Random House New Releases - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing - Between May 21, 2012 and June 20, 2013.

Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess by E L James

2013-04-30T00:30:00-05:00

Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess A Journal
Written by E L James

Inspired by the #1 New York Times Bestselling Trilogy, the official FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: Inner Goddess Journal is a beautiful blank book designed for keeping a journal or writing notes. It features a foreword by E L James, brief excerpts from the novels, tips for writers, a writing playlist, elegant color artwork, and fully lined pages throughout. Aspiring writers are encouraged to express their own Inner Goddess, as E L James writes in her foreword: “The best person to write for is yourself—and what better place to start than in a journal.” Produced with eye-catching design and details, the journal has a bonded leather cover with foil stamping, rounded corners, endpapers, and a red-ribbon marker. Perfect for gift-giving and portability.

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg.

Klinkenborg believes that most of our received wisdom about how writing works is not only wrong but an obstacle to our ability to write. In Several Short Sentences About Writing, he sets out to help us unlearn that “wisdom”—about genius, about creativity, about writer’s block, topic sentences, and outline—and understand that writing is just as much about thinking, noticing, and learning what it means to be involved in the act of writing. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. Instead it is a gathering of starting points in a journey toward lively, lucid, satisfying self-expression.

Leap Write In! by Karen Benke

2013-04-02T00:30:00-05:00

Leap Write In! Adventures in Creative Writing to Stretch and Surprise Your One-of-a-Kind Mind
Translated by Karen Benke

Invite your jittery mind into quiet slips of timed or untimed writing experiments that are designed to encourage your timid heart to forge forgotten feelings and entice your shy-self to make friends with emerging emotions. With a bounty of prompts to select from, you’ll be inspired to explore all the wacky, confusing, brave, soul-stirring wonderings and wanderings of your emerging life’s inner treasure in a way that’s sure to unleash what you most need to say. In this book you’ll find:

   • On-the-Spot Drops that offer quick “free-fall” prompts on different themes, such as short-winded poems and seven-line stories.
   • Mini Memoirs to unlock personal narrative to share, or not.
   • Suddenly a Story suggestions to explore feelings and states of being like fear, reluctance, compassion, kindness, anxiety, anger, jealousy, happiness, and more.
   • Surprise Yourself Surveys for those who think they know everything about themselves.
   • Untie-Your-Mind Word Lists to jump-start stalled imaginations.
   • Definition Decoders to introduce new ideas and styles of writing.

Created especially for tweens, teens, and other earthlings, this book provides you with a chance to create imaginative poems, stories, fragments, and real-life on-the-spot sketches. All that’s required is that you take a breath, relax, reset, and leap write in!

College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition by Princeton Review

2013-01-22T00:30:00-05:00

College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college application—the personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In this 5th edition of College Essays that Made a Difference, you’ll find:

• 114 real essays written by 90 unique college hopefuls applying to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and other top schools—along with each applicant’s test scores, GPA, demographic information, and where they ultimately got in

• A special section with writing tips and the most common grammatical mistakes that students make on their essays

• Insider advice from with admissions pros at Amherst College, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, Yale University, and more

This fifth edition includes application essays written by students who enrolled at the following colleges:
Amherst College
Bard College
Barnard College
Boston College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California Institute of Technology
Claremont McKenna College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering
Georgetown University
Harvard College
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Middlebury College
New College of Florida
New York University
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Smith College
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of California—San Diego
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Yale University

College Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition by Princeton Review

2012-12-11T00:30:00-05:00

College Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college application—the personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition, you’ll find:

• 114 real essays written by 90 unique college hopefuls applying to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, MIT, and other top schools—along with each applicant’s test scores, GPA, demographic information, and where they ultimately got in

• A special section with writing tips and the most common grammatical mistakes that students make on their essays

• Insider advice from with admissions pros at Amherst College, Cooper Union, Deep Springs College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, Yale University, and more

This fifth edition includes application essays written by students who enrolled at the following colleges:
Amherst College
Bard College
Barnard College
Boston College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California Institute of Technology
Claremont McKenna College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering
Georgetown University
Harvard College
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Middlebury College
New College of Florida
New York University
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Smith College
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
University of California—San Diego
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Yale University

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

2012-10-30T00:30:00-05:00

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! The eBook edition of Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam has been optimized for e-reader viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations. The 2013 edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • A comprehensive “Hit Parade” of important vocabulary words
   • Detailed coverage of all essay types—rhetorical analysis, argumentative, and synthesis
   • Tips on how to craft a winning synthesis essay
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section
   • Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

2012-10-30T00:30:00-05:00

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! This eBook edition of Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam has been optimized for on-screen viewing with cross-linked questions, answers, and explanations. The 2013 edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • In-depth, engaging review of important literary movements
   • Comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms
   • Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section
   • Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

2012-09-04T00:30:00-05:00

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • A comprehensive “Hit Parade” of important vocabulary words
   • Detailed coverage of all essay types—rhetorical analysis, argumentative, and synthesis
   • Tips on how to craft a winning synthesis essay
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section
   • Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

2012-09-04T00:30:00-05:00

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition includes:

   • 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations
   • In-depth, engaging review of important literary movements
   • Comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms
   • Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays
   • Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section
   • Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

2012-08-07T00:30:00-05:00

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that will change the way you work and think. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. What you’ll find here isn’t the way to write. Instead, you’ll find a way to clear your mind of illusions about writing and discover how you write.

Several Short Sentences About Writing is a book of first steps and experiments. They will revolutionize the way you think and perceive, and they will change forever the sense of your own authority as a writer. This is a book full of learning, but it’s also a book full of unlearning—a way to recover the vivid, rhythmic, poetic sense of language you once possessed.

An indispensable and unique book that will give you a clear understanding of how to think about what you do when you write and how to improve the quality of your writing.

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

2012-08-07T00:30:00-05:00

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

2012-07-10T00:30:00-05:00

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Written by Lisa Cron

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.

Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets—and it’s a game-changer for anyone who has ever set pen to paper.
The vast majority of writing advice focuses on “writing well” as if it were the same as telling a great story. This is exactly where many aspiring writers fail—they strive for beautiful metaphors, authentic dialogue, and interesting characters, losing sight of the one thing that every engaging story must do: ignite the brain’s hardwired desire to learn what happens next. When writers tap into the evolutionary purpose of story and electrify our curiosity, it triggers a delicious dopamine rush that tells us to pay attention. Without it, even the most perfect prose won’t hold anyone’s interest.
Backed by recent breakthroughs in neuroscience as well as examples from novels, screenplays, and short stories, Wired for Story offers a revolutionary look at story as the brain experiences it. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of the brain, its corresponding revelation about story, and the way to apply it to your storytelling right now.

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

2012-07-10T00:30:00-05:00

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Written by Lisa Cron

Random House New Releases - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing - Between May 21, 2012 and June 20, 2013.

Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess by E L James

Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess A JournalWritten by E L James

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Leap Write In! by Karen Benke

Leap Write In! Adventures in Creative Writing to Stretch and Surprise Your One-of-a-Kind MindTranslated by Karen Benke

College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition by Princeton Review

College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition Written by Princeton Review

College Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition by Princeton Review

College Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition Written by Princeton Review

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First SentenceWritten by Lisa Cron

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First SentenceWritten by Lisa Cron

Fifty Shades of Grey: Inner Goddess A Journal
Written by E L James

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Leap Write In! Adventures in Creative Writing to Stretch and Surprise Your One-of-a-Kind Mind
Translated by Karen Benke

College Essays that Made a Difference, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review

College Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2013 Edition
Written by Princeton Review

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several Short Sentences About Writing
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Written by Lisa Cron

Wired for Story The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Written by Lisa Cron