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Author: Rick Vanes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-11-17
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1136666125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom basic story structure through to advanced scriptwriting, the techniques used by professional writers and journalists are explained in a simple, straightforward and highly-entertaining fashion.
Author: William Froug
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlocks the mysteries of commercially successful screen drama.
Author: Howard S. Becker
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-09-05
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0226040992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables. Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before. Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields. "An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."—Charles Ragin, Northwestern University
Author: David Carroll
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781569248775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of How to Prepare Your Manuscript for a Publisher now presents more essential advice for fiction and nonfiction writers. This invaluable reference offers easy access to stratagems and tried-and-true literary shortcuts that help writers save time, improve style, and avoid common pitfalls.
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2010-04-28
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0307554155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Author: Steve Peha
Publisher: Leverage Factory
Published: 2006-10
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0977300013
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Here's the book that will help you take your writing to the next level"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Cote Smith
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2019-10-08
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1501155652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the creators of the #1 podcast Limetown, an explosive prequel about a teenager who learns of a mysterious research facility where more than three hundred people have disappeared—including her uncle—with clues that become the key to discovering the secrets of this strange town. On a seemingly ordinary day, seventeen-year-old Lia Haddock hears news that will change her life forever: three hundred men, women, and children living at a research facility in Limetown, Tennessee, have disappeared without a trace. Among the missing is Emile Haddock, Lia’s uncle. What happened to the people of Limetown? It’s all anyone can talk about. Except Lia’s parents, who refuse to discuss what might have happened there. They refuse, even, to discuss anything to do with Emile. As a student journalist, Lia begins an investigation that will take her far from her home, discovering clues about Emile’s past that lead to a shocking secret—one with unimaginable implications not only for the people of Limetown, but for Lia and her family. The only problem is…she’s not the only one looking for answers. Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie are first-rate storytellers, in every medium. Critics called their podcast Limetown “creepy and otherworldly” (The New York Times) and “endlessly fun” (Vox), and “readers will have a hard time putting this story down, even as it pulls them deeper into the rabbit hole that is Limetown” (Publishers Weekly). Working with Cote Smith, a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Finalist, they’ve crafted an exhilarating mystery that asks big questions about what we owe to our families and what we owe to ourselves, about loss, discovery, and growth. Threaded throughout is Emile’s story—told in these pages for the first time ever.
Author: John Peck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-07-31
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1137054573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShows students how to make their writing effective and grammatically correct. Organised into mini units and easy to read, it deals with everyday tasks and problems. This second edition adds further guidance on common questions raised by students, for example 'When does one use italics and/or underlining?'
Author: Eric Maisel
Publisher: Tarcher
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA nationally recognized psychotherapist and creativity consultant shows writers how to overcome psychological blocks in order to create with passion, power, and ease.
Author: Pamela Ribon
Publisher: Oni Press
Published: 2018-04-17
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1620104873
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