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Whether you want to make writing your career or just want to know how to improve your writing so that you can pass your college courses , there is plenty of reading material out there to help you get inspired and hone your skills. Here’s a collection of titles that will instruct you on just about every aspect of writing, from the basics of grammar to marketing your completed novel, with some incredibly helpful tips from well-known writers themselves as well. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers: You can improve the quality of your writing by adding a mythical quality to them with advice and insight from this book. Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler: Whether you agree with the ideas in this book or not, you’ll find it a useful and informative read for writing. Word Painting: A Guide to Write More Descriptively by Rebecca McClanahan: Get some pointers that will help you make your settings and characters come alive from this book.
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Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction
from Locus Magazine, January 2009 We know that our readers are distracted and sometimes even overwhelmed by the myriad distractions that lie one click away on the Internet, but of course writers face the same glorious problem: the delirious world of information and communication and community that lurks behind your screen, one alt-tab away from your word-processor. The single worst piece of writing advice I ever got was to stay away from the Internet because it would only waste my time and wouldn't help my writing. This advice was wrong creatively, professionally, artistically, and personally, but I know where the writer who doled it out was coming from.
Image ◊ Good Letters: The IMAGE Blog ◊ Thank You, Kay Ryan
By Lindsey Crittenden Every Sunday afternoon, our local public radio station airs an interview with one of “the most celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers of our day”—to quote the station PR. Yesterday it was Kay Ryan, and I thought Who ?Welcome to the Addictionary! The word of the day is Screwanation . noun , The Geithner Process of quantitative easing; unraveling and loss of national sovereignty; the act of tightening the belt on the global... more >> Have something to say? Doesn't matter where you post comments on the Addictionary, it's sure to end up here.
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Robotic Project - This project is exemplifies 21st century learning in the science classroom using robotics as a medium for creativity, higher order thinking, problem solving, trouble shooting, programming, etc. The project was initially piloted with 7th grade general science students in at Cary Academy. Visit the project Wiki to see details on this project!
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