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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: Rick Vanes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-11-17
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 1136666117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat links Cinderella to Harry Potter? What can The Simpsons teach us about character creation? What is the False Horizon moment? What are the two classic openings and five effective endings of a newspaper story? Aimed at primary and early secondary school teachers, Tricks of the Writer’s Trade uses a simple, straightforward and highly-entertaining method to reveal a myriad of writing approaches, from basic story structure through to advanced scriptwriting, and the techniques used by professional writers and journalists. Covering fiction and non-fiction writing, chapters include guidance on: Story structure Creating characters Persuasive writing Informative writing Scriptwriting Writing techniques By following its step-by-step approach and using the resources and materials provided, teachers can engage their pupils, improve their writing skills dramatically – and have fun while they’re doing it. Writing lessons will never be the same again! Tricks of the Writer’s Trade is an invaluable resource for all Primary Teachers, Key Stage Three English teachers and literacy coordinators as well as PGCE students.
Author: William Froug
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
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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
Publisher:
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: 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: 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: Patrick Tucker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-05
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 0429647735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSecrets of Screen Directing: The Tricks of the Trade is a practical guide which bridges the gap between classroom learning and the realities of being on a set. Author Patrick Tucker uses insights and techniques gained from over 40 years of directing both screen and stage to open up the craft of effectively telling stories, exploring the reality of a directing career with practical day to day solutions and problem-solving methods for working directors. This book addresses the fact that most professional directors spend their careers directing other writers’ scripts, and deals with the practicalities of working on continuing dramas. Following the Director’s mantra of ‘show, not tell’ it contains over 300 illustrations, diagrams, paperwork examples and floor plans, with lists and charts throughout. Covering planning, preparation, and shooting a project, it delves beyond just script construction and into the nuts and bolts of screen directing. Directors at any level are always under huge time constraints, and this book provides immediate and simple solutions to working under such restrictions. This is an ideal resource for filmmaking students and early career directors to refer to when encountering a problem, as well as all those screen enthusiasts, actors and writers, who want to know what directors actually do.
Author: Noah Lukeman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010-02-11
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 0199575282
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Author: Lorenzo D. Phillips
Publisher: Muska & Lipman Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1046
ISBN-13: 9781931841696
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