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In the seven years since the previous edition debuted, we have seen an extraordinary evolution in the way we create and share knowledge. This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf. It offers updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation...
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If you are one of those who love to write, but struggle to do so - this is the book for you!
Packed with amazing tips and tricks, to get you unstuck from 'writer's block' and to improve your writing in dozens of little ways, there are tips about all aspects of writing, for both fiction and non-fiction authors.
You will love the positive impact that these quick, easy to apply tips have on your writing.
Mutiple best selling author, Kim Lambert,...
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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric was the definitive guide to the use of rhetorical devices in English. It became a best-seller in its field, with over 20,000 copies in print. Here now is the natural sequel, Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor-the most entertaining and instructive book ever written about the art of comparison. A metaphor compares two things that seem unalike. Lincoln was a master of the art (A house divided against itself...
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How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days is ideal for consultants, workshop leaders, speakers, or freelance writers, who want to write a solid first draft of a non-fiction book - in 60 days. Do you have a book just waiting to come out? Are you procrastinating because you think it will take you years to write it? This book will show you how to write a comprehensive first draft - a draft you can send to an agent or publisher or one you can edit and...
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From his best selling series, The Art of World Building, author Randy Ellefson has collected some of his best advice from every chapter in small, bite-sized tips. All three books are represented in the topics covered: Creating Life - analogues, species/races, gods, monsters, word figures, plants, animals, and undead. Creating Places - planets, continents, land features, sovereign powers, settlements, land travel, water travel, space travel, time and...
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How do you create a fictional world that readers will want to visit? How do you paint a picture that springs to life on the page? William Bernhardt explains how to use description and setting to enhance your story without slowing the pace. Bernhardt discusses showing without telling, providing descriptive details that inform character, and integrating visuals and action with "stealth description." In his direct, no-nonsense style, Bernhardt explains...
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I know what you're feeling right now...
Chances are good, if you clicked on this title, you're confused, frustrated, overwhelmed... maybe even angry.
Not because I know something about you personally. Not because I'm spying on you, or I've re-programmed your Alexa or Siri to dictate your conversations to me and keep them on my hard drive. No. I know what you're feeling, because it's the same thing we're all feeling right now.
How do I know this?
Because...
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Self-published authors are coming to realise that a stable career is about a backlist of titles and keeping that backlist selling.
But how do you do this? Invariably, advice given by other authors includes holding promotions and lowering the price of the first book in series, or even making it free. However, few people mention one of the most powerful ways to keep your backlist selling: the author mailing list.
This is where Mailing Lists Unboxed...
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Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), has completely revised and expanded his definitive handbook for extreme noveling. Chris pulls from over 15 years of results-oriented writing experience to pack this compendium with new tips and tricks, ranging from week-by-week quick reference guides to encouraging advice from authors, and much more. His motivating mix of fearless optimism...
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"The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index"--
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Have a great idea for a novel, but don't know where to start? Have you started your novel, but got bogged down after only the first few pages and don't know how to go on? Then this book is for you!
Chapter One is a beginning writing course. This book can be used in conjunction with the course or instead of it. You can use this book in two ways: the super-easy way by reading the "Basics" and getting right to work, or get a little more in-depth by...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 A school in Connecticut held a panel discussion about writing as a vocation and avocation. Dr. Brock, a surgeon, was going to talk about writing as an avocation. I told him that writing was not easy and not fun, but it was hard and lonely.
#2 The writing process is a personal one, and it's difficult to find the real person behind the tension. But ultimately, the product...
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Have you ever hesitated when choosing between "I" or "me"? Have you had trouble figuring out tricky pronouns like "who" or "whom"? What about those always-troublesome commas; do they go before or after the quotation marks? If you're anything like the rest of us, you struggle with these age-old grammatical issues. In this practical and easy-to-understand handbook, Dr. William B. Bradshaw identifies the ten most common errors in English grammar and...
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Writing or wanting to someday start writing your memoir? This practical, step-by-step guide will lead you to all stages of writing, structuring, and producing a successful memoir. Use the workbook format to make the process even easier. A must for writing about the most interesting character you know -- YOU. Writing your memoir gives you the chance to brighten your special leaf on the family tree -- to tell the story through your eyes. You can explain...
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Writing from home can be a challenge when you've got one or more kids tugging at your sleeve for attention. There are days it seems like you can't get ANY writing done, and looming deadlines mean sleepless nights and frazzled nerves. Take heart: Writing parents who have figured out this writing parent thing share their stories and the lessons they've learned in trying to find balance between writing and parenting. If you're a freelance writer, commercial...
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They've told you that writing fast is impossible. They were wrong. You too can create stories at the speed of the great pulp writers. Not only that, but your craft will actually get better the faster you go. It just takes time and practice. Come learn the things I discovered as I went from writing at mundane rates to Pulp Speed.
19) 21 Ways to Double Your Productivity, Improve Your Craft & Get Published!: A Field Guide for Writers
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Anyone who's ever given serious thought to writing will benefit from this boot camp in a book! Sara Connell shares the exact techniques she used to go from unpublished writer to successful author with an agent, book contract, publication in national magazines and a nomination for Elle magazine Book of the Year for her first book, Bringing in Finn. For writers, 21 Ways is like having a personal writing coach, guiding you through the writing and publishing...
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This writer's lexicon focuses on developing compelling characters, settings and replacing the ordinary with the brilliant.This one of a kind writer's tool is a must have for those who are busy with work, family and social lives, who just want to write and not have to stop to scout every inch of their brain, and for those with writer's block.This book includes:- The ultimate recipe for creating compelling characters- Over 100 character traits and their...
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