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Mastering the Craft of Writing

How to Write With Clarity, Emphasis, and Style

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Mastering the Craft of Writing

How to Write With Clarity, Emphasis, and Style

By: Stephen Wilbers

Make Every Word Memorable! To be remembered for your words, you need to write with skill and style. Whether you're crafting a novel, composing an e-mail, or creating a technical report, Mastering the Craft of Writing presents 52 practical techniques to improve your prose. Spend a week with each technique, or use this book as a go-to reference. Either way, you'll have the tools to enliven your writing and delight your readers. • Write with economy: Eliminate wordiness, use strong verbs to drive your sentences, and don't trust modifiers. • Write with emphasis: Use punctuation for effect, structure sentences and paragraphs for coherency and flow, and employ repetition to make your point. • Write with distinction: Use your imagination to create the unexpected, add a light-hearted touch to your writing, and go beyond clarity to eloquence and grace. With exercises, entertaining asides, and a wealth of useful information, Mastering the Craft of Writing is an invaluable resource for any writer. Once you master these techniques, you'll want to use them in everything you write.

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Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Mastering the Elements of Composition and Revision

By: Stephen Wilbers,Faith Sullivan

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Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Mastering the Elements of Composition and Revision

By: Stephen Wilbers,Faith Sullivan

Transform your writing! If you're ready to empower your writing but are unsure of where to start, let Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded show you the way. Award-winning author and veteran writing coach Stephen Wilbers provides invaluable instruction on every aspect of the craft, from word choice and sentence structure to organization and revision. In this edition, you'll find: • Self-assessments to strengthen your sentences and paragraphs, evaluate your goals, and approach your writing with confidence. • Practical and easy-to-understand techniques for utilizing economy, precision, action, music, and personality. • Helpful tips and techniques for the writing process, including advice on prewriting, drafting, revising, and proofreading. • Exercises, checklists, and more to refine your writing skills. For more than a decade, Keys to Great Writing has helped writers of all experience levels infuse their work with clarity, grace, and style. With the revised and expanded edition at your fingertips, you'll have the tools to invigorate your prose and develop a unique and effective voice.

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Mastering the Craft of Writing

How to Write With Clarity, Emphasis, and Style

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Writing and Speaking with Confidence

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Writing and Speaking with Confidence

By: Stephen Wilbers

Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders Explore this insightful guide to the development of persuasive leadership skills perfect for students and managers in technical fields Many technical managers receive little or no training in the persuasive arts. Though technically skilled, they often lack the ability to engage effectively with an audiences outside their field. Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence delivers a thorough treatment of how to connect with audiences whose knowledge, values, personal experiences, ethnic background, gender, and worldview may differ from their own. Written in a highly readable and entertaining style, this book goes beyond the scope of a standard textbook on persuasive communication. Its practical lessons illustrate the techniques of effective scientific and technical writing while emphasizing values-based leadership for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world, a theme that seems particularly pertinent during these times of multiple crises, misinformation campaigns, and science denial. The distinguished speaker and author explores the broader importance of language and explains various techniques for expanding your expressive range and your professional influence. He will also teach you methods for conveying information clearly and precisely as well as in ways that inspire and leave a lasting impression. You will also benefit from: A thorough introduction to knowing and connecting with your audience, using voice, tone, and point of view for results, and engaging your reader with compelling openings An exploration of explaining complex technologies clearly, succeeding with challenging writing assignments, and applying a variety of persuasive strategies for agile responses to a rapidly changing world An examination of speaking effectively while thinking on your feet, including how to create a safety net and how to recover from momentary lapses Easy-to-remember guidance on avoiding common language errors that might undermine your credibility or, worse yet, make people stop listening to you Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in scientific and technical fields such as engineering, geology, botany, climatology, and epidemiology, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence will earn a place in the libraries of technical managers and leaders who seek to better connect with their audiences.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119573254

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9781119573258

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness

A Sawbill Log

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness

A Sawbill Log

By: Stephen Wilbers

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness: A Sawbill Log continues the story of wilderness canoeing begun in A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time, this time offering historical information about black bear attacks on humans, loon calls and behaviors, lightning strikes on the waters, the experience of a woman going into labor while canoeing with her husband, the sighting of spectacular northern lights, and reflections on the wilderness experience. All the while Wilbers reflects on experiences canoeing with his family. As in the first book, quotes from some of Minnesotas well known wilderness authors appear throughout the manuscript.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614236240

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A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

By: Stephen Wilbers

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A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

By: Stephen Wilbers

Teasing out the history of a place celebrated for timelessness--where countless paddle strokes have disappeared into clear waters--requires a sure and attentive hand. Stephen Wilbers's account reaches back to the glaciers that first carved out the Boundary Waters and to the original inhabitants, as well as to generations of wilderness explorers, both past and present. He does so without losing the personal relationship built through a lifetime of pilgrimages (anchored by almost three decades of trips with his father). This story captures the untold broader narrative of the region, as well as a thousand different details sure to be recognized by fellow pilgrims, like the grinding rhythm of a long portage or the loon call that slips into that last moment before sleep.

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1625841892

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A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

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The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor

By: James P. Delgado,Terry Kerby,Stephen Price,Maximilian D. Cremer,Hans K. Van Tilburg,Ole Varmer,Russell Matthews

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The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor

By: James P. Delgado,Terry Kerby,Stephen Price,Maximilian D. Cremer,Hans K. Van Tilburg,Ole Varmer,Russell Matthews

In the pre-dawn darkness of December 7, 1941, five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines surfaced off the coast of Oahu. Secured to the decks of these vessels were secret weapons to be deployed for the first time in modern warfare: two-man midget submarines, intended to enter Pearl Harbor without being detected and torpedo the US Navy battleships lying at anchor there. None of them would return from their mission. “One of the last remaining and persistent mysteries of the Pearl Harbor attack is that of the Japanese Midget Submarines. It is a fascinating story of innovation, courage, secrets, and failed expectations. And it is not only a story of the morning hours of December 7, but of the years before to develop these weapons and the years after, where they were deployed in the great Pacific War and how they fared as weapons of war.” These words by Daniel J. Basta, from the foreword of this work, capture both the essence and the impact of The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor. James P. Delgado and his coauthors have worked on the story of these incredible craft for decades. They combed the records of the US Navy and the recollections of its veterans as well as Japanese, Australian, and British archives in order to uncover the truth. They have logged hours of direct observation and research on the midget subs in their final resting places, in some cases more than 1,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific. And in the end, they have woven a tapestry of scholarship, historical sleuthing, scientific insight, and good storytelling that will enthrall specialists and history enthusiasts alike.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623494672

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Perspectives on User Innovation

By: Stephen Flowers,Flis Henwood

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Perspectives on User Innovation

By: Stephen Flowers,Flis Henwood

There has been a dramatic shift towards more open forms of innovation. Drawing on practice-based insights, together with theoretical approaches developed in innovation studies & science & technology studies, this book brings together a collection of recent work that examines key aspects of this model of innovation.

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World Scientific

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1848166990

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Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Mastering the Elements of Composition and Revision

By: Stephen Wilbers,Faith Sullivan

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Keys to Great Writing

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Keys to Great Writing

By: Stephen Wilbers

Keys to Great Writing Empower your writing! Keys to Great Writing covers every aspect of the craft, showing you how to develop a writer's voice that is unique, precise, and effective. From grammar rules to revision strategies, you'll find the crucial information you need in short, easy-to-browse sections that enable you to hone your own signature writing approach. No more wading through dry style manuals. No more guesswork. Just clear, proven guidance, including: Four Myths of Great Writing The Elements of Style Checklist The Elements of Composition Checklist The Four-Step Writing Process Glossary of Grammatical Terms Proofreading Checklist Four Common Errors in Word Choice (and How to Avoid Them) Five Ways to Bring Music to Your Writing Fourteen Techniques to Eliminate Wordiness And much more! Keys to Great Writing is like having your own desktop writing coach. Use it, learn from it, and give the voice to the great writer within you.

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Writer's Digest Books

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1582974926

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Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Mastering the Elements of Composition and Revision

By: Stephen Wilbers,Faith Sullivan

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Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Writing and Speaking with Confidence

By: Stephen Wilbers

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Mastering the Craft of Writing

Mastering the Craft of Writing

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Mastering the Craft of Writing

Mastering the Craft of Writing

Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness

A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time

The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor

The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor

Perspectives on User Innovation

Perspectives on User Innovation

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Keys to Great Writing

Keys to Great Writing

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded

Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders

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