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Frank, Steven

 
9780375422287: The Pen Commandments: A Guide for the Beginning Writer

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A lighthearted guide to writing outlines effective techniques while identifying its pleasures and rewards, featuring advice in the areas of using punctuation effectively, overcoming writer's block, taking essay tests, utilizing correct structure, and writing with a sense of purpose. 15,000 first printing.

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Mr. Frank has been a high school English teacher for ten years. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

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Thou Shalt Honor Thy Reader, Thou Shalt Not Waste Words, Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences―these are three of the “pen” commandments through which, with humor and an engaging sense of purpose, Steven Frank inspires his readers not just to write but to write well.<br><br>Thou Shalt Take Pleasure in Thy Pen: As Frank watches a group of students huddle around a boy who is gleefully explaining a mysterious scar, an infallible writing topic emerges―describe the grossest thing that’s ever happened to you. Thou Shalt Not Pick on the Puncts: Frank persuades a hyperkinetic teen to slow down long enough to let punctuation marks help the boy’s own natural storytelling ability come through. Thou Shalt Overcome Writer’s Block: With practical advice and compelling case studies, Frank unfreezes the pens of struggling writers all around him, from his mail carrier to a former student to his own mom.<br><br>Drawing on Frank’s considerable experience as an English teacher, his passion for writing, and his love of language,<b> The Pen Commandments</b> is a witty and accessible book that entertains as it instructs.

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ISBN 10:  1400032296 ISBN 13:  9781400032297
Editorial: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004
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