Academic writing is built on choices, and even a single word can change the strength and direction of an argument. This book helps students move beyond formulas, showing how to draft with purpose, revise for clarity, and build credible, well-supported claims. Through real examples, practical exercises, and clear explanations, it guides writers from research planning to sentence-level refinement. Suitable for both classroom use and independent study, it turns the process of writing academic essays into an engaging practice that develops critical thinking and precision, giving students the tools to succeed across disciplines and in real-world communication.
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Dr. Ryan Thorpe, Yuli Ming Endowed Professor of Writing at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Global College, directs its academic writing program and writing center. Author of Teaching Second Language Creative Writing (2021) and three fantasy novels (2023), he is currently developing the Writing Through Revision textbook series for Anthem Press.
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Paperback. Etat : New. A practical guide that shows fiction writers how thoughtful choices in language, character, plot, and style shape compelling, authentic stories from draft to finish.Crafting Revision in Fiction: One Word Shapes the Story offers a practical, revision-centered approach to teaching and learning fiction writing, focusing on how stories are discovered, reshaped, and strengthened through multiple drafts. Rather than treating revision as polishing language or correcting errors, this book presents revision as the core creative act through which writers clarify character desire, build narrative tension, and align structure with meaning. Stories are shown to develop not through sudden inspiration, but through sustained attention to choices made at the level of scene, sequence, and point of view.Written for undergraduate writers, multilingual students, and instructors teaching fiction in diverse classroom contexts, the book addresses key elements of fiction through revision-based strategies. Students learn how to revise scenes for conflict and momentum, rethink character motivation, manage pacing, and experiment with narrative perspective. The text emphasizes global revision alongside sentence-level refinement, helping writers understand how local choices contribute to the larger shape of a story. Rather than prescribing formulas, the book encourages writers to test possibilities, revise deliberately, and take responsibility for narrative decisions.Throughout the volume, real student stories serve as the foundation for instruction. Each chapter demonstrates how drafts evolve through expansion, cutting, reordering, and re-seeing, reinforcing revision as a process of discovery rather than correction. By positioning revision as the engine of fiction writing, Crafting Revision in Fiction: One Word Shapes the Story provides instructors with a flexible, teachable framework and helps students develop stronger stories grounded in intention, clarity, and narrative control. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781839998225
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Academic writing is built on choices, and even a single word can change the strength and direction of an argument. This book helps students move beyond formulas, showing how to draft with purpose, revise for clarity, and build credible, well-supported claims. Through real examples, practical exercises, and clear explanations, it guides writers from research planning to sentence-level refinement. Suitable for both classroom use and independent study, it turns the process of writing academic essays into an engaging practice that develops critical thinking and precision, giving students the tools to succeed across disciplines and in real-world communication. Academic writing is built on choices, and even a single word can change the strength and direction of an argument. This book helps students move beyond formulas, showing how to draft with purpose, revise for clarity, and build credible, well-supported claims. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781839998225
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