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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 | |