Spellbinding Sentences
Writer's Digest Books (Verlag)
978-1-59963-915-4 (ISBN)
Great writing requires more than an original idea, compelling characters, or a scintillating plot. An author needs all of these to be successful, but writing--and writing well--also demands an entirely different skill set.
Spellbinding Sentences arms you with the tools you need to master the power of the English language. In this book, you'll learn the different qualities of words and the many ways those words can be combined to create sentences that hook readers. You'll emulate sentences from your favorite writers, practice proven techniques, and develop your skills one step at a time. The result? Your ability to craft excellent sentences will become second nature--and those sentences will hold your readers spellbound, page after page.
"Barbara Baig's Spellbinding Sentences is a tribute to the pleasure and vitality of the English language. Never prescriptive and always clear, this enlightening book is sure to help all those wishing to add grace and strength to their writing." --Jane Brox, award-winning author of Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, one of TIME magazine's top ten nonfiction books of 2010
"Spellbinding Sentences is sophisticated and down-to-earth at the same time. Barbara Baig has distilled decades of experience into this wise book." --Edward Dolnick, New York Times best-selling author of The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
Barbara Baig is a writer whose passion is teaching writing. She's been helping adults and college students learn to write since 1984: at Harvard Divinity School, for over two decades; at Lesley University, The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and Boston College; and online at www.WhereWritersLearn.com. She now teaches in Lesley University's MFA Program in Creative Writing, and gives creative writing workshops for The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, The Cambridge Writers' Conference, The Cobscook Bay Learning Center, The Bangor Book Festival, and public libraries in eastern Maine and New Brunswick. Though she has an M.A. in Writing and has taught hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students, Barbara is a working writer, not an academic, having written articles, radio scripts (for the Public Radio International program Sound & Spirit), award-winning songs and poems, stories, and a wide variety of public relations materials. Barbara's first book, How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play (Writer's Digest, 2010) has sold more than 9,000 copies.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.8.2015 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 214 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59963-915-7 / 1599639157 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59963-915-4 / 9781599639154 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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