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CAPTURE YOUR CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AS THE YEARS PASS
Journal once a year. Shape the story of your life.
It is hard to remember how your thoughts on kissing, marriage,
pets, health, education, and other topics have changed over the
years. And the memories surrounding your first experiences grow dim
over time ... unless you record them.
This journal poses the same series of questions each year, allowing
you to record milestones, beliefs, and emotions at each stage of
your life. Imagine your smile as you look back and compare your
perceptions and views at each age.
Become the author of a unique story-your own
A RECORDED ACCOUNT OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES
Most journals demand too much time. Have you ever bought a journal
only to have it sit untouched in your nightstand? By summarizing
your entire life, in just a few hours each year, journaling remains
a treasured pleasure instead of another tedious task.
If you dream of writing your memoir some day, but aren't quite sure
how to get started...this journal is for you.
Give the gift of detailed memories to yourself or a loved one.
Life is a marvelous adventure and worth remembering every moment.
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest,
down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was
first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling
novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she's learned over
years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wise and immensely
helpful, this is the book for all serious writers and
writers-to-be.
This book is designed to help you achieve one specific goal. It's
not designed to give you the philosophies of conducting research.
It's not designed to give you a background in a specific academic
discipline or a specific topic. It's not designed to give you
theory. It's designed specifically to instruct you in the
practicalities of the writing process used to create strong,
thorough, and potentially bulletproof literature reviews. This book
is the culmination of years of research experience. It's also the
culmination of several years of teaching writing and critical
thinking to doctoral students. Although it began as a tool for
doctoral students, it has been expanded to be useful for everyone
from senior high school students through doctoral candidates
working on developing their first literature review or a larger
literature review than they normally develop. It has been created
for everyone from academics to new business entrepreneurs with good
ideas who are trying to write their first reviews to support the
new idea they're proposing.
Learn the craft of writing a high-quality, high-mark university
essay with this step-by-step guide. Suitable for all students -
from making the transition to university study that much easier to
refining your technique for the final year - this accessible and
concise book leads you through the complete essay-writing process
in five straightforward steps. The book is packed with best
practice tips, common student mistakes (and how to avoid them!),
and practical templates that have been designed to help you write
your university essays. You will discover new techniques for
deconstructing essay questions, like GALA; a complete Harvard
Referencing catalogue, showing you how to properly record sources
and references; and a generic essay template to help you cover
everything necessary for those top marks. Once you read this book,
you will never have to ask the following questions - because you
will know the answers: * What is this question asking me to do? *
How should I structure my essay? * What goes in an Introduction? *
How do I write a meaningful paragraph? * How do I cite a source
properly? * What is 'background information'? * How do I evaluate
someone's work? * What goes in a Conclusion? * How do I create a
reference list? * What do I do with feedback?
This comprehensive guide to writing journal articles addresses all
the stages and recurring challenges, from targeting a journal to
dealing with reviewer feedback. Drawing on many years of running
'Writing for Publication' workshops, Murray explores not only style
and structure but also behaviours and emotions. As a key component
of both research courses and careers, this timely text also
addresses the struggle to make time for high quality academic
writing and how to ensure a writing-life balance. Examining a
variety of approaches, relevant to many different academic
disciplines, this core text demystifies and defines writing
practices and makes this form of high-stakes academic writing seem
manageable. Writing for journals has never been more competitive,
and writers, researchers, practitioners and students need expert
guidance on productive practices and ways of maintaining focus and
motivation, which Murray provides. This latest edition is
completely updated and more relevant than ever for clinicians,
practitioners and students. "This book was already a classic, but
the update makes it even more useful. From finding time to write,
doing a short literature review and identifying scam journals,
Rowena Murray provides an excellent, concise and accessible
companion for writing academic journal papers, which is appropriate
for both students and working academics." Associate Professor Inger
Mewburn, Director of Research Training, The Australian National
University, Australia "Rowena Murray has approached publishing in a
journal with scientific rigour. Following this book's
recommendations will make it impossible to find a convincing excuse
for failure to publish. She herself writes with a high level of
artisanal skill; this book is fast paced, stylish and highly
readable. Her own extensive experience in supporting journal
article writers tempers this book with the credibility of a
seasoned veteran. Best of all, there is a wealth of wisdom here-in
advising on how to publish, Murray is also advising on how to live
a satisfying life as a writer." Associate Professor Susan Carter,
University of Auckland, New Zealand "In Writing for Academic
Journals (4th edition), Rowena Murray's voice is direct,
down-to-earth and wise. Drawing on a depth of practical experience
as both published author and writing teacher, she conveys the
message that, yes, publishing in academic journals is demanding,
but it's also very possible. And that once you are successful,
there is still much to be learned from reading books like this one
and hanging out with others in writing groups and workshops. To
that end, the book is a trove of tips and techniques helpful to all
who pursue the challenging craft of (good) academic writing."
Barbara Grant, Associate Professor in the School of Critical
Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand,
and author of Academic writing retreats: A facilitator's uide
The definitive research paper guide, Writing Research Papers
combines a traditional and practical approach to the research
process with the latest information on electronic research and
presentation. This market-leading text provides students with
step-by-step guidance through the research writing process, from
selecting and narrowing a topic to formatting the finished
document. Writing Research Papers backs up its instruction with the
most complete array of samples of any writing guide of this nature.
The text continues its extremely thorough and accurate coverage of
citation styles for a wide variety of disciplines. The fourteenth
edition maintains Lester's successful approach while bringing new
writing and documentation updates to assist the student researcher
in keeping pace with electronic sources.
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