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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition by American Psychological Association Synopsis The style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, this updated "Publication Manual" provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life by Dinty W. Moore Publisher Comments One need not be a Buddhist, of course, to be mindful and alert. In fact, seeing how often non-Buddhist writers offer advice that seems entirely compatible to what I encounter in my Buddhist studies reinforces all that I have come to believe about the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots by William Wallace Cook Publisher Comments A classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cooks Plotto is one writers personal method, painstakingly diagrammed for the benefit of others. The theory itself may be simple — "Purpose opposed by Obstacle yields Conflict" — but Cook takes his... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg Publisher Comments For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) by Mla Publisher Comments The seventh edition is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to research and writing in the online environment. It provides an authoritative update of MLA documentation style for use in student writing, including simplified guidelines for citing works... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White and Maira Kalman Staff Pick The classic bible of grammar and clear writing, illustrated with the delightful art of Maira Kalman. A must-have and a great gift.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Description: World Into Word (Art Of...) by Mark Doty Publisher Comments “It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see,” Mark Doty begins. “But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Poetic Line by James Longenbach Publisher Comments James Longenbach is the author of three poetry collections, including Draft of a Letter; five works of criticism, including The Resistance to Poetry, as well as numerous essays and reviews. He is Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English at the... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser Publisher Comments On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pocket Wadsworth Handbook (5TH 12 Edition) by Laurie G. Kirszner Publisher Comments This fifth edition of THE POCKET WADSWORTH HANDBOOK provides up-to-date, realistic advice for today's digital-age students. You will find it clearly written, thorough, easy to navigate, and indispensable for use in college courses and beyond.... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Spiral
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It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences by June Casagrande Publisher Comments Great writing isn’t born, it’s built—sentence by sentence. But too many writers—and writing guides—overlook this most important unit. The result? Manuscripts that will never be published and writing careers that will never... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Everything's an Argument by Andrea A Lunsford Publisher Comments This best-selling brief text shows students how to analyze all kinds of arguments — not just essays and editorials, but clothes, cars, ads, and Web site designs — and then how to use what they learn to write their own effective... (read more) List Price $53.25 Your price: $32.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Naked, Drunk, and Writing: Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay by Adair Lara Publisher Comments The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped. &#... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Plot (88 Edition) by Ansen Dibell Publisher Comments There are ways to create, fix, steer and discover plots - ways which, over a writing life, you'd eventually puzzle out for yourself, writes Ansen Dibell. They aren't laws. They're an array of choices, things to try, once you've put a name to the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers by University of Chicago Press Publisher Comments Long regarded as the essential reference for authors, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers in any field, the new fifteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been revised and updated with current style and... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction by Dinty W Moore Publisher Comments Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to the pursuit of mental rabbits--a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Writer's Presence: A Pool of Readings by Donald McQuade Publisher Comments The readings in The Writers Presence are selected exclusively for the quality of the writing. Editors Donald McQuade of the University of California, Berkeley, and Robert Atwan, Series Editor of The Best American Essays scoured hundreds of essays in... (read more) List Price $71.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Self-editing for Fiction Writers (2ND 04 Edition) by Renni Browne Publisher Comments "A superb tutorial for anyone wanting to learn from pros how to polish fiction writing with panache."--"Library Journal."... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir by William Zinsser Publisher Comments An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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