Improving the quality of your writing starts with rethinking your assumptions and developing healthier writing habits. This book will help you do both.

Become a Better Writer: How to Write with Clarity and Simplicity is a practical guide for those who wish to write more clearly and concisely. Drawing on their extensive experience as writers and editors, the authors discuss tools and tips for making your writing accessible and meaningful to your target audience.

The book is readable and engaging, covering different kinds of writing (including reports, essays, emails, novels and speeches) across a wide range of subjects. The examples discussed are derived from real-world material and are particularly relevant to the African context. The book will be especially useful to writers of non-fiction.

A guide to writing good dissertations. The approach is both practical and sensible.

The entire dissertation process is broken down into manageable pieces. What to do, when to do it, the sense behind doing it, and how to do it efficiently are explained in a clear and easily understood way.

Checklists and online support are included:

• Strategies for success before researching or writing;
• manage the dissertation project;
• structure the dissertation;
• find a doable topic and identify an appropriate problem in it;
• do effective preliminary and detailed research;
• write proposals that work;
• plan and write the 'big five' - introduction, literature review, method chapter, body, conclusion;
• work effectively with supervisors;
• avoid common errors;
• mark your own dissertation before handling it in;
• pass cum laude.

Hierdie omvattend herbewerkte uitgawe van die Stylboek wat in 2006 gepubliseer is, is ’n ideale naslaanbron vir almal wat in Afrikaans skryf. Dit is gerig op studente, akademici, redakteurs, joernaliste, resensente, redigeerders, taalpraktisyns en opvoeders. Skryfbeginsels word in die teks op eenvoudige en verstaanbare wys verduidelik en met talle voorbeelde toegelig. In die afdelings oor styl word verduidelik op watter wyse ’n teks oortuigend en aantreklik, duidelik en bondig aangebied kan word sodat effektief gekommunikeer kan word. Die gepaste toon vir verskillende kontekste, wat van formeel na informeel kan wissel, word uiteengesit en in ’n aparte hoofstuk word toeligtend oor die styl van wetenskaplike tekste geskryf. Twee toevoegings by die oorspronklike boek is ’n afdeling oor die styl van literere analises en resensies en ’n hoofstuk gewy aan “regte” en “verkeerde” taalgebruik.

English teaching and learning Student Book for Year 9 (age 11/12) Works with the Workbook and Teacher Guide from the Inspire English series Full coverage of the KS3 (11-14) National Curriculum in English and the iLowerSecondary Curriculum Designed for International Schools around the world but also suitable for the UK Supports the mastery of specific skills in English through a rigorous curriculum-linked approach

Haikus and Home Truths Started on a trip to Japan, as a way of using the sleepless jet-lagged nights, composing haikus became something of an obsession. Gradually the idea formed for using the vehicle of the haiku poem to take a heart-journey, from a travelogue, charting the trip of a lifetime, to an inner journey of reflection. This illustrated collection invites the reader to travel with the author, to ponder, perhaps to smile, and to discover the versatility of this classic Japanese poetic form.

Hone students' writing skills so they can tackle film and literature essays, summaries and translations in their exam with confidence and maximise their marks. Suitable for all abilities, this A-level French Writing Skills Workbook will help students to: - Manipulate language effectively by rewording, reordering, and using complex grammar - Plan and structure their writing clearly and express themselves with a broad range of vocabulary, using evidence to justify their opinions - Prepare for assessment with exam-style questions - Make the most of opportunities for self-directed learning with both self-marked and teacher-marked activities, with all answers online Suitable for AQA, Pearson Edexcel and Eduqas A-level French.

Research writing: breaking the barriers is a title for those who regularly write documents based on research. If you find your writing is stale and you are unable to improve it, or you are trying to understand why you cannot finish a paper, or perhaps you are feeling jaded and disillusioned with the environment of 'publish or perish' and would like to gain a sense of control, enjoyment and inspiration from doing research and publishing, then this title is for you. While it is conceptualised around qualitative research writing in an academic context, the title focuses on generating quality ideas, demystifying the writing process and breaking the barriers of real and imagined writing restrictions. Any researcher can benefit from this creative adventure.

English teaching and learning Workbook for Year 9 (age 13/14) Works with the Student Book and Teacher Guide from the Inspire English series Full coverage of the KS3 (11-14) National Curriculum in English and the iLowerSecondary Curriculum Designed for International Schools around the world but also suitable for the UK Supports the mastery of specific skills in English through a rigorous curriculum-linked approach

Stylboek: Riglyne vir paslik skryf is die eerste volwaardige stylhandboek in Afrikaans wat uitsluitlik op klassieke stylbeginsels fokus. Die title is geskik vir almal wat stylvaardighede in skriftelike tekste wil verbeter. Werklike voorbeeldmateriaal uit 'n verskeidenheid tekstipes word gebruik om praktiese riglyne te gee oor gepaste taalgebruik. Die titel fokus nie op reg of verkeerd volgens die taalsisteem nie, maar eerder op die verskeidenheid taalgebruiksmoontlikhede waarvan sommige meer gepas is as ander, afhangende van die situasie en konteks waarin die teks moet funksioneer.

Writing from the planning stages through completion. Any student at almost any level can improve his/her writing skills.

This book provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional training programs, particularly in education. It features a very accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique, and inspiration-and is itself an example of this kind of writing. It teaches students how to use personal writing in order to analyse, explicate, and advance their ideas. And it encourages minority students, women, and others to find and express their authentic voices by teaching them to use their own lives as primary resources for their scholarship.

Short-Form Creative Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is a complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed works of imaginative literature. H. K. Hummel and Stephanie Lenox introduce both traditional and innovative approaches to the short form and demonstrate how it possesses structure, logic, and coherence while simultaneously resisting expectations. With discussion questions, writing prompts, flash interviews, and illustrated key concepts, the book covers: - Prose poetry - Flash fiction - Micro memoir - Lyric essay - Cross-genre/hybrid writing . . . and much more. Short-Form Creative Writing also includes an anthology, offering inspiring examples of short-form writing in all of the styles covered by the book, including work by Charles Baudelaire, Italo Calvino, Lydia Davis, Grant Faulkner, Ilya Kaminsky, Jamaica Kinkaid , and many others.

'A career-changing book, packed with real, lived-in wisdom and advice not just about working but really living as a self-employed person. If you're thinking about going freelance, read this first' Oliver Franklin-Wallis 'Invaluable ... A wonderful, warts and all book written in a friendly, approachable manner. I wish I'd had a book like this years ago' Simon Brew Self-employment has never been a more popular career path, and for thousands of writers, freelancing is becoming an appealing - and sometimes necessary - option. But alongside the benefits of a freelance career come very real obstacles that are daunting for anyone going it alone. We all need some guidance. Sian Meades-Williams - freelance writer, editor and founder of the Freelance Writing Jobs newsletter - knows all too well that while freelancing doesn't come with hard and fast rules, sometimes there is a wrong way to go about things. Drawing on her extensive experience and dozens of industry interviews, she pulls back the curtain with tips on how to get out of your pyjamas and pitch effectively, find new ideas and hone your voice, build a network of contacts, deal with edits and editors, cope with rejection, know your worth and get more money for your work, manage your finances, deal with late payments and file your taxes, care for your physical and mental health and ultimately find a path to success that makes you happy. Inspiring, optimistic and - above all - real, The Pyjama Myth is an essential, practical survival guide for anyone embarking on their career, established freelance writers and everyone in between.

Developing writers come to courses with an array of strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. With Pearson's MyWritingLab, now powered by the premier adaptive learning platform, you can provide students with a truly personalized learning experience that individualizes the content. MyWritingLab's adaptive learning identifies students' individual strengths, weaknesses, and unique learning styles and continuously recommends the next-best topic on which the student should work. Pearson's MyWritingLab has a long-standing, well-documented history of improving results. Providing a wealth of assessments and practice opportunities, this online resource offers skill remediation and improves students' writing via two practice engines: the Writing Skills, mastery-based practice that offers progressive exercises sets, and the new Writing Practice feature, which automatically scores students' essay submissions and provides suggestions for improvement. Learn more at www.mywritinglab.com.

If you feel like you've got the wrong tone of voice, don't understand the ins-and-outs of grammar, or just don't feel confident writing about yourself without sounding like an idiot, read this book. Copywriter Tait Ischia is brief and to the point in an interesting and engaging way. Which is exactly what you want the words on your website/marketing stuff/professional bio to be too, right? Feel confident in what you say and how you say it when you put fingers to the keyboard. Waffling on should really be reserved for weekend breakfast.