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Speechwriting
- Great speeches by African Americans : Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, Jr., and others / edited by James Daley - PS 663 .N4 G74 2006
- Lincoln's greatest speech : the second inaugural / Ronald C. White, Jr. - E 457.94 2006
- You are what you speak : grammar grouches, language laws, and the politics of identity / Robert Lane Greene - P140.G74 2011
Style Guides
- Associated Press stylebook 2015 and briefing on media law / edited by David Minthorn, Sally Jacobsen, Paula Froke - PN4783.A83 2015
- MLA handbook for writers of research papers / Joseph Gibaldi - LB 2369 .M52 2016
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association / American Psychological Association - REF BF 76.7 .P83 2010
- Rules for writers / Diana Hacker - PE 1408 .H277 2016
- The Chicago manual of style / University of Chicago Press Staff - Z 253 .U69 2017
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
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