Writing Skills
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Academic Phrasebank: An academic writing resource for students and researchers
First published online by the University of Manchester in 2004, the Academic Phrasebank is an invaluable writing resource for university students and researchers. It makes available many thousands of commonly used phrases found in academic and scientific writing. The phrases are organised and presented according to the major sections and subsections of a university thesis or dissertation. Research shows that the Academic Phrasebank can be helpful to experienced academic writers as well as those who are new to university studies. It essentially demystifies the process of writing at this level. This Amazon paperback edition is an enhanced version of the University of Manchester website, providing many hundreds of additional phrases.Read more
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Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets A Novelist Can Learn From Actors
EDITION 2: Revised and with new added material, gathered through 13 years of teaching these concepts at writers conferences.
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Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting Into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method Acting theory that theater professionals have used for decades, this in-depth guide explains seven characterization techniques and adapts them for the novelist’s use. You’ll discover concepts that will lead you to understand and communicate the motivation and psychology of all your characters.These highly effective techniques will help you:
~ create characters whose distinctive traits become plot components
~ determine each character’s specific objectives and motivations
~ write natural, meaningful dialogue that moves the story forward
~ endow your characters with three-dimensional emotional lives
~ use character motivation to bring action sequences to exuberant life
~ write convincingly about any character facing any circumstance
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Learn Chinese Radicals: Writing Practice Book
This is a book for students new to the writing and reading of Chinese characters.A list of the 214 standard Chinese radicals and their variants is provided (both Traditional and Simplifed Chinese characters).Every radical is provided with its:• Pinyin pronunciation,• Meaning in English,• Number of strokes.A page spread consists of 12 radicals provided in the left column and 16 writing boxes per row to practice in.Each radical can be written 16 times, across two pages.Blank pages are provided for copying.Read more
£6.30