Résultats pour "The Writer" dans Communication et compétences sociales

This book has no pretension about it whatever -- it is neither a Manual of Rhetoric, expatiating on the dogmas of style, nor a Grammar full of arbitrary rules and exceptions. It is merely an effort to help ordinary, everyday people to express themselves in ordinary, everyday language, in a proper manner.

Do you give presentations at meetings? Do you ever have to explain a complicated subject to audiences unfamiliar with your field? Do you make pitches for ideas or products? Do you want to interest a lecture hall of restless students in subjects that you find fascinating? Then you need this book. Make It Clear explains how to communicate - how to speak and write to get your ideas across.

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.

Learn how to write and give a flawlessly funny speech for any occasion with Emmy-winning comedy writers Carol Leifer and Rick Mitchell. With a foreword by Carol Burnett. Giving a speech about someone is hard. Giving a funny speech that people are actually going to pay attention to is even harder...

Even the best ideas have little value if they are not explained clearly, concisely, and convincingly to others. Scientists, engineers, health care professionals, and technology specialists become leaders in their fields not just by way of discovery, but by communication. In this essential book, two seasoned communication consultants offer specific, focused advice to help professionals develop, improve, and polish their interpersonal communication, writing, and presentation skills.

Ever wish you could peer into the brain of a published author and learn what tips he's absorbed over the years? How often does he blog? And why? And what about those live chats. Do they really sell books? Maybe you'd like to delve into the psychology of writing, and learn how to deal with rejection or how to write effective love scenes. In volume 2 of Write Like the Wind, Lazar offers advice on writing the "dreaded synopsis", "writing on the road", and recording messages to your readers.

Why do some lengthy sentences flow effortlessly while others stumble along? Why are you captivated by the writing of particular authors? How can you craft sentences that reflect your unique outlook on the world?This lively, 24-lecture course introduces you to the myriad ways in which we think about, talk about, and write sentences. Reviving the sentence-oriented approach to studying writing, Professor Landon provides a greater context for what makes sentences great-and how you can apply these methods to your own writing.You'll look at the kernels from which sentences grow-minimal base clauses-and how adding words or phrases creates larger, cumulative sentences that lead toward great writing. You'll explore sentence constructions that make writing more complex and add exciting levels of suspense, and see tactics that create balance and rhythm.Recognizing and appreciating these and other eye-opening aspects of sentences helps you understand the work that goes into creating an effective, pleasurable sentence, which can make you more aware of why particular lines, passages, or phrases in the poems, novels, or articles you read so enchant you.Professor Landon draws abundantly on examples from the work of brilliant writers, including Don DeLillo, Virginia Woolf, Samuel Johnson, and more. With its passionate approach to writing and reading and its indulgence in the sheer joy of language, this journey gives you unique insights into the nature of great writing-and also teaches you how you can achieve some of this greatness yourself.

With more than 200 how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on work, school, and personal life, How to Write Anything covers a wide range of topics that make it an essential guide for the whole family. You want your boss to fund a special project. How can you write a persuasive email that will win his approval? It's time to apply to college. How can you write an essay that will stand out? The mother of one of your co-workers has died. What's the best way to express your condolences?

A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence—from journalist and cultural critic Rachel Syme. Inspired by a famed correspondence handbook penned by a persnickety Victorian who had strong...

Write It Forward is a one-of-a-kind book focusing on you, the author. In Write It Forward, Bob Mayer applies the time-tested strategies of the Green Berets to the world of being a successful author. He has taught thousands of writers over the years, but this new and innovative program probes deeper than words on the page. It is designed to teach writers how to think, plan and become the future best-sellers of the new age of publishing.

Writing is an intensely personal act, yet all writers face similar problems related to focus, procrastination, creativity, and productivity. This book combines the field-tested practices of successful and productive writers with insights from cognitive science. By understanding how your mental processes affect the work, you can master the inner game of writing.

This is a writer's inspiration bundle that is intended to help eliminate writer's block, increase creativity, and improve your creative writing skills.

Your career depends on your ability to express exactly what you mean. Here are the keys to effective communication in both written and face-to-face encounters.

Sie wissen in schwierigen Situationen nicht, was Sie sagen sollen? Am Arbeitsplatz und in Ihrem Privatleben finden Sie es schwer, andere von Ihrer Meinung zu überzeugen? Vor Präsentationen graut es Ihnen und Sie drücken sich lieber davor, vor vielen Menschen eine Rede zu halten? Mit diesem Ratgeber lernen Sie, wie Sie selbstbewusst und überzeugend Ihre Argumente hervorbringen können. Werden Sie mit diesem Buch zu einem Rhetorik-Meister!

This program is read by the author and features an additional meditation album. A new, mindful approach to the writing life In a radical departure from standard advice about creative success, effort, critique, and competition, The Way of the Fearless Writer will show you that there is another...

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel, but Hinze shows you one way - her way - which has helped her write and publish award-winning, bestselling novels, time after time. In this book, she opens her personal toolbox of methods and guides that you can alter to fit your own process to get your novel started, written, tested, and submitted.

The Writer's Conference Guide is designed to help writers reap the benefits from the time and money invested in a writer's conference in order to obtain optimal results. The strategies laid out are taken from our collective experience as authors, presenters, keynote speakers and publishers. Our goal is to help every writer, published and unpublished, make their conference experiences the best they can be and achieve their career goals.

The book would be most useful to students looking to start and finish their thesis or dissertation. Advisors may recommend this book for their students at the early stage of their research project or if they struggle at any stage. The book addresses the big picture of the research journey, and provides advice on how to manage the entire process. I have seen the best students get stuck. All they needed to triumph was a piece of advice.

If you have a calling to write, but you're struggling with writer's block, these guided meditations are for you. Your words will effortlessly flow on the page in no time with these soothing meditations from Hay House authors and spiritual teachers like Kyle Gray and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Learn how...

We all struggle at times to get our message across. This practical manual offers clear, simple methods to help you be understood with ease, whether you are writing or speaking. It supports success in presentations, exams, interviews, workplace interactions, and everyday life. You will learn essential skills such as how to structure your communication, ideas, and sentences; give relevant answers to questions; manage space and pace; support your points with images and convincing facts; and tune in to your audience.