual" has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every level--from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers apprehensively submitting final manuscripts, to senior scholars who may be old hands at research and writing but less familiar with new media citation styles. Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the late Wayne C. Booth--the gifted team behind The Craft of Research--and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff combined their wide-ranging expertise to remake this classic resource. They preserve Turabian's clear and practical advice while fully embracing the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the age of the Internet. [via]

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ISBN 9780226823362 (0-226-82336-9, 0226823369)

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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

by Kate L. Turabian, Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb

ISBN 0226823369 (0-226-82336-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Dewey. Bellow. Strauss. Friedman. The University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate Turabian literally wrote the book on the successful completion and submission of the student paper. Her Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, created from her years of experience with research projects across all fields, has sold more than seven million copies since it was first published in 1937.Now, with this seventh edition, Turabian's Manual has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every level-from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers apprehensively submitting final manuscripts, to senior scholars who may be old hands at research and writing but less familiar with new media citation styles. Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the late Wayne C. Booth-the gifted team behind The Craft of Research-and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff combined their wide-ranging expertise to remake this classic resource. They preserve Turabian's clear and practical advice while fully embracing the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the age of the Internet.Booth, Colomb, and Williams significantly expand the scope of previous editions by creating a guide, generous in length and tone, to the art of research and writing. Growing out of the authors' best-selling Craft of Research, this new section provides students with an overview of every step of the research and writing process, from formulating the right questions to reading critically to building arguments and revising drafts. [via]

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A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

by Kate L. Turabian, John Grossman, Alice Bennett

ISBN 0226816273 (0-226-81627-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Newly revised to conform with the Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian's Manual for Writers provides comprehensive, detailed, superior guidance to writers of research papers. From "Parts of the Paper" (including the niceties of copyrights and dedications) to "Sample Layouts," everything to do with format is covered. Mechanics of style (abbreviations to quotations) are reviewed, there's help on tables and illustrations, and chapters on bibliographies, parenthetical references, note taking, and citations. There are suggestions for manuscript preparation, hints on word-processing software, and formatting for research papers' more complex features. When you're up to your eyebrows in research data, it's a vast relief to have quick, accessible, reliable answers to your questions of structure, scholarly propriety, and academic style. --Stephanie Gold [via]

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Manuscript Submission

by Scott Edelstein

ISBN 089879398X (0-89879-398-X)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns

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ISBN 9780873525657 (0-87352-565-5, 0873525655)

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Mla Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

by Joseph Gibaldi

ISBN 0873525655 (0-87352-565-5)
Softcover, Modern Language Assn of Amer

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The new edition presents a comprehensive guide to preparing research papers and includes detailed coverage using computers for research and citing electronic publications. [via]

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

by Walter S. Achtert, Modern Language Association of America, Joseph Gibaldi

ISBN 0873520009 (0-87352-000-9)
Hardcover, Modern Language Association

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No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 days

by Chris Baty

ISBN 0811845052 (0-8118-4505-2)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc

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ISBN 9780811854832 (0-8118-5483-3, 0811854833)

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No Plot? No Problem! Novel-writing Kit

by Chris Baty

ISBN 0811854833 (0-8118-5483-3)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc

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Aspiring novelists don't need an MFA in creative writing, a book agent, an airtight plot, or a winsome cast of characters to get a novel writtenthey don't even need to know what they're doing. All that's needed is a little determination and this high-octane kit to kick motivation into overdrive and inspire users to produce a 50,000-word book in an exhilarating, invigorating month long Noveling Adventure.

Includes:
48-page booklet
31 Daily Noveling Briefsrecommended allowances of writing advice and activities for every day of the noveling month
Guided, month long, displayable log for keeping track of progress
Motivational materials, pep-talking letters, and commitment coupons
The Mighty Badge of the Triumphant Wordsmith [via]

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Novel & Short Story Writers Market 2006

by Lauren Mosko, Michael Schweer

ISBN 1582973970 (1-58297-397-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc

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For twenty-five years, this has been the only reference book on the market published expressly to help fiction writers find the best homes for their work 2006 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market includes: Over 1,500 fiction publishing opportunities in the US and Elsewhere with specific contact information, submission guidelines, and editorial needs More than 100 pages of instruction and inspiration, so readers can learn the basics of the craft and the business New interviews with top names in the field, including Jonathan Lethem, Margot Livesey, and Anne Perry 2006 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market offers readers the insight and advice needed to give their manuscripts the edge over others in the slush pile. [via]

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ISBN 9781416549864 (1-4165-4986-2, 1416549862)

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

ISBN 1416549862 (1-4165-4986-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's On Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. It's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette Vickers from Attack of the Giant Leeches, not Sandra Dee. "I wanted monsters that ate whole cities, radioactive corpses that came out of the ocean and ate surfers, and girls in black bras who looked like trailer trash." But massive reading on all literary levels was a craving just as crucial, and soon King was the published author of "I Was a Teen-Age Graverobber." As a young adult raising a family in a trailer, King started a story inspired by his stint as a janitor cleaning a high-school girls locker room. He crumpled it up, but his writer wife retrieved it from the trash, and using her advice about the girl milieu and his own memories of two reviled teenage classmates who died young, he came up with Carrie. King gives us lots of revelations about his life and work. The kidnapper character in Misery, the mind-possessing monsters in The Tommyknockers, and the haunting of the blocked writer in The Shining symbolized his cocaine and booze addiction (overcome thanks to his wife's intervention, which he describes). "There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing."

King also evokes his college days and his recovery from the van crash that nearly killed him, but the focus is always on what it all means to the craft. He gives you a whole writer's "tool kit": a reading list, writing assignments, a corrected story, and nuts-and-bolts advice on dollars and cents, plot and character, the basic building block of the paragraph, and literary models. He shows what you can learn from H.P. Lovecraft's arcane vocabulary, Hemingway's leanness, Grisham's authenticity, Richard Dooling's artful obscenity, Jonathan Kellerman's sentence fragments. He explains why Hart's War is a great story marred by a tin ear for dialogue, and how Elmore Leonard's Be Cool could be the antidote.

King isn't just a writer, he's a true teacher. --Tim Appelo [via]

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On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

ISBN 0065000269 (0-06-500026-9)
Softcover, Texas Bookman

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On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction [Paperback] William Knowlton Zinsser (Author) [via]

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William K. Zinsser

ISBN 0060006641 (0-06-000664-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A revised and updated edition of one of the most successful guides to writing ever published (one million copies sold).

A Classic in its Field, On Writing Well is the Indispensable reference tool for anyone who writes, wants to learn to write, or needs to do some writing to get through the day -- as almost everybody does. Illustrated with examples of superb writing, the book covers a variety of subject areas, from travel, memoir, and science writing to business, sports, humor, and the arts. This expanded and updated edition features revised chapters, fresh examples of good writing, and two completely new chapters. One new chapter, "Enjoyment, Fear, and Confidence", urges writers to live interesting lives and to trust their general intelligence. The other, "The Tyranny of the Final Product", counsels writers not to try to visualize the complete article, but to focus on earlier decisions of selection, construction, and voice that will eventually let them know what their piece is about. Written by a master writer, editor, and teacher, On Writing Well is the writing book people swear by and love to recommend.

"On Writing Well belongs on any shelf of serious reference works for writers -- along with, say, Fowler's Modern English Usage and Strunk and White's The Elements of Style". -- New York Times [via]

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Knowlton Zinsser

ISBN 0060891548 (0-06-089154-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet.

Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

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Pocket Guide for Writing History

by Rampolla

ISBN 0312114931 (0-312-11493-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins

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A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

by Mary Lynn Rampolla

ISBN 031244673X (0-312-44673-X)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins

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A Pocket Guide to Writing in History Paperback Book Guide For History Undergrad & Graduate Students. Designed as a valuable reference for students in any undergraduate history course, this guide offers all the advice students need to write effective history papers. This fourth edition introduces students to working with historical sources, conducting research, following the conventions of writing in history, avoiding plagiarism, quoting and documenting sources, and consolidating ideas and facts into clear, coherent papers. [via]

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The Practical Stylist

by Sheridan Baker

ISBN 0690650019 (0-690-65001-9)
Hardcover, Crowell

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Rip-Off: A Writer's Guide to Crimes of Deception

by Fay Faron

ISBN 0898798272 (0-89879-827-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns

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Something tells us we would be naïve to believe this book would appeal solely to mystery writers. Detective Fay Faron, syndicated newspaper columnist ("Ask Rat Dog") and author of Missing Persons, has written a primer sure to turn any novice (writer, of course) into a scam expert. Rip-Off removes the mystery from such cons as the pigeon drop, Latin lotto, Gypsy-sweetheart scams, guaranteed-prize mailers, charity scams, bait-and-switches, biz-op scams, the Texas twist, identity theft, carny cons, chain letters, psychic hotlines, three-card monte, Ponzi schemes, 809 phone numbers, and gambling stings. Faron's writing advice focuses on identifying the basic traits of perps and pigeons (60 percent of pigeons are seniors, but we're all susceptible), defining the lingo (drag broad, shaky mom, mish roll, etc.), and counseling writers to "tell the story from the point of view of the victim." --Jane Steinberg [via]

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ISBN 9780840768278 (0-8407-6827-3, 0840768273)

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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus

ISBN 0840768273 (0-8407-6827-3)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Probably the most comprehensive thesaurus on the market. For virtually any word search, it is guaranteed that you can find the most appropriate word with the utmost assurance because of its succinct definition. [via]

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ISBN 9780785704515 (0-7857-0451-5, 0785704515)

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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus

by Princeton Language Institute Editors

ISBN 0785704515 (0-7857-0451-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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Combining scholarly authority with a new awareness of today's communication demands, Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus is the simple, reliable way to find the perfect word for your needs. It features as easy-to-use dictionary format plus a revolutionary concept index that arranges words by idea, thus enhancing the user's process of association, and leading scores of additional selections. The inclusion of a wide spectrum of words and phrases with each entry -- from sophisticated choices to completely new vocabulary in the language -- brings the user an exceptional number of alternatives to fit any variation of style and tone. Created by a leading expert in linguists and lexicography with today's communication needs in mind. More word choices than any other thesaurus -- Over 1 million words! Concise definitions for each main entry. A revolutionary concept index -- arranged by idea, it mirrors the way we actually think! No obsolete terms -- all synonyms reflect modern usage. [via]

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Roget's International Thesaurus

by Robert L. Chapman, Peter Roget

ISBN 0690000103 (0-690-00010-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row

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A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world, Roget's International Thesaurus is the product of more than a century and a half of continuous expansion, reorganization, and improvement. Today, this book is not only the most time-tested and bestselling thesaurus ever, but, newly revised, it is also the most up-to-dateand comprehensive reflection of theEnglish language as it is currently used.

The revolutionary achievement of Dr. Peter Mark Roget's first edition in 1852 was the development of a brand-new principle: the arrangement of words and phrases according to their meanings. Dr. Roget's system brings together in one place all the terms associated with a single thought or concept; it allows a wide-ranging survey of language within a book of relatively modest size, without the space-consuming repetitions that so severely limit the scope of thesauruses arranged in a dictionary format with A-to-Z entries. This brilliant organization makes Roget's International Thesaurus both the most efficient word finder and a cutting-edge aid in stimulating thought, organizing ideas, and writing and speaking more clearly and effectively.

This revised and updated sixth edition features thousands of new words and phrases, including the newest slang words and expressions that color and inform everyday language. At the same time, it retains all of the hallmarks that have made Roget's international Thesaurus an enduring classic:

More than 330,000 words and phrases organized into 1,075 categories.

A pinpoint reference system that directs the user quickly from a comprehensive index to the numbered category of the right word. Thousands of cross-references throughout lead to other helpful categories.

Hundreds of supplemental word lists that supply the names of things which have no synonyms (measurements, wines, weapons, animals, state mottoes, and more) as well as hundreds of quotations that amplify the meanings of selected words.

Generations of students, writers, editors, and speakers have made Roget's the most popular word reference book next to the dictionary. Continuing a legacy that dates back more than 150 years, Roget's International Thesaurus is an indispensable work for everyone who wants to use the English language with clarity and precision.

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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

by Peter Mark Roget

ISBN 074750105X (0-7475-0105-X)
Hardcover, Gale / Cengage Learning

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Roget's Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms

by Rogets

ISBN 0686173066 (0-686-17306-6)
Softcover, Borden Pub Co

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Scene of the Crime : A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations

by Anne Wingate

ISBN 0898795184 (0-89879-518-4)
Softcover, F & W Publications, Incorporated

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Style: Ten Lessons In Clarity And Grace

by Joseph M. Williams

ISBN 0673465934 (0-673-46593-4)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley

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There is more to writing than simply obeying a list of rules. In this extensively revised fifth edition of "Style," Joseph Williams presents principles of writing in a new format designed to help writers diagnose problems with their prose quickly and revise it effectively. Divided into three parts-- "Style as Choice, Clarity, and Grace" --the text includes new principles of effective prose, boxed summaries for quick and easy review, and group exercises that encourage students to work and learn together. Williams encourages writers to use their writing not only as a tool to identify and solve problems but also as a method to explore their own thinking. In particular, writers learn how to use the revision process both to anticipate their readers' reactions and to understand better their own intended meaning. [via]

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The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric

by Miriam Joseph, Marguerite McGlinn

ISBN 0967967503 (0-9679675-0-3)
Softcover, Paul Dry Books Inc

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Who sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of l'Académie française, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. McGuffey's Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to "correct" English. Strunk and White's Elements of Style and William Safire's column, "On Language," provide help on diction and syntax to contemporary writers and speakers. Sister Miriam Joseph's book, The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric, invites the reader into a deeper understanding--one that includes rules, definitions, and guidelines, but whose ultimate end is to transform the reader into a liberal artist.

A liberal artist seeks the perfection of the human faculties. The liberal artist begins with the language arts, the trivium, which is the basis of all learning because it teaches the tools for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Thinking underlies all these activities. Many readers will recognize elements of this book: parts of speech, syntax, propositions, syllogisms, enthymemes, logical fallacies, scientific method, figures of speech, rhetorical technique, and poetics. The Trivium, however, presents these elements within a philosophy of language that connects thought, expression, and reality.

"Trivium" means the crossroads where the three branches of language meet. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, students studied and mastered this integrated view of language. Regrettably, modern language teaching keeps the parts without the vision of the whole. Inspired by the possibility of helping students "acquire mastery over the tools of learning" Sister Miriam Joseph and other teachers at Saint Mary's College designed and taught a course on the trivium for all first year students. The Trivium resulted from that noble endeavor.

The liberal artist travels in good company. Sister Miriam Joseph frequently cites passages from William Shakespeare, John Milton, Plato, the Bible, Homer, and other great writers. The Paul Dry Books edition of The Trivium provides new graphics and notes to make the book accessible to today's readers. Sister Miriam Joseph told her first audience that "the function of the trivium is the training of the mind for the study of matter and spirit, which constitute the sum of reality. The fruit of education is culture, which Mathew Arnold defined as 'the knowledge of ourselves and the world.'" May this noble endeavor lead many to that end.

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ISBN 9780895770066 (0-89577-006-7, 0895770067)

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Write Better, Speak Better

ISBN 0895770067 (0-89577-006-7)
Hardcover, Readers Digest

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Designed to help the reader achieve better verbalability. [via]

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ISBN 9781590302613 (1-59030-261-3, 1590302613)

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Writing Down the Bones

by Natalie Goldberg

ISBN 1590302613 (1-59030-261-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment. --Ali Perry-Gallagher [via]

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Softcover, Random House Inc

ISBN 9781590303160 (1-59030-316-4, 1590303164)

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Writing down the Bones : Freeing the Writer Within

by Natalie Goldberg

ISBN 1590303164 (1-59030-316-4)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated

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Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment. --Ali Perry-Gallagher [via]

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You Can Write Using Good Grammar

by Jennifer Rozines Roy

ISBN 0766020843 (0-7660-2084-3)
Hardcover, Enslow Pub Inc

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Hardcover, Enslow Pub Inc

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