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Rev. ed. of: A manual of style. 12th ed., rev. c1969. Reflects style preferences and current requirements of many American publishers.

Offers biographical information about early twentieth-century author Virginia Woolf along with an analysis of her 1929 feminist essay "A Room of One's Own.".

Guide to help writers be more creative. Offers suggestions for developing a creative attitude.

Guide to writing fiction and avoiding mistakes including proper character building, creating conflicts, and sticking to the story's direction.

Offers advice for writing with clarity, as well as with proper sentence structure and punctuation. Also includes examples of passive and improperly written sentences along with their corrected versions.

Contains two hundred meditations that explore the practice and process of writing, and includes quotations from a variety of accomplished authors.

Informative guide for writers, editors, and booklovers describing the many steps in creating a book as well as secrets of success.

Focuses on the basic elements of style: punctuation, capitalization, hyphenation, compounds, italicization, plurals, possessives, and bibliographical and footnoting forms.

Young-adult novelist Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses her personal development from her childhood in Puerto Rico to her role as an American writer and teacher, describing the tools she uses to generate ideas and improve the effectiveness of her writing.

Offers advice on the writing and selling of speculative fiction.