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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days
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Fast Fiction: A Guide to Outlining and Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days

Writers flock to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) each November because it provides a procrastination-busting deadline. But only a fraction of the participants meet their goal. Denise Jaden was part of that fraction, writing first drafts of her two published young adult novels during NaNoWriMo. In Fast Fiction, she shows other writers how to do what she did, step-by-step, writer to writer. Her process starts with a prep period for thinking through plot, theme, characters, and setting. Then Jaden provides day-by-day coaching for the thirty-day drafting period. Finally, her revision tips help writers turn merely workable drafts into compelling and publishable novels.
 
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Polishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts Into Finished Work
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Polishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts Into Finished WorkPolishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts Into Finished Work

This singular book illustrates how to edit a piece of prose and enhance its clarity of thought and felicity of style. The authors first present ten principles of effective composition, and then scrutinize three extended paragraphs, suggesting with remarkable specificity how to improve them. The volume also offers challenging practice questions, as well as two finished essays, one serious and one humorous, that demonstrate how attention to sound mechanics need not result in mechanical writing. 
 
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Developing quality dissertations in the sciences : a graduate student’s guide to achieving excellence
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Developing quality dissertations in the sciences : a graduate student’s guide to achieving excellenceI believe that you and your students will find the process of identifying expectations for the dissertation, as a whole and in its parts, very useful. Your students will be better able to assess their own work and address deficiencies before they submit drafts to you. When you receive drafts, you can use the expectations to provide focused feedback. This puts the conversation about quality directly in the context of professional standards and expectations.
 
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