Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults

This amusing A-to-Z compendium by a celebrated literary wit outlines common oral and written gaffes. It advocates precision in language, offering correct alternatives to grammatical lapses and inaccurate word choices. Times and usages have changed, rendering Bierce's strict rules inappropriate for modern writers. They remain, however, a timeless source of interest for lovers of language.

 

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Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women - Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance

In 22 essays, romance novelists address why romances are popular. These authors are convincing when they simply write what they think, as when Sandra Brown flatly asserts that romances "are fun--fun to write, fun to read, fun to dissect and discuss." Some more complex arguments, which invite closer scrutiny of their logic, don't always fare as well. For example, Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz maintain that "outsiders tend to be unable to interpret" the language, images and symbols that recur, but only a few pages later they claim that such "codes" are "universally recognized by women."

One of America's most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds can draw practical inspiration.
WRITING TOOLS covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations, and love letters, here are 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools.

 

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Kurt Vonnegut (Great Writers)

The Great Writers series explores the lives of some of the most talked about literary figures of the past half-century. One of the twentieth century's most preeminent novelists, Vonnegut satirically explores the wrongs of humanity, most notably in Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle. Ages 14+

The satirical novelist, Kurt Vonnegut, is the author of such popular works as Cat's Cradle, SlaughterhouseFive, and Timequake.

Write Your Own Tall Tale

Writing tips and activities to help readers become writers of tall tales.
Tall tales are chock-full of heroes whose impossible explots often explain America's landscape. Their incredible adventures will leave you grinning. Some of the larger-than-life characters in these whoppers are based on real people, while others spring forth from the imaginations of writers just like you.