The writer's practice : building confidence in your nonfiction writing / John Warner

By:

Warner, John, 1970-

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2019Description: xiii, 242 pages ; 19 cmISBN:

9780143133155
0143133152

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.02

LOC classification:

PN 145 W282w 2019

Contents:

Getting started -- Before we begin -- Writing experiences -- Questions about this book -- Who are you? (as a writer) -- How do I ...? (instructions) -- The writing process -- Should I ...? (review) -- Reading like a writer -- Who are they? (profiling) -- Making inferences from observations -- Where did you go? (sense memory) -- Bringing the world to the page -- You did what? (adventure report) -- Is it true? Did it really happen? (experience vs. memory) -- What's the right thing to do? (ethical dilemma) -- Titles -- If it isn't true, why do people believe it? (conspiracy theory analysis) -- Who are we? (rhetorical analysis of a commercial) -- Writing is thinking -- What's so funny? (rhetorical analysis of a work of humor) -- What's going to happen? (playing the pundit) -- Why proofreading is so difficult -- What if ...? (alternate history) -- Procrastination -- How's it all going to end? (judging the apocalypse) -- What do they mean? (argument summary and response) -- Huh? Say what? (research translation) -- The perils of "objectivity" -- Why should I trust this? (understanding sources) -- Hey, whaddaya know? (trivia questions and annotated bibliography) -- Is a hot dog a sandwich? (impossible argument) -- Using sources -- You've got to do this! (passion argument) -- Why am I so angry and what can I do about it? (problem/solution argument) -- Version 1: school edition -- Version 2: life edition -- Failure -- What do you want to say? (finding your own argument) -- May I ...? (proposal) -- Make me laugh (jokes) -- Collaboration -- Are you trying to make me angry? (conflict letter) -- How can I help you help me? (solution letter) -- If I knew then what i know now (advice to your former self) -- Feedback -- What should I do? (advice to someone else) -- No, seriously, make me laugh (short imagined monologue) -- Who is this stranger? (profile) -- Who is this special person? (tribute) -- The right word vs. the almost right word (thinking about sentences) -- Who are you now? (as a writer).

Summary: "For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom"--

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Getting started --
Before we begin --
Writing experiences --
Questions about this book --
Who are you? (as a writer) --
How do I ...? (instructions) --
The writing process --
Should I ...? (review) --
Reading like a writer --
Who are they? (profiling) --
Making inferences from observations --
Where did you go? (sense memory) --
Bringing the world to the page --
You did what? (adventure report) --
Is it true? Did it really happen? (experience vs. memory) --
What's the right thing to do? (ethical dilemma) --
Titles --
If it isn't true, why do people believe it? (conspiracy theory analysis) --
Who are we? (rhetorical analysis of a commercial) --
Writing is thinking --
What's so funny? (rhetorical analysis of a work of humor) --
What's going to happen? (playing the pundit) --
Why proofreading is so difficult --
What if ...? (alternate history) --
Procrastination --
How's it all going to end? (judging the apocalypse) --
What do they mean? (argument summary and response) --
Huh? Say what? (research translation) --
The perils of "objectivity" --
Why should I trust this? (understanding sources) --
Hey, whaddaya know? (trivia questions and annotated bibliography) --
Is a hot dog a sandwich? (impossible argument) --
Using sources --
You've got to do this! (passion argument) --
Why am I so angry and what can I do about it? (problem/solution argument) --
Version 1: school edition --
Version 2: life edition --
Failure --
What do you want to say? (finding your own argument) --
May I ...? (proposal) --
Make me laugh (jokes) --
Collaboration --
Are you trying to make me angry? (conflict letter) --
How can I help you help me? (solution letter) --
If I knew then what i know now (advice to your former self) --
Feedback --
What should I do? (advice to someone else) --
No, seriously, make me laugh (short imagined monologue) --
Who is this stranger? (profile) --
Who is this special person? (tribute) --
The right word vs. the almost right word (thinking about sentences) --
Who are you now? (as a writer).

"For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom"--

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