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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces, and he presents extracts from his work,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Tiene en sus manos, amable lector, el mejor curso de oratoria publicado hasta el momento, un curso fácil de seguir, que lo llevará paso a paso por el difícil arte de hablar en público hasta hacer de usted un orador respetable. Con este libro usted aprenderá a vencer el pánico escénico, a sacar provecho de su natural nerviosismo, en beneficio de la emotividad de su discurso. Conocerá todos los recursos de que se valen los buenos oradores para...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way is for word lovers, readers interested in encountering new authors or revisiting favorite works, and aspiring writers. The author, a master English teacher at Horace Mann for several decades, leads readers on a delightful tour of sentences by authors in the canon, using deft analysis and humor to "look under the hood" and allow us to see what makes a sentence great"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Empresa Activa
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
¿Quién dijo que la retórica es aburrida? ¿Quién dijo que las discusiones no son buenas? ¿Quieres aprender a debatir y a exponer argumentos para ganar discusiones? En este ameno libro, fácil de leer y lleno de anécdotas cotidianas del propio autor; de historias de grandes personajes de la vida política e intelectuales; y de ejemplos sacados de los mejores capítulos de Los Simpsons, Jay Heinrichs nos brinda una clase magistral sobre el arte...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan isn't one to avoid arguments. He relishes them, as the lifeblood of democracy and the only surefire way to establish the truth. Arguments help us solve problems, uncover new ideas we might not have considered, and nudge our disagreements toward mutual understanding. A good argument, made in good faith, has intrinsic value-and can also simply be fun. Arguments are everywhere-and especially given the fierce debates we're all embroiled...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A companion to "A Field Guide for Getting Lost" explores the ways that people construct lives from stories and connect to each other through empathy, narrative, and imagination, sharing anecdotes about historical figures and members of the author's own family.
37) Creative writing
Author
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
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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