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Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind.
27) Creative writing
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Series
Publisher
Alpha Books
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to creative writing, and includes information on crafting meaningful plot, strategies for starting a writer's group, advice on applying for grants, guidance on writing a screenplay, and includes literary examples to help find a niche, and quizzes to challenge creative thinking.
Author
Publisher
Trumpeter
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"This is the everything-you-need guide to spark new poems and unstick old stories, with zany prompts to leap from ; dares and double dares to help you mash up truths and lies into outrageous paragraphs ; letters of encouragement written directly to you from famous authors. This is your journal for inward-bound adventures -- use it to write, brainstorm, explore, imagine -- and even rip!" --cover.
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Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Writing should be a pleasureable challenge, not a painful chore. Writing with Pleasure empowers academic, professional, and creative writers to reframe their negative emotions about writing and reclaim their positive ones. By learning how to cast light on the shadows, you will soon find yourself bringing passion and pleasure to everything you write."--Inside front flap of dust jacket.
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps that we all can take to make our writing more effective, more interesting{u2014}and just plain better. As zlolspeaky and texts take over our linguistic consciousness, Yagoda emphasizes the lost art of grammar and the well-constructed sentence. He provides clear grammatical rules to help students and writers everywhere write better; this is a book for anyone who wants to improve his or...
39) The art of X-ray reading: how the secrets of 25 great works of literature will improve your writing
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this practical and engaging guide, Roy Peter Clark teaches the fine art of X-ray reading. When we X-ray read, we look beneath the surface of a text to discover the strategies that create the effects we experience -- such as suspense, humor, or pain ; we can then adopt these strategies as our own.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A collection of over a hundred writing tips gleaned from fifty popular writing books. Chapters are devoted to each key strategy. Author expands and contextualizes original authors' suggestions and shares how each tip helped other authors improve their skills.
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