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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Mission Impossible? | |
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Not an Impossible Task | |
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On the Power of Language: Jan Morris on India | |
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Learning from Narratives | |
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The Importance of Humor: A Zen Writing Book | |
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Has Everything I've Written Really Been Fiction? | |
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Writing Myself into Existence | |
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The Writing Process | |
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The Academic Writer's Toolkit | |
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Defining Academic Writing | |
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Two Examples of Academic Writing | |
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What Communication Theory Can Teach Us about Writing | |
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On Audience | |
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Writing for Your Readers and Yourself | |
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Talk Is Cheap | |
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The Writing Process: Ideas and Research | |
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The Writer's Need for Confidence | |
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The Writer's Need for Ideas | |
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The Value of Keeping a Journal | |
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On the Usefulness of Journals: A Case History | |
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The Importance of Research | |
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The Writing Process: Outlining, Drafting, and Revising | |
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The Art of the Outline | |
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Writing a First Draft | |
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Revise Your First Drafts on Hard Copy (Printouts) | |
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The Art of the Revision | |
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On Structure and Style | |
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Le Mot Juste (The Exact Word) | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Structure and Function of Paragraphs | |
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Using Transitions | |
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Using Subheads | |
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There Are Many Different Styles You Can Use | |
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Making Your Writing More Accessible | |
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Developing Your Personal Voice | |
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Composing Strategies | |
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Clarifying Ideas | |
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Presenting Information | |
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Using Language Creatively-but Not Deceptively | |
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Generes of Academic Writing | |
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Writing Effective Memos | |
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Defining Memos | |
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A Sample Memo | |
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Typical Subjects for Memos | |
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Cautions for Memo Writers | |
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The Art of the Academic Letter | |
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Defining Letters | |
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The Basic Components of Letters | |
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Letter Formats | |
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Common Kinds of Academic Letters | |
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Readable Reports | |
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Defining Reports | |
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Elements Found in Reports | |
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Writing Reports | |
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A Sample Report | |
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Final Thoughts on Writing Reports | |
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Proposals That Persuade | |
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Elements in a Proposal | |
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A Sample Proposal | |
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The Art of Persuasive Writing | |
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Basic Techniques of Persuasion | |
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Overcoming Resistance in Reluctant Decision Makers | |
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Writing a Journal Article | |
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Writing for Scholarly Journals | |
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Planning and Writing Your Article | |
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Samples from an Article | |
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Formatting Your Article | |
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Submitting (and Resubmitting) Your Work | |
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Reviewing Books for Journals | |
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Writing for Nonacademic Publications | |
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Writing an Academic Book | |
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Deciding Which Kind of Book to Write | |
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Write the Book before the Query! | |
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Writing Queries That Will Interest Editors | |
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Writing a Convincing Book Proposal | |
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A Sample from a Book Proposal | |
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Formatting Your Manuscript | |
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Handling Rejection without Depression | |
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The Production Process | |
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Making an Index | |
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Print-on-Demand Publishing | |
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Notes on Other Writing Genres | |
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A Primer on E-mailed Messages | |
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Cautionary Notes about E-mail Messages | |
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Faxes | |
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Conference Papers | |
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Theses and Dissertations | |
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The Writer's Life | |
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Coda | |
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Publishing as a Form of Personal Validation | |
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Writing as an Act of Discovery | |
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The Pleasure of the Text | |
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Writing as Conversation | |
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Further Resources | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |