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Jared Gardner, Elizabeth Hewitt, Oliver Scheiding - Collected Writings of Charles Brockden Brown

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Jared Gardner (ed.), Elizabeth Hewitt (ed.), Oliver Scheiding (ed.)

Collected Writings of Charles Brockden Brown

2022

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Part III WRITING FOR THE PORT FOLIO (1809–1810) BY CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN S. 511-578

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Jerry Lanson - Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves

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Jerry Lanson

Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves

2010

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Writing Examples S. 173-174

„… 173Many of the writing samples in the pages that follow are my own, in part because this is a book …” „… published)Times-Picayune (New Orleans)USA TodayWall Street JournalWashington PostWriting Examples174 Writing …”

Chapter 2: A Little Jazz S. 9-14

„… takes you. If it means writing, writing, writing, writing, writing—the same word five times in a …” „… to tap your inner creative self and stretch your writ-ing muscles than finding that perfect place to …” „… think.I used to enjoy writing about as much as I enjoyed my older daughter Betsy’s first clarinet recital …”

Notes S. 169-172

„… Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (New York: Anchor Books, 1995), xxvi. 2. William Zinsser …” „… , On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 25th anniversary ed. (New York: Quill, 2001 …” „… ), 49.CHAPTER 2: A LITTLE JAZZ 1. Peter Elbow, Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing …”

Index S. 175-182

„… Arlington National Cemetery, 4The Art and Craft of Feature Writing (Blundell), 45, 59, 62articles, 107“The …” „… Bertrand, Sophie, 101–2, 109–11Best Newspaper Writing 1997 (book), 123Binder, Jan, 63, 70Bird by Bird …” „… Art and Craft of Feature Writing, 45, 59, 62Boets, Philippe, 60bookending, 22–23, 123Boston Globe, 49 …”

Chapter 1: Finding a Place—and Space—to Think S. 1-8

„… friends.Words like “fun” and “reward” can’t mask that writing—even with a drive to the beach thrown in—is …” „… options. I could contemplate my computer keyboard until something struck me (serious writing, any serious …” „… “repetitive stress writing.” It is noninsurable illness, triggered when the brain shuts down and fingers type …”

Preface

„… Writing for Others, Writing for OurselvesROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.Lanham • Boulder …” „… • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UKWriting for Others, Writing for OurselvesTelling Stories in an Age …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataLanson, Jerry. Writing for others, writing for ourselves : telling stories in an age of …”

Chapter 8: Honing the Focus S. 65-72

„… writing.What Stepp calls that “expressible sentence or two” has another name. It is called a focus statement or …” „… 65A strong storyline needs to be concise, arousing, and expressible in a sentence or two.—Writing …” „… about a blocked writer who teaches writing for a living.2. A story about a man who keeps banging into …”

Chapter 3: Culling Life’s Experience S. 15-24

„… castle region west of Provence, I hadn’t planned on writing a thing. But our white-knuckle drive on roads …” „… On Writing Well. “This is the personal transaction that’s at the heart of good nonfiction writing.”1 …” „… succinct, self-disciplined clarity of a well-crafted story. Writing from personal experience can also solve …”

Chapter 13: Organizing Stories S. 119-146

„… injured.Typically, the “road signs” of writing—transitions—start the sentence that follows. Sometimes, they are …” „… transitional words and phrases often used in writing.Place TransitionsThese examples note a change in location …” „… resolved, warns Jon Franklin, in his book Writing for Story. “A story consists of a sequence of actions …”

Chapter 15: Finding a Niche S. 155-164

„… that blogging has opened up new dimensions in her writing. “It’s so freeing and so different.” Kelly …” „… knew she’d need to culti-vate this looser, more personal style in writing a memoir.The changing …” „… reductions in well-paid, freelance work. New forms of writing, often shorter, sassier, interlinked, and …”

Chapter 6: Finding Fresh Stories S. 43-56

„… , trying to do some writing.“I can move it if you want,” my neighbor said. His name is Wei Ziqi, and he had …” „… of self-publishers and the professionally published. Aware that no piece of writing can be any better …” „… is to us?” asks William Blundell, in his book The Art and Craft of Feature Writing. “That’s the nut …”

Chapter 14: No One Gets It Right the First Time S. 147-154

„… president had clearly spent consid-erable time writing—and likely multiple drafts. Good writing demands that …” „… amateurs, whether writ-ing for a high-end magazine or a low-impact personal blog, the chance to redraft is …” „… course.Donald Fry, a scholar and former dean turned journalism writing coach, has defined voice as “the sum of …”

Chapter 11: Six-Word Headlines, Ten-Point Outlines S. 101-112

„… writing came easily. It helped that the weekend re-mained vivid and fresh. But it also helped that the …” „… headlines and simple outlines can go a long way to-ward streamlining the writing process.The rules of …” „… headline writing are simple enough. Headlines should feed off a dynamic or “active” verb and, obviously …”

Chapter 12: Drafting Fast S. 113-118

„… , underline illuminat-ing details, and earmark important facts. That’s when it is time, as writing coach Don …” „… . “For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous,” she writes. “In fact, the only …” „… boldness, creativity, and confidence in writing that has disappeared by the time they get to high school …”

Chapter 7: Reconnaissance S. 57-64

„… merely before they start writing but also before they do their most intense research. The parallel is …” „… Writing Well. “Decide what corner of your subject you’re going to bite off, and be content to cover it …” „… well.”1Identifying and reducing the scale of a writing project begins with the title of this chapter …”

Chapter 5: The Passive Observer at Work S. 35-42

„… writer’s palette that will help color bigger works later on.Before I send my feature-writing students out …” „… , too.)ACTION SHOWS CHARACTERNonfiction writing feeds off of what people do and what those actions say about who …” „… writing muscles. What details show and what merely characterize? Did I choose the right verb? How do I …”

Postscript S. 165-168

„… bring on the resurgence of another lost art in this age of Tweets and Instant Chat: letter writing …” „… visitor at our house. And, of course, I am still writing about her, in blogs that sometimes stay in the …” „… paralyzes my writing process either. She enriches it—along 166 Postscript Postscript 167with my life. I …”

Chapter 10: Bring Back the Breed of the Dog S. 85-100

„… his words must be as honest and accurate as they are dramatic and engaging; that, in writing …” „… the writer can unearth what writing coach Don Fry has called the “gold coins” of reporting, the …” „… , still writing novels and nonfiction about the region’s charms, its cuisine and its people. But Peter …”

Chapter 4: Gathering String S. 25-34

„… clearer. Some writing coaches call this process gathering string.A nonfiction writer’s string can come …” „… , “Why are you here?”Practice is a big part of the craft of observing, research, and writing. The Boston …” „… author writes not of a “donut box” but of a “Krispy Kreme box.” Such specificity anchors writing. It …”

About the Author S. 183

„… department’s first chair from 1999 to 2005. He is the coauthor of two books, Writing and Reporting the News …”

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Andrew P. Johnson

Academic Writing

2016

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I: The Process of Academic Writing S. 1-32

II: Some Particulars of Academic Writing S. 33-68

IV: Using Research in Academic Writing S. 135-168

III: The Mechanics of Style for Academic Writing S. 69-134

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Katharine Ann Jensen

Writing Ambition

2022

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Catherine DePino - Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

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Catherine DePino

Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

2013

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11 Writing Style S. 95-102

„… shine through in my writing?You’ll want to make your writing style uniquely your own, and there are afew …” „… Chapter ElevenWriting StyleWhat It Is and How to Get ItNow that I’m beginning to understand the …” „… nuts and bolts of grammar,I’d like to learn more about writing style. How can I make my individualstyle …”

12 How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan S. 103-110

„… homework assign-ment, timed essay test, or placement exam.If you’re writing a business report, you can use …” „… understand it, but make sure youremember your secret codes. Make your writing legible enough so that youcan …” „… them. If you writethe main points and read what you’re writing aloud, you’ll recall the materialbetter …”

Preface

„… needs a no-hassle review of grammar andpunctuation as it applies to writing.Is English your second …” „… writing.Maybe your sentences are too fat, too skimpy, or you just can’t think ofanything to say when you write …” „… Excuse Me, Your Participle’s Dangling!How to Use Grammar to Make YourWriting Powers SoarCatherine …”

2 How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish S. 11-26

„… ofclauses and four types of sentences to help you produce your best writing?As a bonus, you’ll also find it …” „… depends on the point you’re trying to make in your writing.Sometimes a stark, simple sentence drives your …” „… I can identify different types of sentences, how can I begin touse them in my writing?Think about …”

4 Adjectives and Adverbs S. 31-34

„… words or modifiers, such asadjectives and adverbs. I always thought my writing would look better(more …” „… overused them and said Ineeded to find other ways of making my writing more interesting.Before we discuss …” „… adjectives and adverbs, let’s address your teacher’sconcerns about overusing them in writing. Most writing …”

1 Verbs S. 1-10

„… wouldn’t make sense.Why do grammar gurus say not to use a lot of linking verbs in writing?Whenever you can …” „… stealingswim swam have swum swimmingwrite wrote have written writingAs you look over the past participles of …” „… English in one of twoplaces, a regular class or a remedial writing class sometimes dubbed “Bone-head …”

8 The Rest of the Punctuation Marks S. 59-70

„… writing personality and making it fun to read.Knowing how to punctuate properly will help you whenever you …” „… writing.5960 Chapter 8Example: Today I went to a step-aerobics class for the first time; I’m notsure if …” „… question about italics. I get confused about whether to underlineor to use italics when I’m writing on the …”

9 Agreement Problems S. 71-80

„… toapply it to writing.If you substitute the plural pronoun they for many, you’ll know that youshould use …” „… and sentence fragments thatcan make my writing look bad?Along with run-on sentences and fragments …” „… singular verbs, especially informal writing. Others believe that if you see two nouns in the sentence …”

3 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences S. 27-30

„… master good grammar and writing, you’ll have toswear off sentence fragments and run-on sentences forever …” „… errors like the West Nile Virus.However, sometimes experienced writers use fragments in their writing …” „… run-on sentences? When I’m writ-ing, I sometimes start rambling. I get carried away and don’t knowwhen to …”

Answer Key S. 111-120

„… sen-tence.QUICK QUIZ #5: WRITING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCESExamples of Different Sentence TypesSimple Sentence …” „… offers six months free and renewal at no cost.3. Learning grammar is as important to good writing as …” „… #16: FINE-TUNING YOUR WRITING STYLE1. jargon: After the doctor said to apply the paddles immediately …”

5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers S. 35-42

„… again recognized the passive voice, which you need touse sparingly in writing.Let’s look at one more …” „… wouldn’t be the best tone to use if you were writing a letter ofcomplaint to “Crabby’s Fish Fry” about the …”

10 Words Often Confused S. 81-94

„… grammar, your writing powers willsoar.32. Quiet, quite: Quiet means still or silent, while quite means …” „… not moving. Stationerymeans writing material, mainly paper.Examples:The car remained stationary after …”

About the Author S. 121

„… writing improvement and bully prevention. She also wrote twoupbeat nondenominational prayer books for …”

6 Commas, Part I S. 43-54

„… called paren-thetical expressions. These words tighten up your writing because they helpyou tie ideas …” „… , research papers, and profes-sional reports will mark you as an expert at organizing your writing to makeit …”

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