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English is full of beauty and surprises, yet despite being the lingua franca of the globalization world, it has a reputation for being difficult to learn because its grammar has also so many quirks ……続きを見る

The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't a……続きを見る

¡Bestseller en 32 países! «Imprescindible para cualquier escritor». ● Utilizado en la enseñanza por sistemas educativos americanos. ● Incluido en bibliotecas de Canadá y Estados Unidos. Solo el 0.01……続きを見る

Stop boring your professors with tedious, predictable essays. Get better grades! How do you write a great essay? It’s not about five paragraphs filled with quotations from expertsーyou need to disco……続きを見る

The essential writing, research & publishing guide you need. 3 books in 1. Backburning Backstory, The 13 Main Scenes and The Staircase of Turning Points. I'm not going to lie. This book is going to ……続きを見る

“Emily creates a warm, funny, personable read in this guide book version of our mentorship. I love it. Even if I do come off as a stern and slightly frightening Mage…” ~ Isobelle Carmody So you’ve f……続きを見る

Excel at editing! The editor's job encompasses much more than correcting commas and catching typos. Your chief mission is to help writers communicate effectively--which is no small feat. Whether you……続きを見る

Revising and Editing for Translators provides guidance and learning materials for translation students and professional translators learning to revise the work of others or edit original writing, an……続きを見る

The most important thing to know about writing a novel is this: You can do it. And if you've already written one, you can write an even better one. Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford ……続きを見る

Do you want to write faster, and not just spend your life stuck behind a computer? Do you want to write Twenty Thousand Words – every day? Are you struggling to find the time to finish that great no……続きを見る

Feedback is powerful. As we respond to it, learn from it, and sometimes resist it, our writing-muscle grows. But the process can be complicated ... “I can’t find the right ‘beta readers’.” “They do……続きを見る

Roll dice and unleash your creativity! Updated to include writing suggestions for each set of elements. Do you want to come up with the perfect idea for your next head-scratching mystery? Want to ki……続きを見る

IF YOU WRITE FICTION, YOU NEED THIS BOOK Whether you self-publish or publish traditionally, you want your book to be the best it can be. You want readers to buy it, love it, and recommend it to thei……続きを見る

Writing is never easy, but this book can make it easier. With attentiveness and experience, Claudia Kousoulas gives readers applied writing, editing, and production approaches that provide a clear p……続きを見る

Una obra que comprende ensayos, con una amplia mirada internacional, para el estudio del libro manuscrito, impreso y digital. Éstos utilizan modelos teóricos que combinan tanto los dos enfoques pred……続きを見る

Want to be published? Do you start stories but never complete them? Do you wait on your muse while she hides behind trees and in caves? Do you know how to write, but the mountainous novel seems insu……続きを見る

This eBook describes 140 mistakes writers make in professional texts, largely in their work for companies or organizations. The mistakes range from big rhetorical catastrophes to minor sentence-leve……続きを見る

Most novels are rejected by agents and editors for one or more of ten basic reasons. Writers have control over some of these reasons but not all of them. In this book award-winning author and litera……続きを見る

A finalidade deste livro é dar dicas preciosas àqueles que pretendem entrar para o mundo maravilhoso das letras e do faz de conta. Neste trabalho, que tem todas as características de um manual, o le……続きを見る

Too many writers suffer under friendly fire. Too many pros are ground down by unhelpful supervision. How to Edit and Be Edited is the first book to set out the principles of constructive editingーho……続きを見る

Want to write better in English? How do you make your message clear and easy to understand? How do you vary your sentences and vocabulary to keep readers engaged? How do you use advanced language wi……続きを見る

Dall'autore del libro "WordPress dalla A alla W" e fondatore del portale "Il Bloggatore" (uno dei portali di informatica più importanti in Italia), ecco la guida di cui hai bisogno per diventare un ……続きを見る

Finishing your book is awesome. Finishing your editing is what makes all the difference. Looking for an editing guidebook that will help you take your work-in-progress to the next level? Look no fur……続きを見る

“Jam-packed with great lessons and invaluable insight, Revise to Write is a resource you’ll use time and again…It’s truly a gem.” - Seattle Book Review Whether you choose the self-publishing route o……続きを見る

The Tongue and Quill Air Force Handbook 33-337 July 2016. United States Air Force Handbook 33-33, The Tongue and Quill has been a valued Air Force resource for decades. This revision is built upon t……続きを見る

Burning to write your novel? And publish it? But don’t know where to start? This book will reveal how to: structure your book develop your characters introduce conflict weave setting and plot toget……続きを見る

As an author, have you been inundated with "rules"? Such as: Don't use dialogue tags, only beats. Avoid passive verbs. Don't use "weasel" words. Avoid adverbs. You're not alone. Authors are often co……続きを見る

Teachers of technical writing are frequently handicapped by a lack of material to back up discussions in the classroom and in textbooks. This title helps to overcome this weakness. 続きを見る

Do your sentences fail to sound the way you want? Are they lackluster, with flat characters and settings? Is your prose full of bad habits and crutches? In The Anatomy of Prose, you’ll discover: + A……続きを見る

Writers are no longer constrained by a narrow, subjective, bottleneck in the river of publication, commandeered by a handful of people determining if our work will ever see the light of day. As indi……続きを見る