Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets-and it's a game-changer for anyone who...
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- Auteur:Cron, LisaSommaire:
- Auteur:Gulotta, NicoleSommaire:
This guide for the next generation of writers includes self-care rituals, creativity-generating rhythms, and personalized strategies for embracing your craft no matter what life throws at you.
- Auteur:Batko, AnnSommaire:
Ever stumble when choosing between who and whom, affect and effect, "lay” and "lie?" Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you’re making frequent conversational errors, but...
- Auteur:Kilpatrick, James J., Buckley, William F.Sommaire:
"Writing comes in grades of quality in the fashion of beer and baseball games," says James J. Kilpatrick, "good, better and best." With the experience of a lifetime of writing, he tells us, he wants to make a few...
- Auteur:Abram, DavidSommaire:
For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people but with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including...
- Auteur:Demarinis, RickSommaire:
The Art & Craft of the Short Story explores every key element of short fiction, including story structure and form; creative and believable characters; how to begin and where to end; and the generation of ideas; as well as technical...
- Auteur:George, ElizabethSommaire:
As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful—and prolific—novelists today. In Mastering the Process , George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a...
- Auteur:Smith, TerenceSommaire:
Making Words Dance: Perspectives on Red Smith, Journalism and Writing is a timely and timeless collection of lectures examining both the writer's art and the role of journalism in American culture. Making Words Dance features...
- Auteur:Kidder, TracySommaire:
Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing-about the creation of good prose-and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young...
- Auteur:Harley, HeidiSommaire:
English Words is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective. -accessibly written to give students a command of basic theory, skills in analyzing English...
- Auteur:Everett, Daniel L.Sommaire:
Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the PirahA in 1977-with his wife and three young children-intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way...
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The charismatic movement that began in the first century currently spans the globe. The term "charismatic" refers to the "gifts of the Holy Spirit"—speaking in tongues, healing, prophecy, and discernment—said to be...
- Auteur:Emery, Robert W., Crosby, Harry H.Sommaire:
Do you use the dictionary more than you think you should? Are the business memos you write filled with embarrassing spelling mistakes? Have you received a lot of low grades on your papers because of poor spelling? This easy-to-use book...
- Auteur:Campbell, DiannaSommaire:
Better Sentence Writing in 30 Minutes a Day features clear discussions of rules and strategies for good writing. Concise explanations and an abundance of exercises reinforce the skills necessary for strong written communication. From...
- Auteur:Kreuz, Roger J., Roberts, RichardSommaire:
Richard Roberts draws on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language just as easily as children can if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime.