Table of contents:
- 1. "Write, shorten", Maxim Ilyakhov and Lyudmila Sarycheva
- 2. "Mastery of presentation", Alexey Kapterev
- 3. "Author, scissors, paper", Nikolay Kononov
- 4. "How to Write to Be Trusted" by Kenneth Rouman and Joel Rafaelson
- 5. "Speed Reading" by Peter Kamp
- 6. "Writing is easy: how to compose texts without waiting for inspiration", Olga Solomatina
- 7. "How to become a popular author", Ekaterina Inozemtseva
- 8. "Copywriting: how not to eat a dog", Dmitry Kot
- nine.How to Write Books by Stephen King
- 10. “A treasure for a copywriter. Technology for creating exciting texts ", Elina Slobodyanyuk
- 11. "The Language of Writing" by Allan and Barbara Pease
- 12. Custom Genius by Mark Levy
- 13. "How to Write Persuasively" by Gerald Graff and Katie Birkenstein
- 14. "Rice Storm", Michael Mikalko
- 15. Life hacker. 55 bright ideas to improve yourself and your life
2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
These publications will help you write simply and clearly, look for inspiration in everything and learn how to work, even when the muse is gone.
1. "Write, shorten", Maxim Ilyakhov and Lyudmila Sarycheva
If you have time to read just one book, take this one. She will teach you to write in an accessible, succinct and concise manner using clear examples. Moreover, this knowledge will be useful both for professional authors and for those who generally write at least something - that is, absolutely everyone.
However, if you have a good journalism education, you are unlikely to learn something new, just in most cases you nod in agreement with the authors. But you will still recommend the book to your friends.
After reading, do not rush to mindlessly cut the texts, turning them into an incoherent set of words. The main thing - and the authors themselves say this - before you write and shorten, think about what you will get.
2. "Mastery of presentation", Alexey Kapterev
In general, the book teaches you how to create high-quality presentations. But for people who write, it will be no less useful. Take on board something that comes in handy when communicating with the audience using letters.
The text is the same speech, stand-up, presentation, only more limited in the means of expression. But you also need to be able to structure your thoughts, grab the reader's attention and guide it from the beginning to the end of the story.
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3. "Author, scissors, paper", Nikolay Kononov
The book consists of 14 lessons and sequentially teaches you to put words into texts that will be pleasant and understandable to the reader. It reveals different formats: articles, slogans, long reads, essays, memoirs. Thanks to its good structure, the publication puts thoughts on the shelves and answers the main questions of a novice author.
4. "How to Write to Be Trusted" by Kenneth Rouman and Joel Rafaelson
In their book, Kenneth Rouman and Joel Rafaelson revealed the basic principles of successful writing, paid special attention to business correspondence and speechwriting, shared their experience of drawing up plans and reports, and also gave advice on creating an effective resume.
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5. "Speed Reading" by Peter Kamp
The experience of any author is not endless, therefore, when searching for information, he has to shovel through many sources. The work will go much faster if you increase the reading speed without losing the quality of understanding. These skills are what Peter Kamp's book helps to master.
6. "Writing is easy: how to compose texts without waiting for inspiration", Olga Solomatina
Olga Solomatina's book is a kind of textbook for journalists and copywriters, and you can consolidate all the theoretical knowledge gained with the help of practical exercises. After reading the book, you will get rid of the fear of a blank slate, replenish your knowledge base with practical stylistics, and learn a lot about journalistic genres.
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7. "How to become a popular author", Ekaterina Inozemtseva
In pursuit of great texts that will be useful to the reader and will please the editor, you need to think about yourself. The book will teach you how to get publications to form your personal brand.
A reputation as a good writer and expert in your industry comes in handy when you decide to take it to the next level and earn more. Plus, your personal brand puts you in the headhunters' field of vision, so the work will find you.
8. "Copywriting: how not to eat a dog", Dmitry Kot
Dmitry Kot, a copywriter with a marketing education and approach, will tell you how to create simple yet effective ad copy. Despite the fact that the book is mainly for those who are engaged in writing sales texts, those who just keep a personal blog will find something useful for themselves.
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nine. How to Write Books by Stephen King
This is not to say that the entire book consists entirely of useful advice. There are many lyrical digressions here, which, however, are easy and pleasant to read - this is Stephen King. But the practical recommendations given by the author are enough to change your approach to texts.
10. “A treasure for a copywriter. Technology for creating exciting texts ", Elina Slobodyanyuk
In her book, Elina Slobodyanyuk shares the techniques for creating effective texts: how to come up with great headlines, how and what literary techniques and means of artistic expression to use. In addition, the author pays attention to text editing.
11. "The Language of Writing" by Allan and Barbara Pease
The authors specialize in the psychology of communication and tell in the book how to make the text effective in terms of impact on the reader. For better understanding, the narrative is provided with examples.
12. Custom Genius by Mark Levy
Mark Levy will tell you how to write a text when it is not written at all, and the deadlines are tight, how to make a list of ideas for a product, when only templates come to mind and you cannot come up with anything new. You will learn a lot of interesting things about the freewriting technique and will be much less likely to encounter a creative stupor.
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13. "How to Write Persuasively" by Gerald Graff and Katie Birkenstein
The authors focus on scientific and popular science works, but their advice will be useful to anyone who uses many links to research in their texts and processes a large amount of information. The work will no longer be boring, and the texts - incomprehensible.
14. "Rice Storm", Michael Mikalko
They say that there is no such hackneyed topic that could not be hit again. This book will help you hone your fighting technique and repeatedly find vulnerabilities in the familiar that will help you present information in a sharp and unconventional way.
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15. Life hacker. 55 bright ideas to improve yourself and your life
If you make money by writing, then you know that you simply do not have time to wait for inspiration. The customer or editor will not wait for a muse to visit you, so you need to learn how to manage your resources, pump up your personal productivity and make the last leap when there is almost no strength left.
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