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Writing to Learn

by William Zinsser

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.


Words Perfect

by JANE TOOMBS & Janet Lane Walters

Not everyone has access to a good critique group. If you're on your own and need someone to help polish your manuscript so it shines in the eyes of agents and editors, look no further. Using examples from their...


Webster's New World Punctuation: Simplified and Applied

by Geraldine Woods

Unsure about proper punctuation?   When in doubt, look it up!   THE PRACTICAL, ACCESSIBLE GUIDE TO CORRECT PUNCTUATION   Whether you're writing a business report or a book report, creating an article for...


Break Into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story that Sells

by Mary Buckham & Dianna Love

Getting a book published is hard enough—getting a novel published is doubly so! But a writer seeing his story on bookshelves everywhere is just a rewrite away with this book! Written by two award-winning novelists,...


Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave

by Don McNair

Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing—writing that’s full of extra, misused, and overused words—in this guide to producing sparkling copy...


Good Style: Writing for Science and Technology

by John Kirkman

Good Style explains the tactics that can be used to write technical material in a coherent, readable style. It discusses in detail the choices of vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure and each piece of...


No Experience Necessary Writer's Course

by Scott Edelstein

A unique stress-free approach for anyone who has ever wanted to write.


Random House Guide to Good Writing

by Mitchell Ivers

Clear, concise, effective, THE RANDOM HOUSE GUIDE TO GOOD WRITING is for anyone who wishes to communicate well in writing. Mitchell Ivers shows us how to master the medium and the message with an array of features:...


The Science of Science Fiction Writing

by James Gunn

Written by one of the leading authorities on writing, publishing and teaching science fiction, The Science of Science Fiction Writing offers the opportunity to share in the knowledge James Gunn has acquired...


Web Copy That Sells: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy That Grabs Their Attention and Compels Them to Buy

You Know You're a Writer When

by Adair Lara

You know you're a writer when

. . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.

. . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this."

. . . You accidentally sign...


How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to AvoidThem

by Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda's How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership.

He offers advice on what he calls "not-writing-badly," which consists of the ability, first,...


The Ten Commandments of Comedy

by Gene Perret

Beginning comedy writers and performers may think funny can't be taught, but legendary comedy writer Gene Perret, winner of three Emmy Awards, tells otherwise in this guide to what makes a good joke work. Outlining...


A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple PersonaIity Disorder

by Michael Tierno

An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide.

Long considered the bible for storytellers, Aristotle's Poetics is a fixture of college courses on everything from...


Aliens & Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms

by Schmidt Stanley

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Stanley Schmidt guides you toward a better understanding of our universe to create beings...


Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method

by Stuart Horwitz

The first draft is the easy part...

In Blueprint Your Bestseller, Stuart Horwitz offers a step-by-step process for revising your manuscript that has helped bestselling authors get from first draft to final...


Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir

by William Zinsser

In this perfect companion for anyone beguiled by memoirs or embarking on writing one, nine distinguished authors -- Russell Baker, Jill Ker Conway, Annie Dillard, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alfred...


Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

by Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd

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,...


Student's Guide to Writing Dissertations and Theses in Tourism Studies and Related Disciplines

by Tim Coles, David Timothy Duval & Gareth Shaw

Around the world every year very many students have to complete dissertations or theses as part of their undergraduate or masters studies in tourism and related subjects. Often this substantial piece of self-directed...


179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers

by Peter Selgin

Looking for ways to fix your novel? Or: Is your fiction writing in peril?

Based on real advice gleaned from thousands of writing critiques, 179 Ways to Save a Novel is more than a collection of ideas for troubleshooting...