Writing Skill Reference
epub |eng | 2013-07-02 | Author:The Harvard Independent [Independent, The Harvard]

COMMENT: Jordana has a cute idea and therein is its limitation. Certainly it shows initiative and a coherent style to present her deviant goldfish is such glowing terms. Alas, it ...
( Category: College Entrance September 22,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1994-02-01 | Author:V. C. Andrews

Unable to hold back, I flared. "We are!" "In your dreams maybe," she countered, and then sauntered to her bedroom. After she entered and closed her door, I went downstairs, ...
( Category: Biographical May 6,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-04-28 | Author:Mignon Fogarty

Week 30 Tuesday Once in a Blue Moon: Clichés Phrases are like furniture: they start out new and wonderful, but over time they become tired and worn. Today’s clichés are ...
( Category: Writing Skill Reference April 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Zen in the Art of Writing (pdf) [Writing, Zen in the Art of]

the trees to seed the blood. I was amused and somewhat astonished at a critic a few years back who wrote an article analyzing Dandelion Wine plus the more realistic ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory April 24,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2012-04-19 | Author:Julia Cameron [Julia Cameron]

Many of us equate difficulty with virtue—and art with fooling around. Hard work is good. A terrible job must be building our moral fiber. Something—a talent for painting, say—that comes ...
( Category: Creativity & Genius April 20,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jonathan Kranz

The big-name, big-budget television advertising you see is so expensive that it’s almost never an option for organizations without millions of dollars to invest in professional production and media placement. ...
( Category: Writing Skill Reference April 7,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-29 | Author:Collingbourne, Huw [Huw Collingbourne]

Note In Ruby 1.9, the instance_variables method returns an array of symbols. In Ruby 1.8, it returns an array of strings. Name Conflicts Module methods (those methods specifically preceded by ...
( Category: Ruby Programming March 31,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Jenny Baranick

10 Mary Ann or Ginger: Punctuation with Quotation Marks The girl next door or the voluptuous vamp? Perky or sexy? Short shorts or plunging neckline? Exclamation point or question mark? ...
( Category: Etymology March 28,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 1975-01-01 | Author:Edward Abbey [Abbey, Edward]

16 Saturday Night in America Time for logistical maneuvering. All agreed (including Doc) that Doc should return to Albuquerque and tend his patients for a while, cash their checks (the ...
( Category: Political March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-08-09 | Author:Gotham Writers' Workshop

Miss Kenton had entered and said from the door: “Mr. Stevens, I have just noticed something outside which puzzles me.” “What is that, Miss Kenton?” “Was it his lordship’s wish ...
( Category: Writing Skill Reference March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-06 | Author:Mary Buckham [Buckham, Mary]

This one paragraph description opening the story shows a lot about the character through how she looks at the Setting. The reader is not introduced to the crime scene as ...
( Category: Creativity March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-03 | Author:Rory Miller [Miller, Rory]

Recap: -Under extreme stress, hormones are pumped into your system -These hormones affect your perception, cognition and motor skills -You can become inured to specific stresses Chapter 8: Unarmed It’s ...
( Category: Violence in Society March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1994-02-25 | Author:Lawrence Block & Sue Grafton [Block, Lawrence & Grafton, Sue]

CHAPTER 24 Opening Remarks ANYONE WHO starves in this country deserves it. Relax. The above is not this author's sociopolitical opinion. It is, rather, the opening sentence of the first ...
( Category: Writing Skill Reference March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-02-05 | Author:Ben Yagoda [Yagoda, Ben]

Music fans of a certain advanced age will recognize these as mangled and ruined versions of the titles of some classic pop songs: “I Only Have Eyes for You,” “God ...
( Category: Puns & Wordplay March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-25 | Author:James Scott Bell [Bell,James Scott]

Chapter 21 REFINE YOUR SETTING SKILL SET * * * BY BRIAN KITELEY * * * What makes the location of a story vivid is what makes it human. Faulkner’s ...
( Category: Movies March 26,2014 )