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Effective communication is the ultimate currency. It *is* the way to trusted relationships, great work and a happy life—and it’s a team sport. All of us play a role.

"How to Publish Your Book: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Published Author." Have you ever dreamed of seeing your name on the cover of a book? The world of self-publishing is no longer reserved for a select few—it’s now more accessible than ever. Whether you’re a first-time writer or a seasoned storyteller, How to Publish Your Book is your ultimate guide to navigating the exciting journey from manuscript to published success. In this easy-to-follow, no-nonsense guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about self-publishing, from crafting your manuscript to launching your ...

Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity, connection, and hope. Each element is explored through short, inspiring, and craft-focused essays, followed by generative writing prompts. Dear Writer provides tools that artists of all experience levels can apply to their own creative practices and carry with them into all genres and all areas of life.

Write outstanding papers using a systematic top-down approachWriting a scientific paper is hard, especially if you want to publish in top journals. It’s even harder if you are a PhD student who is still learning the craft. But don’t worry, this book is here to help! It shows you a straightforward, step-by-step method that makes it easier to turn your hard-earned results into clear and exciting papers, ready for top journals. Instead of dwelling on technicalities, this guide breaks the process down into manageable chunks. How to choose the message of your paper? How to craft its abstract...

Jason Hamilton—overnight YouTube success and practicing fantasy author—introduces The Plot Module, a groundbreaking guide that simplifies novel plotting like never before. This comprehensive 40-chapter roadmap tells you exactly what to include in each chapter, bridging the gaps most story structure books leave behind.

You've poured your heart into writing a book. Now learn how to get it into the hands of readers. You've written a great book. You know it has the potential to change lives. But how do you actually get people to read it? Traditional publishing seems impossible, and the advice for self-published authors feels overwhelming and ineffective. Bestselling author David Kadavy reveals the exact strategies he's used to sell over 100,000 copies of his self-published nonfiction books. Discover the four M's of a book idea that sells. Craft an irresistible sales blurb that converts browsers into buyers. ...

Becoming a great speaker isn’t a natural talent—you can learn to be an influential speaker through physical practice, repetition, and focusing on what matters most to the audience. End Boring is your roadmap to becoming the speaker everyone wants to listen to. Join our mission to End Boring!

When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control. Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation.

There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn't so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants to experience more magic and creativity in their life? That's something that anyone will be inspired to do after listening to Jeff Tweedy's How to Write One Song. Why one song? The idea of becoming a capital-S songwriter can seem daunting, but approached as a focused, self-contained event, the mystery and fear subsides, and songwriting becomes an exciting pursuit.

Who changed the sex of God? This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values.

Do you dream of seeing your book on the best sellers list? Have you written a book but have no idea how to sell it? Do you want to join the ranks of Christian authors whose books truly make an impact? In How to Sell 1,000 Books a Month, award-winning author and book marketing expert Susan Neal reveals proven strategies to dramatically increase your book sales and move you closer to becoming one of the best sellers books in your genre. Whether you're a first-time author or a seasoned writer, this guide is packed with step-by-step tools to help you share your God-given message with thousands ...

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. Now, the co-founders of Axios have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and efficiently using Smart Brevity—think Strunk and White’s Elements of Style for the digital age.

Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren’t just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people consume. They are the all-stars of the entertainment world, comprising the vast majority of popular stories worldwide. That’s why businesses—movie studios, production companies, video game studios, and publishing houses—buy and sell them. Legendary writing teacher John Truby provides a guide to understanding the major genres of the story world.

Unleash the power of natural influence and unshakable presence—even if you've struggled with speaking under pressure your whole life. Do your nerves take over when it's your time to speak? Have you practiced endlessly, attended workshops, or memorized scripts—only to freeze or fall flat when it matters most?

★Add SUSPENSE to any story!! Craft a compelling novel with ease — from start to finish!★ The word suspense is often reserved for the thriller genre, but its power can be seen in all types of fiction — from legal and political fare to crime and noir. In fact, the excitement and exhilaration that suspense brings is an essential tool for every writer’s arsenal — and a surefire way to help your work stand out from the crowd! With this book, you will master the art of... Crafting plot twists and plot reveals Developing unreliable narrators Learning the difference between suspense and...

Literacy Unlocked explores the pivotal role of early literacy instruction in shaping a child's reading development and overall academic success. This book equips listeners with research-backed insights and practical, accessible strategies to implement the science of reading to ensure future generations excel in literacy.

FOR centuries it was thought that oratory was the greatest human achievement, the most perfect expression of personal power. It was long supposed that no other form of self-expression developed a man so thoroughly and so effectively, or unfolded his powers so quickly, as the effort to think upon his feet and to express himself before an audience. But many of the laurels that formerly went to the orator are now going to the writer, and I doubt whether there is any other form of self-expression or of achievement which gives such complete satisfaction as the writer's profession. I know of ...

★Great Dialogue Can Mean the Difference Between a Bestseller and a Bomb!★ Sharpen your storytelling by learning How to Craft Killer Dialogue. Ever wonder what techniques Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino use to master the dialogue for their slick and highly quotable crime stories? Want to create the heart-warming introspection often found in the minds of characters like the ones in books by Judy Blume? Or maybe, you prefer to plumb the depths of layered subtext as powerfully displayed in the works of artists like Toni Morrison? With this comprehensive guide, you will find all those ...

Bienvenidos a "Sabiduría Reversa: Antirefranes en Versos". En este rincón literario peculiar y entretenido, te aventurarás a explorar y desafiar la sabiduría convencional, sumergiéndote en un mundo repleto de humor, ironía y giros inesperados de las palabras, de la mano de los antirefranes. ¿Quién no ha escuchado alguna vez un refrán que, a pesar de estar lleno de consejos sabios, le ha dejado con una sonrisa de incredulidad? ¿Quién no ha anhelado darle un giro, desmontar su lógica o, simplemente, encontrar la risa en su inversión? Aquí, nos adentraremos en el universo de los ...

Joan Didion told us, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” And yet, the story of stories has never been told until now. MIT technology pioneer Kevin Ashton was at the forefront of the digital revolution that led to the invention of the smartphone, the ultimate storytelling device. This latest technology in the long arc of human storytelling allows anyone, for the first time in history, to tell stories to everyone. In The Story of Stories, Ashton tells the untold story of storytelling.