Writing Skills
mobi |eng | 2010-04-09 | Author:Weston, Anthony [Weston, Anthony]

23 Modus tollens A second valid deductive form is modus tollens (“the mode of taking”: take q, take p). If p then q. Not-q. Therefore, not-p. Here “Not-q” simply stands ...
( Category: Writing Skills January 3,2016 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-10-02 | Author:Martha Alderson

Marina’s Triumph has arrived, and she must act wisely and carefully: If she keeps Easter, they will all be killed, and the child will be taken anyway; if she brings ...
( Category: Writing Skills December 12,2015 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-04-26 | Author:Shawn Coyne [Coyne, Shawn]

41 COMMANDMENT NUMBER TWO How does one know when a Story isn’t working? After more than ten thousand hours of publishing books, reading submissions and being pitched both fiction and ...
( Category: Fiction December 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-14 | Author:Dianne Jacob [Jacob, Dianne]

* * * What Kind of Cookbook? If you’re still not sure what kind of cookbook you’d like to write, look through your recipe collection. Do you have more recipes ...
( Category: Writing Skills November 28,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-12 | Author:Venolia, Jan [Venolia, Jan]

DOWNTOWN GYM OPENS Have you ever noticed that people who survive a heart attack suddenly start watching their diet and getting more exercise? There’s a reason: Their bodies have just ...
( Category: Writing Skills November 11,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cathy Birch

Some of the most satisfying endings bring the story full circle, like a piece of music returning to its original key. Good examples are the endings of two of the ...
( Category: Writing Skills October 28,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-31 | Author:Stephen Wilbers [Wilbers, Stephen]

Style without substance accomplishes little. Kurt Vonnegut had this point in mind when he declared in an essay on style, which appeared in Palm Sunday, “Did you ever admire an ...
( Category: Writing Skills October 15,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:Francis-Noël Thomas & Mark Turner [Thomas, Francis-Noël]

Il faut exprimer le vrai pour écrire naturellement, fortement, délicatement. [It is necessary to express what is true in order to write naturally, powerfully, sensitively.] —Jean de La Bruyère, Les ...
( Category: Writing Skills October 12,2015 )
epub, mobi | | 2014-07-10 | Author:Eric Hayot

The rise of the novel, then; or, better, one rise in a history that…[he goes on] (5) A—multiple—rise of the novel. (9) An antipathy between politics and the novel…(12) The ...
( Category: General October 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-27 | Author:James Scott Bell [Bell, James Scott]

Helpful Hints for Plotters and Pantsers If you’re a pantser, pause at any time during your writing and take a short break. Grab a cup of joe or do something ...
( Category: Writing Skills October 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2014-03-04 | Author:Jenny Baranick [Baranick, Jenny]

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: Editing June 18,2015 )
epub |eng | 2007-04-29 | Author:Joanne Kimes & Gary Robert Muschla [Kimes, Joanne & Muschla, Gary Robert]

S LV PA The hikers appeared exhausted. S LV PA PA The puppy is adorable and lovable. You’re doing it again, aren’t you? You’re smacking your- self in the forehead? ...
( Category: Writing Skills June 18,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-10-03 | Author:Mary Buckham [Buckham, Mary]

FIRST DRAFT (using too many hooks): With a hard thud and the stench of blood and entrails scattered over the yard I watched, not even able to scream, as a ...
( Category: Writing Skills June 17,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-04-01 | Author:Larry Smith [Rachel Fershleiser; Larry Smith]

—Gretchen Vitamvas Overjoyed I’m not like my sister. —Elizabeth DeLamater Little German girl, big American world. —Lisa Turner Hope my obituary spells “debonair” correctly. —Gregg Easterbrook Just in: boyfriend’s gay. ...
( Category: Writing Skills June 13,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-06-12 | Author:Jeff Deck [Deck, Jeff]

Then we stopped. LONLEY? asked the chalkboard. YOU GOT A FRIEND IN BOOZE. Josh was the one who’d pointed out the sign. We peered at the specimen, and I felt ...
( Category: Travel June 13,2015 )