Today’s professionals recognize the need to elevate written communication beyond argument-driven pedantry, political polemic, and obtuse pontification. Whether the goal is to write the next serious work of best-selling nonfiction, to develop a platform as a public scholar, or simply to craft clear and concise workplace communication, The Art of Public Writing demystifies the process, showing why it’s not just nice, but necessary, to connect with those inside and outside one’s area of expertise. Drawing on a diverse set of examples ranging from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species to Steven Levitt’s Freakonomics, Zachary Michael Jack offers invaluable advice for researchers, scholars, and working professionals determined to help interpret field-specific debates for wider audiences, address complex issues in the public sphere, and successfully engage audiences beyond the Corner Office and the Ivory Tower.

Practical information for artists trying to sell their work. Formatted in a workbook style with fill exercises and examples.

Today’s professionals recognize the need to elevate written communication beyond argument-driven pedantry, political polemic, and obtuse pontification. Whether the goal is to write the next serious work of best-selling nonfiction, to develop a platform as a public scholar, or simply to craft clear and concise workplace communication, The Art of Public Writing demystifies the process, showing why it’s not just nice, but necessary, to connect with those inside and outside one’s area of expertise. Drawing on a diverse set of examples ranging from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species to Steven Levitt’s Freakonomics, Zachary Michael Jack offers invaluable advice for researchers, scholars, and working professionals determined to help interpret field-specific debates for wider audiences, address complex issues in the public sphere, and successfully engage audiences beyond the Corner Office and the Ivory Tower.

Rediscover the lost art of excellent writing—a valuable skill through the ages, and even more so in the twenty-first century. Since the invention of writing, the written word has fueled humanity’s astonishing progress. Thus, the ability to write effectively and beautifully has long been revered and rewarded. And yet in the digital age, people have begun to believe that this talent is somehow obsolete: that writing is something unworthy of study beyond the basic mechanics of vocabulary and syntax and grammar, that mediocre prose is acceptable in a world crying out for clear and precise communication. Peter Yang believes otherwise. The Art of Writing is Yang’s highly practical treatise on the four key principles of dazzling, effective writing—economy, transparency, variety, and harmony. Far from your garden-variety style guide, this book offers principles that apply to everyone, whether you’re writing an inauguration speech, a novel, or a letter home to Mom. Great writing is a skill, and this book gives you the tools to make your words shimmer on the page (or the screen). Packed with real-world insights and advice, The Art of Writing is your ultimate guide to transforming your writing and unleashing your inner artist.

Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Joseph Berg Esenwein (May 16, 1867 November 1, 1946) was an American publisher, lecturer, and writer. He was noted for his contributions to the Library of the best literature in the world. Esenwein was born in Philadelphia to parents Augustus and Catherine Esenwein. He was educated at Albright College, Millersville Normal School, Lafayette College, Richmond College, and the University of Omaha. He was president of the Albright Collegiate Institute in 1895-1896, and the following year he served as the YMCA's director of education in Washington Heights, New York. After a year of traveling abroad, he became an English teacher at the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, and then stopped teaching in 1903 to become manager of Booklovers Magazine.Two years later, he was named editor and manager of Lippincott Magazine, a position he held until 1914 while teaching a private course on story writing. In 1915, he became editor of The Writer's Monthly, Springfield, Mass. He is known as a teacher and writer. The Art of Public Speaking, The Father of W.E. Conversation was seen as both an art and an achievement by Gladstone. Around the table in his house, some topic of local or national interest was constantly discussed.