Writing Communication

Kindle publishing doesn't have to mean $50 royalty checks and hours spent updating countless Facebook pages all so that a couple hundred people may or may not grab a free copy of your book. Kindle publishing can actually be the most magical thing of all to writers: the chance to have a lucrative self publishing career doing the thing they love most: writing words down. We couldn't have said any of this 10 years ago.

Writing comes down to turning your hazy mind into crystal-clear words. In this book, you will learn the different types of essays out there, the basics of research and development, use of logical reasoning and critical thinking skills, rough draft creation, editing, proofreading, and building an empire with your words. An essay is a remarkable way to spread your philosophy and grow your brand. Learn the basics of how to effectively write essays in Get to the Point....

This title is laser-focused on making you sound smarter and becoming more respected by using a larger, more sophisticated vocabulary. Simply has systematically excluded words here that did meet this goal - words that are perfectly good in some contexts, but will not make you sound smarter. Included words sound appropriate in conversation, work seamlessly, and will not be interpreted as "show off" words.

Use Your Words introduces the art of creative nonfiction to women who want to give written expression to their lives as mothers. Written by award-winning teacher and writer, Kate Hopper, this book will help women find the heart of their writing, learn to use motherhood as a lens through which to write the world, and turn their motherhood stories into art. Each chapter of Use Your Words focuses on an element of craft and contains a lecture, a published essay, and writing exercises that will serve as jumping-off points for the readers' own writing.

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.

This audiobook covers a 10-step process to plan, practice, and rehearse a presentation on any business topic. You'll review techniques to identify your audience, purpose, and main message. You'll strategize about ways to include all necessary information and eliminate unnecessary details. You'll practice how you'll carry yourself as you speak and also practice asking and answering questions. All the book's techniques can help you build confidence and deliver an engaging, effective presentation.

Susan Anderson's You Write, They Pay gives freelance writers (and wannabe freelance writers) the tools to get their writing careers going and the money rolling in now.

Newspaperman tells the story of how an immigrant's shy son from Queens, New York, rose to the top of his industry, powered by little more than passion, brains, and hard work. Phillips began his career working as a copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune for 16 dollars a week... and ended it as publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent corporation, Dow Jones & Company. The life story of Warren Phillips is the story of the American newspaper business.

Anyone who regularly deals with work-related writing deadlines knows the kind of paralysis that can take over when there's too much to accomplish and not enough time to compose a clear sentence. This indispensable guide reveals the easy, efficient, and confidence-building four-part process for keeping up and being productive—even under tight time constraints and concentration-sapping obstacles.

"A mystery, love story, family saga filled with memorable characters you care about deeply. The author moves between generations with a sure hand, keeping the reader securely grounded in each life and storyline." –Karen Osborne, author of Reckonings Three women of different generations are bound together by history and mystery: Louise Wright, 19th century; her 20th century great-granddaughter, Lou McManus, and Kapi McManus, Lou's teenaged step-granddaughter, each full of conflicts, questions, and contradictions. Two historical storylines run parallel, converging as Lou and Kapi explore ...

Conflict in your writing draws listeners who want to listen to your work. Conflict keeps them listening. With conflict in every paragraph and sentence, you’ll create writing that sells.

Lethal Leadership is a collection of three books which will help you improve your leadership skills so you can better interact with people and create significant changes in your external environment. The world needs more leaders, and this collection will help you tackle the subject of persuasion and power from multiple angles. This bundle includes The Modern-Day Polymath, The Art and Science of Storytelling, and Street Smarts. The field of leadership is constantly changing; the upcoming leader should be dynamic and capable of adapting to the environment.

Storytelling is a fundamental part of being human and it has been at the core of human experience since inception. In fact, neuroscientists have found that our brains are hardwired for creating, sharing, and understanding our world through stories. Everyone relies on words to deliver a message. But there is a difference between talking about your day and the masterful art of storytelling. Whether you work in fiction or nonfiction, a marketer, a freelancer, a novelist, a student, or a teacher. Masterful Storytelling is an invaluable resource for writers of all trades.

This book is a unique inquiry into the history and the ongoing moral significance of mass communication as an idea and social form. Organized around narrative accounts of individuals and their communicative worlds, it strives to refigure mass communication as a concept, illuminate significant but overlooked rhetorical episodes in its history, and call listeners to reconsider their own engagements with it today.

Before you share information, can you separate fact from fiction? Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories is designed to help you authenticate any form of information for possible bias before you use it and/or share it in your network. “A life worth living is a life well led”, as the famous saying goes. We need to take the lead, because inspecting information properly for mental health is one of the biggest challenges of our time.

The case studies and exercises in this audiobook provide you with a valuable road map to effortlessly engage the right readers and achieve the results you want for your reader, your book and yourself. After all the effort you’ve put into your book, don’t stop short of your goal! Learn what it takes to make your book a success.

This exciting new audio book package includes several components that will help you to create better documents: an audio CD packed with information on business writing; a booklet summarizing key points; downloads which include model documents, exercises and a bonus track on writing the minutes of meetings. Effective Business Writing for Success will give you the skills to make a positive impact - no matter what you are writing.

From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24-hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over 40 media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today's citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed.

This book is the creative conception of Sanjay, a teacher, public speaker and memoirist, in collaboration with Megan, a writer and editor who provides advice on the nuts and bolts of writing craft. The book is by no means an exhaustive course in writing. It is a short introduction to each major aspect of the writing process, from the moment it takes your fancy to when you want to share it with the world. Many of the chapters include exercises. They are meant to perform two jobs. Firstly they are meant to help clarify the teaching in each chapter, to make it easier to understand. Secondly ...

Wilber Winkle was called a "national treasure" by no less than TV's Larry King, and his book was dubbed the funniest in decades by American Bookseller. What does Mr. Winkle do? Without fear, he writes letters to the massive corporations responsible for popular consumer products, demanding satisfaction and complaining about even the most minor of flaws. And miraculously, the corporations answer.