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By: Roy Peter Clark
Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartA special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark’s bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools.
Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America’s most influential writing teacher, whittled- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 10, 2008
- ISBN10: 0316014990
- Language: English
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By: Moore, Dinty W.
Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartAward winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to “the pursuit of mental rabbits”–a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy … [more below]
- Author: Moore, Dinty W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 08 2010
- ISBN10: 1582977968
- Language: English
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By: Sword, Helen
The Writer’s Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose
$30.00PaperbackRead moreDo your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer’s Diet is for you It’s a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost y… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Sword, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 02 2016
- ISBN10: 022635198X
- Language: English
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By: Farnsworth, Ward
Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cart“I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (pr teritio). Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it – and as only he could have written it (symploce). Buy it and r
- Series: Farnsworth’s Classical English #1
- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 28 2016
- ISBN10: 1567925529
- Language: English
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By: Clark, Roy Peter
Help! for Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story’s too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer’s block is rearing its ugly head.
In Help! For Writers,- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0316126705
- Language: English
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By: May, Debra Hart
Everyday Letters for Busy People: Hundreds of Samples You Can Adapt at a Moment’s Notice
$24.95PaperbackRead moreHere are hundreds of tips, techniques, and samples that will help you create the perfect letter (or e-mail!) no matter what the occasion or circumstance, no matter how little time you have.A phone cal… [more below]
- Author: May, Debra Hart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 15 2003
- ISBN10: 1564147126
- Language: English
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By: Walpole, Jane
Understanding Written Grammar
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartUnderstanding Written Grammar is a concise survey of the essential grammar needed by anyone who writes for whatever reason — and by anyone who must write right It’s a book designed for both the cove… [more below]
- Author: Walpole, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0966512561
- Language: English
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By: Bruce Kaplan
Editing Made Easy: Simple Rules for Effective Writing
$9.95PaperbackRead moreAs the title states, this book is designed to be easy to use for all writers. It offers straightforward, practical guidelines for editing, without getting into the weeds of advanced English grammar. Y
- Author: Kaplan, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0942679369
- Language: English
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By: Clark, Roy Peter
The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartRoy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.
Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Pet- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0316282146
- Language: English
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By: Schneider, Pat
Writing Alone and with Others
$23.99PaperbackAdd to cartFor more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds–the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silence… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 019516573X
- Language: English
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By: Barzun, Jacques
Simple & Direct
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartA fter a lifetime of writing and editing prose, Jacques Barzun has set down his view of the best ways to improve one’s style. His discussions of diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revisi
- Author: Barzun, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 18 2001
- ISBN10: 60937238
- Language: English
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By: Casagrande, June
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences
$15.00PaperbackAdd to cartIn this wickedly humorous manual, language columnist June Casagrande uses grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great–and other sentences suck.
Great writing isn’t born, it’s b- Author: Casagrande, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 158008740X
- Language: English
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By: Johnson, Charles
The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Charles Johnson–a National Book Award winner, Professor Emeritus at University of Washington, and one of America’s preeminent scholars on literature and race–comes an instructive, inspiring gui… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1501147226
- Language: English
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By: Williams, Dave
Sin Boldly!: Dr. Dave’s Guide to Writing the College Paper
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartCheeky, original, and decidedly practical, this guide to effective writing is perfect for anyone who wants to hone their communication skills — college-bound or in the working world.
Jammed with sa- Author: Williams, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: August 11 2004
- ISBN10: 0465091598
- Language: English
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The Lively Art of Writing: Words, Sentences, Style and Technique–An Essential Guide to One of Todays Most Necessary Skills
$9.99Mass Market PaperboundAdd to cartAn essential refernce for writers–both new and experienced–that will help improve your writing skills and style and help you say exactly what you want to say.
Students, teachers, businessmen, aspiri- Author: Payne, Lucile Vaughan
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 1969
- ISBN10: 0451627121
- Language: English
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By: Bernays, Anne
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartWhat If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction.
With more than twenty-
- Author: Bernays, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 20 1991
- ISBN10: 0062720066
- Language: English
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By: Das, Kavita
Craft and Conscience: How to Write about Social Issues
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe first major book for writers to more effectively engage with complex socio-political issues–a critical first step in creating social change
Writers are witnesses and scribes to society’s conscien- Author: Das, Kavita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0807046493
- Language: English
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By: Clark, Roy Peter
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartAmerica’s most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In How to Write Short, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 0316204323
- Language: English
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By: Rosalie Maggio
How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation
$25.00PaperbackAdd to cartFor anyone who has ever searched for the right word at a crucial moment, the revised third edition of this bestselling guide offers a smart and succinct way to say everything
One million copies sold- Author: Maggio, Rosalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0735204373
- Language: English
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By: Provost, Gary
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Updated): Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power
$10.99Mass Market PaperboundAdd to cartThe classic text on writing well, now refreshed and updated–an essential text for writers of all ages.
This is the one guide that anyone who writes–whether student, businessperson, or professional w- Author: Provost, Gary
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1984803689
- Language: English

















