Language Arts & Disciplines : Composition & Creative Writing

Packed with sample letters; Information boxes highlight points to remember; Special section deals with conventions of e-mail; Practical supplement examines spelling and punctuation. Packed with advice on all areas of correspondence, from email to business memos, this is an essential desktop companion. As well as giving general guidance on layout and tone, Letter Writing offers invaluable advice on specific areas of correspondence such as employment, condolence, complaints and invitations. more...

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Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer , Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers—Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov—and discovers why their work has endured. She takes pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; she is deeply moved by the brilliant characterization in George Eliot's Middlemarch . She looks to John Le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue, to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail, and to James Joyce and Katherine Mansfield for clever examples of how to employ gesture to create character. She cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which literature is crafted. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart. more...

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To write a good scene, you have to know the following:.  Every scene has an EVENT.  Every scene has a FUNCTION in the narrative.  Every scene has a STRUCTURE: a beginning, middle, and end. Every scene has a PULSE. The Scene Book is a fundamental guide to crafting more effective scenes in fiction. In clear, simple language, Sandra Scofield shows both the beginner and the seasoned writer how to build better scenes, the underpinning of any good narrative. more...

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Expert tips and 300 sample letters make business and personal correspondence a snap. When trying to close a sale, answer a complaint, or offer thanks, a well-crafted letter can make all the difference. Packed with practical advice and 300 easy-to-adapt sample letters, this all-purpose guide shows readers how to write letters that get results -at work and at home. more...

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Not since The Elements of Style has a writing guide had the ability to turn a writer’s work around so effectively. more...

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