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Writing & Communication

Authorship

GENERAL

  • 2015 writer's market / Robert Lee Brewer, editor - PN161.W83 2014
  • The practical writer : from inspiration to publication / edited by Therese Eiben and Mary Gannon - PN 137 .P73 2004
  • The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century! / Steven Pinker- PE1421.P56 2014
  • Wrestling with your angels : a spiritual journey to great writing / Janet O. Hagberg - PE 145 .H27 1995
  • Writing as a road to self-discovery / Barry Lane - PN151 .L36 1997
  • Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within / Natalie Goldberg - PN 145 .G64 2005

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

  • Memory & narrative : the weave of life-writing / James Olney - CT 25 .O43 1998
  • Turning memories into memoirs : a handbook for writing lifestories / Denis Ledoux - PN 145 L4 1993
  • Writing for your life : a guide and companion to the inner worlds / Deena Metzge - CT 25 .M48 1992
  • Writing the memoir / Judith Barrington -  CT 25 .B285 2002
  • Your life as story : discovering the "new autobiography" and writing memoir as literature / Tristine Rainer - CT 25 .R34 1998

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

  • The art of writing for children : skills and techniques of the craft / Connie C. Epstein - PN147.5 E67 1991
  • Writing with pictures : how to write and illustrate children's books / Uri Shulevitz - PN 147.5.S58 1985

COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS

  • Making comics : storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels / Scott McCloud - PN 6710 .M3325 2006

FICTION

  • Field guide to writing flash fiction : tips from editors, teachers, and writers in the field / edited by Tara L. Masih PN3373.F53 20
  • From where you dream : the process of writing fiction / Robert Olen Butler - PN3355.B88 2005
  • So you want to write : how to master the craft of writing fiction and memoir / Marge Piercy and Ira Wood - PN 3355 .P54 2005

NONFICTION

  • A short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet - N 7476 .B37 2008
  • A short guide to writing about biology / Jan A. Pechenik - QH 304 .P43 2007
  • How to write mathematics / Norman E. Steenrod - QA41.H6
  • Keeping a nature journal : discover a whole new way of seeing the world around you / Clare Walker Leslie & Charles E. Roth - QH 81 .L595 2000
  • Works and lives : the anthropologist as author / Clifford Geertz - GN 307.7 .G44 1988
  • Writing about literature / Edgar V. Roberts - PE1479.C7R59 2012
  • Writing naturally : a down-to-earth guide to nature writing / David Petersen - QH 14 .P48 2001
  • Writing nonfiction : turning thoughts into books / Dan Poynter - PN 147 .P67 2000

SCREENPLAYS

  • Writing the screenplay : TV and film / Alan A. Armer - PN1996.A74 2002
  • Writing the TV drama series : how to succeed as a professional writer in TV / by Pamela Douglas - PN1992.7.D68 2011

Writers on Writing

  • Bird by bird : some instructions on writing and life / Anne Lamott - PN 147 .L315 1995
  • Master class : lessons from leading writers / Nancy Bunge - PN 147 .B798 2005
  • On writing : a memoir of the craft / Stephen King - PS 3561 .I483 Z475 2001b
  • The Paris review : Interviews / with an introduction by Philip Gourevitch - PS 225 .P26 2006
  • The sound on the page : style and voice in writing / Ben Yagoda - PE 1421 .Y34 2004
  • The very telling : conversations with American writers / Sarah Anne Johnson - PS 129 .V49 2006
  • Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, eighth series / edited by George Plimpton - PN 453 .W739 1998b
  • Writers on comics scriptwriting / [compiled by] Mark Salisbury - PN 6710 .W75 1999
  • Writers on writing / edited by Robert Pack, Jay Parini - PN 165 .W684 1991
  • Writing environments / edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Christopher J. Keller - PN 145 .W754 2005
  • Writing natural history : dialogues with authors : Barry Lopez and Edward O. Wilson, Robert Finch and Terry Tempest Williams, Gary Paul Nabhan and Ann Zwinger, Paul Brooks and Edward Lueders / edited by Edward Lueders - QH 14 .W75 1993

Journalism / Media

  • 5 years of great writing in Time : 1923-2008 / edited by Christopher Porterfield - PN 4726 .A16 2008
  • All the news that's fit to sell : how the market transforms information into news / James T. Hamilton - PN4888.T4H355 2006
  • Community journalism : relentlessly local / Jock Lauterer - PN 4784 .C73 L28 2006
  • Infamous scribblers : the founding fathers and the rowdy beginnings of American journalism /   - PN4861.B87 2007
  • Newswriting exercises / Ken Metzler - PN 4781.M46 1981
  • Page one : inside the New York Times and the future of journalism / edited by David Folkenflik - PN4867.2.F655 2011
  • Telling the story : the convergence of print, broadcast and online media / the Missouri Group, Brian S. Brooks - P96.A86T45 2013
  • The elements of journalism : what newspeople should know and the public should expect / Bill Kovach & Tom Rosenstiel - PN 4756 .K67 2001

Presentations (Tips for Presenters)

  • Presentation zen : simple ideas on presentation design and delivery / Garr Reynolds - T 385 .R4874 2008
  • The exceptional presenter : a proven formula to open up! and own the room / Timothy J. Koegel - HF 5718.22 .K64 2007
  • The Wall Street journal guide to information graphics : the dos and don'ts of presenting data, facts, and figures / Dona M. Wong - HF5718.22.W65 2010

Argument & Persuasion

  • Critical thinking, reading, and writing : a brief guide to argument / Sylvan Barnet - PE1431.C75 2014
  • Everything's an argument / Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz - PE1431.L86 2013
  • Language intelligence : lessons on persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga / Joseph J. Romm - P301.5.P47R66 2012
  • Teaching arguments : rhetorical comprehension, critique, and response / Jennifer Fletcher - P301.5.P47F54 2015
  • The imaginative argument : a practical manifesto for writers / Frank L. Cioffi - PE 1433 .C56 2005