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I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote!
Read MoreOne of the things we should all do as writers is study other people's works to try to discern how they achieved particular effects, or how they use language. It's known as 'close reading'.
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On 17 June 2021 I wrote a round-up of my reviews of books about the Oulipo. Here’s a link to that article.
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Books to be reviewed ,by Terry Freedman
One of the first things I look for when reviewing a non-fiction book is whether or not it contains an index. If it does, the next thing I check is whether the index is actually useful.
Read MoreBeing a teenager is not easy.
Read MoreThe book covers language, voice, audience and other aspects of writing.
Read MoreIt's always been my contention that practitioners should know as much about what they do as possible.
Read MoreThis is a very interesting, and useful, book. It covers a range of types of writing.
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Click to see this book on Thames and Hudson’s website.
If watching a film in a cinema makes you wish you’d brought a friend along to walk home with, or reading a story makes you leave all the lights on when you go to bed, then there’s a good chance the film or the story was gothic.
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This review was first published in Teach Secondary magazine. I’ve included it here because it meets some of the requirements of the English Programme of Study.
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If you have forgotten what bad writing looks like, read on…
Read MoreIt is also worth bearing in mind that some of the best nonfiction writers, notably Gay Talese, make copious use of the fiction writer's tools.
Read MoreAn especially useful idea is the ladder of abstraction, which is equivalent, in cinematic terminology, to the level of detail in a scene, from close-up to long shot.
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This book has two indexes, one computer-generated, the other compiled by an indexer, so you can compare the two.
Read MoreThese days it’s as difficult as it is daft for writers to ignore the benefits of using audio applications.
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This is a book about strategy and meeting objectives rather than a how-to-write guide.
Read MoreWhen your word count is restricted, you have to make every word count.
Read MoreThis is quite unlike any other graphic novel I’ve read, and here are the reasons.
Read MoreThis book is free, today (2 October 2021) only.
Read More… was a review of a book called The Well-Fed Writer. That was in 2010, and the book seems to be still available. Do I still agree with it’s suggestions?
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