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Mango Languages is an American online language-learning website and mobile app based in Farmington Hills, Michigan for academic institutions, libraries, corporations, government agencies, and individuals.
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Through forty-three personal essays, Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing brings together insights from writers and publishers across Canada on the practices that fuel their work, and invites readers to join the conversation through a series of engaging writing prompts. The essays collected here include strategies for pre-writing, writing and revision, as well as thoughts on the writing life and the world of writing. Resonance is for...
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The author of On Writing Well presents stories and advice on the writing process from Frank McCourt, Annie Dillard, and many more. For anyone who enjoys reading memoirs-or is thinking about writing one-this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors: Russell Baker, Jill Ker Conway, Annie Dillard, Ian Frazier, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alfred Kazin, Frank McCourt, Toni Morrison, and Eileen Simpson.
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This writer's lexicon focuses on developing compelling characters, settings and replacing the ordinary with the brilliant.This one of a kind writer's tool is a must have for those who are busy with work, family and social lives, who just want to write and not have to stop to scout every inch of their brain, and for those with writer's block.This book includes:- The ultimate recipe for creating compelling characters- Over 100 character traits and their...
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"A splendid book for journalists (new or old), fiction writers, essayists, and critics. But it could also be of great use to the intelligent common reader, the man or woman who wonders why it's impossible to finish reading certain stories and why others carry the reader in a vivid rush to the end."
-Pete Hamill, author of A Drinking Life
In the spirit of Strunk and White's classic The Elements of Style, comes The Elements of Story, by Francis...
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Article Writing - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Write Content, How to Write Non-Fiction and How to Write Sales Copy
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HOW TO WRITE CONTENT:
7 Easy Steps to Master Content Writing, Article Writing, Web Content Marketing & Blog Writing.
YOU'LL LEARN:
• How to determine your audience
• How to develop a purpose
• How to assign purpose to each paragraph
• How to develop main ideas
• How to write an effective conclusion
• How...
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This is a practical-and encouraging-how-to book from a long-time teacher of personal and family history writing. Katie Funk Wiebe helps beginning memoir writers get started collecting the stories of their lives. She gives hints for recalling distant memories and tracking down family heirlooms. This is a serious but accessible resource for undertaking your personal or family history writing. In these pages, you'll find:
Tips on writing,
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Forty-seven multi-published Christian writers share what happened to the first novel they attempted to write . . . and why some of those books never made their way to bookstore shelves. Read these stories and be encouraged--everyone starts with a blank page or computer screen!
Contributors include Hannah Alexander, Tamera Alexander, Mesu Andrews, James Scott Bell, Lori Benton, Heidi Chiavaroli, Mindy Starns Clark, Colleen Coble, James Coggins,...
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Many who attempt NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNoWriMo succeed. Many more do not. Those who don't, often lack a support structure - at least one person to cheer them on as they attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. "Write That Book in 30 Days" was written with those people in mind. It's a book of 30 daily readings that will inspire writers to hit their daily word count. Each daily reading includes an inspirational quote that will speak directly to where...
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Learn the secret of how to write the heart of your story! This writing skills book, full of fiction writing technique, is like no other. Some novelists write with the goal of becoming a best seller, hoping for wealth and fame. Some just want to write novels that earn them a steady income so they can feed their families and pay their bills. Some write to express their creativity and don't care if anyone ever reads their books. Then there are the other...
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Have you always wanted to write a book? If so, this is the book for you, a simple process used by longtime writer Mike Reuther for finding that creativity deep within you. Learn how to write fast and get a book published in no time at all - no matter what it is you are writing. A book for beginning writers, but also experienced authors looking for a better way to write that novel, memoir, biography or any other book. Reuther, the author of more than...
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¿Cómo hacer un colgante de madera y resina, un completo tutorial sobre cómo hacer un colgante de madera rota con resina epoxi entre las partes. Dentro de ésta guía paso a paso aprenderá todo lo que necesita saber para hacer exactamente el mismo proceso en su tienda y disfrutar.
Colgante De Resina y Madera Rota
El diseño de madera roto con resina epoxi es un aspecto nuevo e interesante. Carpinteros y fabricantes de joyas creativas están tomando...
12) Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles-MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More
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“Cite Right” is the perfect guide for anyone who needs to learn a new citation style or who needs an easy reference to Chicago, MLA, APA, AMA, and other styles. Each chapter serves as a quick guide that introduces the basics of a style, explains who might use it, and then presents an abundance of examples.
This edition includes updates reflecting the most recent editions of “The Chicago Manual of Style” and “The MLA Handbook”. With this...
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Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea.
O'Shea charmed readers with her elegant and witty For the Love of Letters. Now, in Note to Self, she's back to guide us through the fun, effective, and revelatory process of...
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Fiction Writing - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Write Fiction, How to Write a Screenplay and How to Edit Writing
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HOW TO WRITE FICTION:
7 Easy Steps to Master Fiction Writing, Novel Writing, Writing a Book & Short Story Writing.
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• The logistics of each element of fiction writing (character development, plot development, setting, point of view, theme, style, and voice)
• Common fiction writing mistakes to...
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The 7 Deadly Sins (of Writing) takes a whimsical approach to correcting common "pitfalls of prose" that any writer can use to grow in their craft. Borrowing an idea from the Middle Ages, the book likens each of the seven Deadly Don'ts to the Seven Deadly Sins-and flips each one on its head so the reader can take away a Divine Do instead. As a veteran book editor, the author shares the most common mistakes she sees writers make and how they can avoid...
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With clarity and wit, preacher and writer Sondra Willobee explores the joyful process of crafting effective sermons. Gathering the strategies of good writers, Willobee shows how to capture and keep listeners' attention, how to generate suspense through structure, and how to increase impact with vivid language. In addition, Willobee offers examples, exercises, and reflections that help turn each chapter into a preaching workshop. The result is a book...
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For authors of sweet romance, erotic romance, and eroticaIf you've struggled to find the right tone for your romantic sex scene, stared at the computer for 15 minutes trying to come up with the perfect verb, become stymied because some terms are too crude while others are too flowery, or found yourself reusing the same words over and over, Naughty Words for Nice Writers, A Sexual and Spanking Thesaurus can help you break through those barriers. Cara...
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Are you having a hard time getting started with your novel? Stuck on how to get started? Do you wonder how to write a novel while you're also busy with other commitments? Do you wonder how to find time to write? 7 Essential Keys to Planning Your Novel: Story Preparation for Pantsers is designed for the writer with a life, and for the writer who likes writing by the seat of their pants, but wants a little bit of direction. In this book, you'll uncover:Short...
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A major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch's sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore-a book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to over and over.
Hirsch has delved deeply into the poetic traditions of the world, returning with an inclusive, international compendium. Moving gracefully from the bards of ancient...
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A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement that continues to stand as a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Here, The Essential Poet's Glossary gleans the very best from that extraordinary volume.
"An instant classic that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious poet and literature student."-Washington Post
Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets Edward Hirsch has compiled poetic terms spanning centuries and continents,...
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