The Authentic Swing

The Authentic Swing

Author: Steven Pressfield

Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1936891077

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The Story Behind THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE If you've read his books THE WAR OF ART and TURNING PRO, you know that for thirty years Steven Pressfield (GATES OF FIRE, THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break through? Ignoring just about every rule of commercial book publishing, Pressfield's "first" novel not only became a major bestseller (over 250,000 copies sold), it was adapted into a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron. Where did he get the idea? What magical something did THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE have that his previous manuscripts lacked? Why did Pressfield decide to write a novel when he already had a well established screenwriting career? How does writing a publishable novel really work? Taking a page from John Steinbeck's classic JOURNAL OF A NOVEL, Steven Pressfield offers answers for these and scores of other practical writing questions in THE AUTHENTIC SWING.


Penguin Writers' Guides: How to Write Better English

Penguin Writers' Guides: How to Write Better English

Author: Robert Allen

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-06-30

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0141941359

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The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. This essential guide covers the key rules - and pitfalls - of written and spoken grammar. It covers such areas as: the building blocks of language, common errors and misconceptions, choosing the right level of expression, differences between British and American English, and political correctness. It also discusses various uses of language, from creative writing, CVs and reports to verbal presentations, and business and personal letters, with many useful suggestions for accurate and fluent English.


How to Write Effective Business English

How to Write Effective Business English

Author: Fiona Talbot

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2009-09-03

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 074945847X

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How to Write Effective Business English gives guidance to both native and non-native English speakers on how to express yourself clearly and concisely. With case studies and real-life examples that demonstrate how English is used internationally in business, and full of ideas to help you get your communications right first time, How to Write Effective Business English sets the scene for describing the benefits of good Business English, ideal for multinational companies where communication is a priority. For native English speakers, it may mean un-learning things you were taught at school and learning how to save time by getting to the point more quickly in emails; for elementary to immediate English speakers, it focuses on the areas that are easy to get wrong. How to Write Effective Business English draws on the author's wealth of experience, using real-life international business scenarios to develop your skills and provide you with some answers that even your boss might not know. You will learn a system to help you quickly and easily write emails, letters, CVs and more. Featuring sections on punctuation and grammar, and checklists to help you assess how you are getting on before moving on to the next stage, How to Write Business English has been praised by both native and non-native writers of English as an indispensable resource.


Advanced English Writing Skills

Advanced English Writing Skills

Author: Marc Roche

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-12-24

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781650277165

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Advanced English Writing Skills: Masterclass for English Language Learners How to Write Effectively in English & Write with Confidence: How to Write Essays, Summaries, Emails, Letters, Articles & ReviewsThis English writing practice book for adults is an advanced writing workbook for students of English as a second language and for native speakers who need a little extra practice. The techniques and exercises in this book have helped thousands of students worldwide to quickly achieve high levels of written proficiency English. If you do the exercises and apply the techniques in this book, they will work for you too. Advanced English Writing: A Masterclass for Language Learners is a fully comprehensive self-study advanced English writing book designed for language learners who need to achieve the highest possible level of proficiency in English writing and grammar. Advanced English Writing: A Masterclass for Language Learners shows English students how to organize and structure an answer for all types of English writing situations. You will be guided step-by-step through the process in order to achieve optimal efficiency in real life situations where written communication vital. All activities in this book have been developed and thoroughly tested in the English classroom, by professional English writing instructors with years of experience. This book quickly develops your fluency and confidence to produce high quality pieces of writing in English and contains specialized grammar exercises for each unit, showing you how to incorporate a wide range of grammatical tools into your writing.


Write in Style

Write in Style

Author: Richard Palmer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1136742492

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Write in Style is aimed at all for whom clarity and accuracy of expression are important skills. All the main styles and grammaticalrules are covered, their sense axplained and vivid examples given of how not to write. Plenty of sound and meticulous advice is offered in a friendly and enthusiastic toneand a large part of the book covers specific types of writing, from essays and articles to minutes and reportage. The many illustrations, examples and exercises throughout help the reader put into practice the techniques and skillds the book explores.


Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition

Author: Renni Browne

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0062012908

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Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript. Each point is illustrated with examples, many drawn from the hundreds of books Browne and King have edited.


When English Language Learners Write

When English Language Learners Write

Author: Katharine Davies Samway

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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She documents the ways they think, the products of their learning, and their progress as writers.


You Can Write Better English

You Can Write Better English

Author: Barry Kalb

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789881946010

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Barry Kalb's work with hundreds of Chinese from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia has given him an insight into the problems native Chinese speakers encounter when trying to write English. This book is an easy-to-follow guide to correcting these problems.