EBOOK: Just Write It!

Author: Greta Solomon
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335246001
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Just Write It! is a writing skills book with a difference. It teaches students to unblock their preconceptions and negative thoughts about writing. This helps them to achieve the marks that they are capable of and to realize their full potential. Authored by a professional writer and writing coach, this book uses a proven method and set of techniques that unlock creativity and teach students to fully articulate their thoughts and tackle any written task. Quizzes, exercises and checklists allow students to assess their current writing behaviour and track their improvement. Students are first introduced to general skills and techniques before learning how to apply these skills to the most common types of writing they are likely to face. This unique book covers topics including: Developing a positive attitude to writing Using objects to kick-start creativity Generating ideas and turning them into arguments Applying your new knowledge to essays, dissertations, reports and articles Writing your way to your dream job "The biggest stumbling block for some students is their writing skills, yet the ability to articulate yourself in writing is vital for success. Just Write It! is a reader-friendly, step by step book, which demystifies academic writing and breaks the process down into bite-sized chunks. It gives great practical advice in simple stages, which guide the reader to developing their writing skills." Vanessa Heaslip, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Bournemouth University, UK "This is a well-designed book to support undergraduates through their university journey. It is user-friendly with its clear, easy to follow structure. This book is a great support mechanism to help undergraduates to achieve. I highly recommend this text - it is an essential resource for undergraduates!" Emma Jackson, University of Worcester, UK

Just Write

Author: Elsie Wilmerding
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838826294
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
A structured approach to creative writing, Just Write guides students through the writing process from initial idea to final edited and published narrative. Models are provided and students are encouraged to be creative.

Bird by Bird

Author: Anne Lamott
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307424987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times). “Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.” —The New York Times Book Review For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Author: Verlyn Klinkenborg
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307279413
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg. Klinkenborg believes that most of our received wisdom about how writing works is not only wrong but an obstacle to our ability to write. In Several Short Sentences About Writing, he sets out to help us unlearn that “wisdom”—about genius, about creativity, about writer’s block, topic sentences, and outline—and understand that writing is just as much about thinking, noticing, and learning what it means to be involved in the act of writing. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. Instead it is a gathering of starting points in a journey toward lively, lucid, satisfying self-expression.

My Maine School Bus Driver

Author: Norma Salway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944386474
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
We all have a favorite teacher, but do you have a favorite bus driver? My Maine School Bus Driver follows Mr. Gosselin as he drives along the roads of a small Maine coastal town. He points out animals on the route, makes a pet of a spider that surprised students and tells jokes to uproarious laughter--or groans. This story of a bus driver on his route will help students realize that drivers are people too and that each of us has a responsibility to help keep the bus and its riders safe.

Just Write

Author: Bill Kirton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134154593
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
This is a basic, short guide that helps students make the transition to writing at college or university as simple as possible, providing them with the basic skills they need to write in an effective academic style. The authors draw on their own work to demystify the academic writing process that many students, in all disciplines, find daunting. By understanding exactly what obstacles students face when approaching writing at university they offer proven advice that is simple, uncomplicated and easily achievable. Clear and accessible, this book gives students step-by-step advice to overcome the main hurdles. It covers: overcoming apprehension – then making sure you know exactly what you are supposed to do planning reading – managing your time and keeping your focus, helping you get the material that needs to be in your work getting organised – you are ready to write the first draft, take a break and finally come back and edit it. Jargon-free, the book helps students at all levels of higher education to write clearly and persuasively, expressing both opinions and findings.

Are You Actually Going To Write A Book Or Just Talk About It?

Author: Brandon Q Scott
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
Have you been meaning to write a book all your life? Do you have a story in your head that won't go away? Well, isn't it about time you did something about that? Written by professional writer, blogger, and televison critic Brandon Scott, this book will not only teach you how to write a book, but also what it really takes to be a writer. Presented in short, actionable instructions and easy-to-read refrences, it'll take you through the steps to not only write one book, but to always be able to write a book. It may not be your fault that you've still not completed your book. There's simply mindset, routines, and learnable skills you've been missing. So, let's change all that. Let's make you an author.

The People & The Idiots

Author: Daniel Hawes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944386221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Growing up in a cult, Daniel Hawes, learned to cope without parents and siblings. His story is achingly sad and yet heroic.

Wild Plants of Maine

Author: Tom Seymour
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781088252901
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

My Storee

Author: Paul Russell
Publisher: EK Books
ISBN: 9781922539106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A young boy has a mind full of wonderful stories but when he writes them down, day after day, they come back covered in red pen after his teachers have corrected his spelling. It seems his dyslexia will always hold him back from sharing his creativity the way he longs to. Then a new teacher arrives at the school! Mr Watson tells magical stories and draws wonderful pictures. He makes his students feel safe. He inspires them to be themselves. He doesn't cover the boy's stories in red pen -- and with this newfound acceptance the boy finally feels comfortable to just write! My Storee is a story of hope and acceptance into a world of literature that can too often seem impossible or difficult for dyslexic children to enter because of the rules that surround it. It highlights the magic and importance of 'story', the ideas and the creativity behind literature that are too often taught out of children through an over-emphasis on teaching them rules, structure and spelling. It is an engaging and creatively designed picture book that provides inspiration and support for reluctant writers and dyslexics, and shows the importance and power of good teachers. It is also the story of Paul Russell, the author, who as a dyslexic boy was inspired to become the writer and teacher he is today because of one teacher who believed in him.