College Writing

After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world.

Tired of having your instructor or boss critique your writing? Timid and shy about writing simply because you’re unsure of your writing abilities? Fear no more…this book will alleviate your worries and provide you with the confidence needed to become a successful writer! Grammar Basics: The Easy Way! details the eight parts of speech as well as the various parts of sentences. Included are the rules, examples of the rules, and exercises specific to each section. Also included are fill-in-the blank, mastery, and comprehension exercises to reinforce understanding of the concepts. This easy...

This expanded audio collection presents William Zinsser's On Writing Well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90-minute section that tells you how to write a memoir.

Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up along Red Dog Road, a dead-end strip of gravel and mud buried deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio. It is the poorest road, in the poorest county, in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse, the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hails from a heathen mix of thieves, moonshiners, drunkards, and general anti-socials that for decades have clung to both the hardscrabble hills and the iron bars of every jail cell in the region. This life, Jimmy Lee believes, is his destiny, someday working with his drunkard father at the sawmill, or sitting next to his arsonist brother in the penitentiary.

Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples, and more, this audiobook provides a clear, stress-free road map to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (a.k.a. The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to is figure out which type is best for you.

Knowing the Language – Knowing how the English language works results in better writing. Sentences are best understood as composed of topic and action rather than the many parts of speech that are usually taught. Knowing the Writing Process – The second section presents a common-sense, proven method to write for college and professionally. Using a six step writing process creates a confident writer whose expression is concise and clear. Effective writing means better grades and successful communication.

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of these pieces have never been seen; others have been read by millions of people around the world. Regardless, each will leave you thinking: This idea changed my life.

This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write well-structured, logical and convincing essays. It is the only guide to essay-writing you will ever need and is ideal for high-school and college students This book provides detailed instructions on the four main essay types: argumentative, expository, descriptive and narrative. “How to Write an Essay: A Beginner’s Guide” explains all the necessary techniques to enable your essay to be a success and achieve top grades.

In How to Write an Excellent Personal Statement, Quincy Washington, an alumnus of the London School of Economics and the Founder of PlaceCoach—a trusted leader for university applications—guides you along each step of the writing process for your college admissions essay. You will benefit from insider knowledge and tips, as well as real-life examples from students’ personal statements and college admissions essays.

Finish The Script! is a screenwriting audiobook for anyone who wants to be a writer. It takes a step-by-step approach and focuses not only on theory but also on the actual writing process. It's a full college course squeezed into audiobook form that will take novice writers from concept through rewrite. Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script! is for any writer looking for that extra push and guidance.

Most high school students never have received any instruction in how to write a personal essay. Yet at a time when getting admitted to their dream college is more competitive than ever, the admissions essay may turn out to be the single most important thing they will ever write. The stakes are high. In Writing Tools for the College Essay, veteran journalist and writing coach Roy Peter Clark shows how any student can showcase their unique achievements, intellect, and attributes to stand out from the crowd.

As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike - not to mention his followers on social media - for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now, he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward.

💡 Want to land an internship that actually sets you up for success instead of fetching coffee and making copies? You’re in college. You know you need an internship. But how do you actually land a high-quality internship—the kind that impresses future employers, builds real skills, and doesn’t make you feel like an unpaid assistant? Welcome to Landing Your Dream Internship, the no-BS, practical guide that breaks down the internship process step by step so you can stop guessing and start getting real results. This isn’t some generic career guide filled with vague advice like “...

Make a Memorable Impression with Your Application Essay! Imagine your essay as a photograph. Now picture a college admissions officer holding your photograph next to two other photos. The problem is, they only have room for one more acceptance. The first photo was taken at a professional studio and shows a well-dressed student candidate neatly sitting on a chair, with a soothing background behind him…very nice. The second photo shows a candidate also sitting, only it’s an out-of-focus, crumbled-up shot taken from a mobile phone. The third photograph is a shot of you holding a paint ...

Standardized tests are tough. You’ve done everything you can to raise your SAT Reading and Writing score, but it won’t budge. Tim Champion can help. He’s an SAT tutor with 20 years of experience teaching the exam to some of the best students in the world. He’s run SAT workshops on three different continents, and he has clients all over the globe who pay him hundreds of dollars an hour for online tutoring. This fully up-to-date version How To Improve Your Reading and Writing Score on the SAT gives you all the secrets of lifting your Reading and Writing score. It offers unique, ...

Are you headed off to college or already in college? Do you want college to be as effortless as possible? Are you averse to writing papers? You need this book! Presented in a tough-love style, this guide book will teach you how to write papers yet keep from overworking or failing out of college. Author Juliana Griffo is straightforward with you and after a decade of freelancing as a tutor and editor, she's seen a huge range of hardworking and hardly working students and wants to give you the best advice to be an excellent student, without it taking over your life.

International best-selling author William Stanek helps you get the edge you need. Whether we like it or not, writing is a part of our every day lives and to get by you need an edge. Enter Effective Writing for Business, College & Life: the down in the trenches writing resource you need to be successful. Use this concise guide to help you: write essays, papers, and dissertations; create reports and presentations; develop articles, stories, and novels; publish online, and CD-ROM.

Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among her Ivy League-obsessed classmates, Nic begins writing their college-admissions essays. But the more essays Nic writes for other people, the less sure she becomes of herself, the kind of person she is, and whether her moral compass even points north anymore.

The study guide has many excellent essays and examples on • Invention and Outline Examples • Analysis of Persuasion in Advertising Example • Field-Based Solutions, arguments and conclusions based on interviews and observations • APA Research Paper • An Argumentative Paper Taking a Position on an Issue (Chicago Manual (CM) Research Paper) • An essay to nominate a film. Why should your chosen film be the one shown? • Critical Book Review.

An action-packed urban fantasy adventure set on the islands of Hawaii! My name is Marcus Aries. In addition to running my martial arts school, I serve as the guardian of the Hawaiian Islands. Basically, I’m the middleman between everyday mortals and the world of the supernatural. A world no one else believes is real. One filled with darkness, danger, and creatures who would happily use my guts for fish bait if given the chance. It’s my job to ensure peace, balance, and, when warranted, justice. My latest case has me investigating the disappearance of a young boy, a child not much older ...