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1. | | How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin Available on: Audio DownloadThis is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not “properly”) create sentences, use figures of speech, write letters, and more, all while choosing the right words and doing it with style. |
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2. | | Amy Tan on Creativity by Amy Tan Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video DownloadNovelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved. |
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3. | | Grammar Smart by Julian Fleisher Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($15.96)The words you use say a lot about you...but the way you put them together says even more. |
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4. | | A Way With Words, Part III: Grammar for Adults by Michael Drout Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)Who Eats Shoots and Leaves? A panda? Or a gunman at a restaurant? The answer to this all depends on - you guessed it - grammar. In the third part of his extraordinary Way with Words series, Professor Drout continues to explore humanity's intimate association with language, here delving into the finer points of English grammar. |
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5. | | Writing Show Podcast by Paula Berinstein Available on: PodcastThe Writing Show provides information and inspiration for writers of all kinds. |
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6. | | Book Writing for Fun and Profit by Brian R. Scott Available on: Audio DownloadBook Writing for Fun and Profit (audio series) helps writers and authors publish and profit from their writing and achieve their dreams of becoming a respected book author. |
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7. | | Writers on Writing Podcast by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Available on: Podcasta weekly radio program hosted by journalist and author Barbara DeMarco-Barrett on the art and business of writing |
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8. | | The Elements of Style by William Strunk Available on: Audio Download ($13.99)The Elements of Style has long been a valued and beloved resource for all writers. Hailed for its directness and clever insight, this unorthodox textbook was born from a professor’s love for the written word… |
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9. | | Writing the Great American Screenplay by Richard Walter Available on: Audio Download ($14.95) | Audio CDWriters once dreamed of writing novels. Now screenplays top the dream list. Hear two top teachers explain the sometimes ungentle art of writing salable movie and television scripts. |
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10. | | Slate's Audio Book Club Podcast Available on: PodcastThe Audio Book Club is a regular part of Slate's daily podcast feed, but we've also set up a separate solo feed for the book club. |
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11. | | Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing Podcast by Mignon Fogarty Available on: PodcastDeep within the podosphere resides a mysterious writer known only as Grammar Girl. Hailed as the defender of the sacred comma, orator of the mysterious grammar way, and deliverer of practical tips, both friend and foe are inspired to seek her true identity. |
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12. | | Frank McCourt: Teacher Man by Frank McCourt Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online VideoFrank McCourt discusses his long-awaited book about how his 30-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. |
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13. | | How To Write A Bestseller by Internet Business Ideas Available on: Audio Download ($12.88)You've heard the saying "Everybody has a story to tell"? Well, here's your chance to discover how to get your story down on the written page! |
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14. | | Lateral Thinking by Dr. Edward de Bono Available on: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CassetteSuffering from writer's block? Wish you were more inventive? Perhaps, like most of us, you were... |
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15. | | The Perfect Enough Poem by WordSmitten RadioInterviews Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Peter Meinke, author of "The Piano Tuner" and winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Stories, talks with show host Kate Sullivan about writing, about poetry and if a "perfect poem" exists. |
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16. | | C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Pain by Corbin Carnell Available on: Audio Download | Online AudioVeritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life. |
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17. | | Writing Fiction by WordSmitten RadioInterviews Available on: Audio Download ($14.95)Janet Burroway's valuable resource for writers of fiction is a classic introduction to structure and story. "Writing Fiction: A guide to narrative craft" remains a classic on the art of the story. |
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18. | | Elizabeth Gilbert: A Different Way to Think About Creative Genius by Elizabeth Gilbert Available on: Online Video | Video DownloadElizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. |
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19. | | Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies by June Casagrande Available on: Audio Download ($12.50) | Audio CD ($22.49) | MP3 CD ($17.99)Here's some good news for everyone who's ever been bullied into believing they can't speak their own language: The grammar snobs are bluffing. |
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20. | | Andrei Codrescu Lecture on Writing and Publishing by Andrei Codrescu Available on: Audio Download | Online AudioLecture by Andrei Codrescu focusing on writing and publishing, especially as it relates to his experience in Romania. |
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21. | | Interview with Jack Canfield by Jack Canfield Available on: Audio DownloadIn this engaging and motivating interview, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles and co-author of the phenomenally popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series, talks with Audible's Publisher Beth Anderson about what it really takes to be successful. |
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22. | | Activism with Heart and Soul, Part Two by Alice Walker Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) | Audio CD | Audio CassetteSpeaking from the heart on a wide range of topics - poetry and writing, Mexico and the south, family and relationship, Buddhism and spiritual teachers, power and greed, politics and social change, death and transformation, and much more… |
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23. | | A Way with Words, Part I: Writing Rhetoric and the Art of Persuasion by Michael Drout Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)In A Way with Words: Writing, Rhetoric, and the Art of Persuasion, esteemed professor Michael D.C. Drout brings his expertise in literary studies to the subject of rhetoric |
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24. | | How To Write Selling Humor by Peter Mehlman Available on: Audio Download ($14.95)Inside are two separate workshops from experts who can help you ride the comedy wave to successful humor writing. |
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25. | | A Conversation with Joseph Finder and Malcolm Gladwell by Joseph Finder Available on: Audio DownloadJoseph Finder and Malcolm Gladwell are both best-selling authors who write about issues from the business world – one in fiction and the other in nonfiction. |