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The Canadian Writer's Guide

Author : Canadian Authors Association

Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 50,97 MB

Release : 2002-12-14

Category : Authorship

ISBN : 9781550417401

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The Canadian Writer's Guide is the most comprehensive tool available to Canadian writers today. Completely revised and updated, it draws on the expertise of a wide variety of professionals including CBC Radio broadcaster Marjorie Doyle; arts and entertainment lawyer Marian Dingman Hebb; novelist and speech-writer Matt Hughes; songwriter Bruce Madole; and Nebula and CAA award-winning science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. It also includes valuable insight and advice from a further 85 professional writers from the United States, Europe, Australia and across Canada. This edition contains over 130 new and updated "how-to" articles on diverse areas of international publishing, including: - ideas and inspiration - character development - overcoming writer's block - book contracts - copywriting - editing - fiction - biographies - periodicals - children's books - personal essays - poetry - speechwriting - radio commentaries - songwriting - stage and film - the Internet New to this edition is a valuable listing of writing schools, workshops and retreats. The Writer's Reference section also includes a thorough listing of writer's organizations, awards and fellowships, literary agents, and granting agencies. It also contains the most comprehensive compilation of Canadian contests for writers available anywhere. This edition of The Canadian Writer's Guide continues a fifty-year tradition for the Canadian Authors Association, resulting in the most comprehensive reference published, especially for Canadian writers of all genres and all skill levels.



The Canadian Style

Author : Public Works and Government Services Canada Translation Bureau

Publisher : Dundurn

Page : 313 pages

File Size : 29,38 MB

Release : 1997-09-01

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1554883172

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The revised edition of The Canadian Style is an indispensable language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, secretaries and business people – in fact, anyone writing in the English language in Canada today. It provides concise, up-to-date answers to a host of questions on abbreviations, hyphenation, spelling, the use of capital letters, punctuation and frequently misused or confused words. It deals with letter, memo and report formats, notes, indexes and bibliographies, and geographical names. It also gives techniques for writing clearly and concisely, editing documents and avoiding stereotyping in communications. There is even an appendix on how to present French words in an English text.



The Canadian Writer's Handbook

Author : William E. Messenger

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,65 MB

Release : 2017

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780199025572

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Essentials of composition -- Essentials of grammar and style : sentences -- Essentials of grammar and style : parts of speech; diction -- Essentials of punctuation -- Essentials of mechanics and spelling -- Essentials of research : planning, writing, and documenting sources.



Fit to Print

Author : Joanne Buckley

Publisher : Brantford, Ont. : W. Ross MacDonald School, 1995. (Peterborough : Ontario Audio Library Service)

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 38,73 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780774732482

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Telling True Stories

Author : Mark Kramer

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 24,20 MB

Release : 2007-01-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1440628947

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Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists. The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including: • Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story • Gay Talese on writing about private lives • Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles • Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters • Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth • Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . . The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.



The Canadian Writer's Market, 18th Edition

Author : Joanna Karaplis

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 30,64 MB

Release : 2012-07-31

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1551993694

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The essential guide for freelance writers, now completely updated and revised. The Canadian Writer's Market is the authority on who publishes what and how best to bring your work to their attention. It offers practical advice on everything from manuscript preparation to copyright law, from information on pay rates to writers' workshops. This useful guide also includes comprehensive and up-to-date listings for: comsumer magazines; literary and scholarly journals; trade, business, and professional publications; daily newspapers; book publishers; literary agents; awards, competitions, and grants; writers' organizations and support agencies; writers' workshops, courses, and retreats.





A Canadian Writer's Reference

Author : Diana Hacker

Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada

Page : 412 pages

File Size : 37,40 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780176042110

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A Canadian Writer's Reference, adapted from the most widely used college handbook ever published — and with the help of several Canadian instructors — has advice that's easy to find and easy to understand. It provides the comprehensive coverage, concrete examples, and trusted models students need for writing in almost every postsecondary course and beyond. A new tabbed section, Writing about Literature, offers advice on interpreting and writing about works of literature and includes two annotated student essays. Grounded in Canadian texts, culture, and current events, examples throughout the book provide relevant context and advice for Canadian writers. And a new instructor's edition offers classroom activities and teaching tips for Canadian instructors — making it easier than ever to integrate the handbook into the course.



Prentice Hall Reference Guide for Canadian Writers

Author : Muriel Harris

Publisher :

Page : 624 pages

File Size : 14,5 MB

Release : 2008-01

Category : English language

ISBN : 9780132237673

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The Prentice Hall Reference Guide for Canadian Writers, adapted by Judi Jewinski of the University of Waterloo, builds on the approach that has made the American edition so successful. This concise, thorough, well organized, and user-friendly handbook is comprised of twelve tabbed sections, ranging in topics from The Writing Process to Punctuation, aimed at addressing all forms of writers' needs. Two guides, "Question and Correct" and "Compare and Correct," allow students to find what they need to improve their writing, without needing to know the grammatical terms or rules. This makes the Prentice Hall Reference Guide for Canadian Writers an invaluable resource for entry level English writing and composition courses, as well as all students who need help with grammar, research, and documentation.



The Canadian Writer's Market, 19th Edition

Author : Heidi Waechtler

Publisher : McClelland & Stewart

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 10,57 MB

Release : 2013-01-29

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0771046235

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The essential guide for freelance writers, now completely updated and revised. The Canadian Writer's Market is the authority on who publishes what and how best to bring your work to their attention. It offers practical advice on everything from manuscript preparation to copyright law, from information on pay rates to writers' workshops. This useful guide also includes comprehensive and up-to-date listings for: consumer magazines; literary and scholarly journals; trade, business, and professional publications; daily newspapers; book publishers; literary agents; awards, competitions, and grants; writers' organizations and support agencies; writers' workshops, courses, and retreats.