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In Make Writing, everyone's favorite education blogger and writing coach, Angela Stockman, turns teaching strategies and practice upside down. She spills you out of your chair, shreds your lined paper, and launches you and your writer's workshop into the maker space! Who even knew this was possible?
This book is a guide for teachers to help remedy problems that many young writers face when they confront empty screens and pages. It provides guidance to those who are ready to transform their writing groups and classrooms into communities that invite unconventional approaches and celebrate writers who invent their own, and assists in pursuing outcomes in ways that support writers in their writing.
Would you like to make a living with your writing? This book will show you how. I spent 13 years working as a cubicle slave in the corporate world, then I started writing books and blogging, using my words to create products and attract readers. In September 2011, I left my day job to become a full-time author entrepreneur. You can do it too.
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Presents step-by-step strategies for writing a book that makes a difference in the minds and hearts of your readers. By analysing techniques used by classic and contemporary writers, Gerard demonstrates how to make a powerful connection with readers.
This text teaches freelance writers how to break into previously attainable markets by eschewing the old way of doing things. It explains that freelancers can negotiate for more money and better terms, without risking their careers.
A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes of Henry Kissinger. He's even been knighted for his services to journalism. In Do I Make Myself Clear?, he brings his indispensable insight to us all in his definite guide to writing well. The right words are oxygen to our ideas, but the digital era, with all of its TTYL, LMK, and WTF, has been cutting off that oxygen flow. The compulsion to be precise has vanished from our culture, and in writing of every kind we see a trend towards more -- more speed and more information but far less clarity. Evans provides practical examples of how editing and rewriting can make for better communication, even in the digital age. Do I Make Myself Clear? is an essential text, and one that will provide every writer an editor at his shoulder.
How would you like to become the next John Gray or Mark Victor Hansen? The enormously successful authors of the bestselling "Mars and Venus and "Chicken Soup for the Soul books weren't always so famous or prosperous. Just like you, they once only "dreamed of making it to the top. How they--and 58 other bestselling writers--made it big is revealed inside, along with the tips you'll need to make it onto the bestseller lists. You'll learn the secrets to: - Turning a good idea into a bestselling book - Writing book proposals that will reel in the big advances - Finding--and keeping--the right agent - Discovering the best promotional possibilities for you and your book - And much, much more! "People always ask me for advice on how to get their books published successfully. Now I can refer them to "You Can Make It Big Writing Books--one of the best reference books on this subject."--Nelson Demille, author of "The General's Daughter "Don't even think about writing a book until you read this. Jeff Herman tells it like it is in today's publishing world."--Arielle Ford, publicist and author "Conveys what it takes to become a bestselling author: the discipline, the perseverance, the knowledge, and the passion."--John Gray, author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus About the Author Jeff Herman is the owner of the Jeff Herman Literary Agency, one of New York's leading agencies for writers. He frequently speaks to writer's groups and conferences on the topic of getting published and can be reached at /www.jeffherman.com
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense of all these buzzwords? In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications. Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn how to use and operate them more effectively Make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools Navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity Understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built Peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures
Multimodal composition is a meaningful and critical way for students to tell their stories, make good arguments, and share their expertise in today’s world. In this helpful resource, writer, teacher, and best-selling author Angela Stockman illustrates the importance of making writing a multimodal endeavor in 6-12 workshops by providing peeks into the classrooms she teaches within. Chapters address what multimodal composition is, how to situate it in a writing workshop that is responsive to the unique needs of writers, how to handle curriculum design and assessment, and how to plan instruction. The appendices offer tangible tools and resources that will help you implement and sustain this work in your own classroom. Ideal for teachers of grades 6-12, literacy coaches, and curriculum leaders, this book will help you and your students reimagine what a workshop can be when the writers within it produce far more than written words.
