Berger’s slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing is a gift to linguistically-stressed academics. Author of 60 published books, the author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. He has suggestions for getting the “turgid” out of turgid academic prose and offers suggestions on how to best structure various forms of documents for effective communication. Written in Berger’s friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.

Drawing on writing research, the book takes into account recent developments such as the increasing diversity of the student body, the use of the Internet, electronic tuition and issues surrounding globalisation.

Becoming an Academic Writer helps you gain control over writing and publishing, master specific aspects of academic writing, and improve your productivity. Patricia Goodson′s book offers weekly exercises and tools to achieve these goals. The exercises are grounded in a theoretically-sound and empirically-based mode comprising a set of behavioural principles (e.g., writing regularly, separating generating from editing) and specific practices (weekly exercises) which ensure success. Based on the work of writing theoretician Peter Elbow, the empirical research done by Robert Boice (and others) on writing productivity of college professors, and the research into the practice patterns of elite performers (such as Olympic athletes), the principles and practices have been developed and tested over time. Inside you′ll find: Exercises tailored to specific segments of academic papers and reports Tips for ESL Writers boxes, providing additional support. This book uniquely combines these successful principles with a set of original exercises applicable to the writing needs of academics as well as students.

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With its unique focus on source-based writing and writing across the curriculum,The Academic Writer's Handbookcontains all the features of a traditional handbook combined with the tools you need in order to read, write, and conduct research in the disciplines. It contains up-to-the-minute coverage of documentation styles and reflects the 2008MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishingupdates.

"Have you ever wanted to write a book but didn't even know how to begin?"--Back cover.

You're a non-fiction writer right? Do you ever feel there's something missing in your books? Maybe they lack structure. Perhaps you struggle to deliver your message with clarity. Or possibly, finding the best format for your books is a challenge. Whatever it is, somehow your books need a spice injection; something to turn them from ordinary into extraordinary. Non-fiction Writing Essentials: A Writer's Toolkit, can kick-start your creativity and get you back on track with solid, proven writing techniques. Aimed at the beginning and intermediate writer, Non-fiction Writing Essentials will have you writing with a reader-centred approach, establishing clear writing goals, while engaging your readers more than ever. This book is written by an Amazon best-selling author who's an academic with 20 years' lecturing experience at university level. Written in an easy-going style, it covers his personal tips and techniques for crafting clear and well-structured written content, including: + Writing with Outcomes + Using 'top-down' planning + The power of the summary + Using the TODS and SEE methods + Simple approaches for writing with clarity + Formatting, layout and visual themes...and much more. What are you waiting for? Take the leap, get the book, and invest in your writing future.

With its unique focus on source-based writing and writing across the curriculum, The Academic Writer’s Handbook contains all the features of a traditional handbook combined with the tools students need in order to read, write, and conduct research in the disciplines.

A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools. Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of fifty short essays on different aspects of writing. In the past decade, Writing Tools has become a classic guidebook for novices and experts alike and remains one of the best loved books on writing available. Organized into four sections, "Nuts and Bolts," "Special Effects," "Blueprints for Stories," and "Useful Habits," Writing Tools is infused with more than 200 examples from journalism and literature. This new edition includes five brand new, never-before-shared tools. Accessible, entertaining, inspiring, and above all, useful for every type of writer, from high school student to novelist, Writing Tools is essential reading.