Words to Write By: Putting Your Thoughts on Paper - Softcover

Orr, Elaine L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506166121 ISBN 13: 9781506166124

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Writing is a learned skill, not something that you either can or cannot do. The distinction between people who seem to write easily and those who do not is more a matter of comfort, exposure, and just plain doing it. This book deals with writing non-fiction, though the concept of developing thoughts well applies to a short story or novel. Do you have an idea for an article? Has your boss said you need to learn to write better? Do you want to write your family history? Learn, at your own pace, how to put your thoughts on paper in a way that encourages others to read them.A combination of instruction and workbook, the concept behind the book is to select a topic that you know well so that you can focus on what you want to write rather than deal with an unfamiliar topic. Fear of writing is reduced, freeing you to think about how you want to present your ideas to others.Do you have to write a lot to make your point? No. This book is a testament to writing briefly can be writing well.

About this title

About the Author

Elaine L. Orr writes four mystery series. The twelve-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series is set at the Jersey shore, and Behind the Walls was a finalist for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and MayhemAwards. The three-book River's Edge series takes place along the meandering Des Moines River, and Demise of a Devious Neighbor was a Chanticleer finalist in 2017. The Logland series, set in small-town Illinois, has three books.
The Family History Mystery Series is set in the mountains of her home state, Maryland. The four-book series began with Least Trodden Ground, and introduced an ornery ghost in book two, Unscheduled Murder Trip, which received an Indie B.R.A.G Medallion. Uncle Benjamin adds historical insight and a fair bit of humor.
 
Elaine  also writes plays andnovellas, including the one-act play, Common Ground published in 2015.Her novella, Biding Time, was one of five finalists in the National Press Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. Recent reflective fiction includes Falling Into Place and In the Shadow of Light.
 
Elaine conducts presentations on electronic publishing and other writing-related topics. Nonfiction includes Writing When TIme is Scarce and Words to WriteBy:Getting Your Thoughts on Paper. A member of Sisters in Crime, Elaine was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Maryland; she moved to the Midwest in 1994.

Elaine graduated from the University of Dayton and the American University.She did some journalism coursework at the University of Maryland and has taken fiction courses from The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD, the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and Georgetown University's Continuing Education Program. Elaine is a regular attendee at what is now Prime Crime at the Columbia Club, held each October in Indianapolis.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506166121
• ISBN 13: 9781506166124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38