Writing As a Second Language From Experience to Story to Prose |
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| Author:
| Davis, Donald |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87483-567-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | August House Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Award-winning author and popular storyteller Donald Davis argues that we must step back into our familiar "first" language--the spoken word--as our creative medium and learn to "translate" into that new foreign language called writing. With enough practice, writing will eventually become a second language instead of a foreign language. In this book, he lays out the method he has used successfully in countless residencies at schools across the United States, working with adults, teens,...
More DescriptionAward-winning author and popular storyteller Donald Davis argues that we must step back into our familiar "first" language--the spoken word--as our creative medium and learn to "translate" into that new foreign language called writing. With enough practice, writing will eventually become a second language instead of a foreign language. In this book, he lays out the method he has used successfully in countless residencies at schools across the United States, working with adults, teens, children, and teachers to help them develop their personal writing style.