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-- Writer's guide to character expressionc2012, [Publisher not identified] Call No: LITERATURE & LANGUAGE NF ACK Edition: First print edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers helping writersSummary Note: "One of the biggest problem areas for writers is conveying emotion to the reader in a unique, compelling way. When showing our characters' feelings, we often grab onto the first idea that comes to mind, and our characters end up smiling, shrugging, nodding, and frowning far too much. Need some inspiration to get you beyond the basics? Inside The Emotion Thesaurus, you'll find: 75 emotion entires that list body language, thoughts, and visceral responses for each, a breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome them, body language and action cues that address both acute and suppressed forms of emotion, suggestions for each emotion that cover a range of intensity, from mild to extreme, 75 description tips on emotion, dialogue, characters, and setting."--
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-- Ultimate writing guide for students2011., St. Martin's Griffin Call No: HI-INT 428.2 FOG Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: For beginners to advanced students, this warm and witty guide to writing includes a writing style chapter and a guide to writing everything from school papers to letters to e-mails.
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c2010., Ten Speed Press Call No: 808 CAS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Offers advice on writing effective sentences, discussing conjunctions, phrases, clauses, word choice, adverbs, participles, antecedents, and more.
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c2003., Sleeping Bear Press Call No: ENF 398.92 Bre Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an illustrated collection of rhymes based on quirky expressions adults use that may not always be understood by children, such as "You're the apple of my eye," or "Reach for the stars," and includes an explanation of each saying.
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2013., JADD Publishing Edition: First print edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers helping writers.
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By Cron, Lisa2016., Ten Speed Press Call No: LAN005000 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page one rewrite. The prevailing wisdom in the writing community is that there are just two ways around this problem: pantsing (winging it) and plotting (focusing on the external plot). Story coach Lisa Cron has spent her career discovering why these these methods don't work and coming up with a powerful alternative, based on the science behind what our brains are wired to crave in every story we read (and it's not what you think). In Story Genuis Cron takes you, step-by-step, through the creation of a novel from the first glimmer of an idea, to a complete multilayered blueprint--including fully realized scenes--that evolves into a first draft with the authority, richness, and command of a riveting sixth or seventh draft"--
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2010., W.W. Norton & Co Call No: PROF 808 .042 GRAFF Edition: 2nd ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said to set up one's own argument. The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing. The Second Edition includes a new chapter on reading that shows students how to read for the larger conversation and two new chapters on the moves that matter in the sciences and social sciences.
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c2009., W.W. Norton Call No: 428.2 GRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A guide to effective academic writing, featuring thirty-one readings from a wide range of sources that serve as sources and models for students' own writing, and including study questions.
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By Cron, Lisac2012., Ten Speed Press Call No: LITERATURE & LANGUAGE NF CRO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This guide reveals how writers can take advantage of the brain's hard-wired responses to story to captivate their readers' minds through each plot element"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Illustrated guide to creating imaginative fictionÃ2013., Abrams Image Call No: WRITERS NF VAN Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also exploits the visual nature of genre culture and employs . . . drawings, maps, renderings, and visualizations to stimulate creative thinking. On top of all that, the book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, and Karen Joy Fowler. For the fifth anniversary of the original publication, Jeff VanderMeer has added an additional 50 pages of diagrams, illustrations, and writing exercises creating [a] . . . volume of . . . advice that is also an . . . inspiring object"--Provided by publisher.
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2010., Routledge Call No: Pro 808.04 Wri Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Summary Note: Presents advice for writing center professionals on gaining insight and skills needed for tutoring writing students and facilitate the function of the center.
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2012., Juvenile, Rosen Central Call No: 808 NOL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Write like a proSummary Note: A book on composition for children, including organizing, revising, and proofreading and editing.
