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Page 78
... techniques : setting the scene , using dialogue , flashbacks , transitions , specific description and characterization - everything which will show rather than tell the reader . An article writer who expects to do more than report news ...
... techniques : setting the scene , using dialogue , flashbacks , transitions , specific description and characterization - everything which will show rather than tell the reader . An article writer who expects to do more than report news ...
Page 212
... techniques to learn , experience to gain . In this book techniques have been touched on , methods for gaining experience discussed . There are numerous other books devoted exclusively to in - depth treatment of techniques in each ...
... techniques to learn , experience to gain . In this book techniques have been touched on , methods for gaining experience discussed . There are numerous other books devoted exclusively to in - depth treatment of techniques in each ...
Page 245
... techniques in nonfiction , 78 , 136 , 152 Files , starting idea , 9 ; illustrative material , 118 , 213 ; necessary for writer , 225-226 ; research material , 25 , 185 , 199 ; writing techniques , in- formation on , 226 Fillers ...
... techniques in nonfiction , 78 , 136 , 152 Files , starting idea , 9 ; illustrative material , 118 , 213 ; necessary for writer , 225-226 ; research material , 25 , 185 , 199 ; writing techniques , in- formation on , 226 Fillers ...
Contents
Writing History For Todays Readers | 1 |
Using your own experience Things you see Conversations with | 19 |
The Historian As Explorer | 48 |
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