Jim Stovall

The Writing Wright (The Writing Wright series, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

-- Ernest Hemingway's attitude toward punctuation.
-- Tom Clancy on the fact that he had never been in a submarine before writing The Hunt for Red October.
-- Gay Talese's commitment to reporting.
-- Thomas Jefferson on the value of using fewer words.

These are just a few of the gems that you will find in this jewelry box of information, ideas, and instruction on writing and the writing life.

Jim Stovall taught writing for more than 40 years and is the author of the top-selling Writing for the Mass Media, as well as a number of textbooks, non-fiction books and novels.

He has put together this marvelous collection of wisdom from his own writings as well as drawing together quotations, anecdotes, and ideas from some of the greatest writers in the English language. Stovall has also included many of his own delightful illustrations.

All of this will keep you returning to this book again and again.

And there's a bonus: The book includes the first chapter of Stovall's mystery novel, Kill the Quarterback. Download this volume today, and then watch for volume 2.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: First Inning Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386594260
• Artikelnr.: 48912500

Autorenporträt

James Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries. Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism. Other books include: • Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape • Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop. Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.