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Write Your Way to a Higher GPA:
How to Dramatically
Boost Your Grade-Point Average Simply by Sharpening Your
Writing Skills
By Randall Hansen, Ph.D.
and Katharine Hansen
Ten Speed Press -- ISBN: 0-89815-903-2
Need help writing a paper? Not sure how to get information? This site is for you!
About the authors:
- Dr. Randall Hansen
is an associate professor of marketing at the School of Business
Administration, Stetson
University, DeLand, FL. Dr. Hansen has been active in promoting
the importance of writing skills of college graduates, especially
Business School undergraduates. He has published several articles on
improving and strengthening writing skills and is currently publisher of
QuintZine, a bi-weekly
career e-zine published by Quintessential
Careers, one of the oldest and most comprehensive career dewvelopment sites on the Web.
- Katharine Hansen
is an accomplished writer, editor, and speechwriter. Ms. Hansen
has written numerous articles, been an editor of a group of weekly
newspapers, and been a speechwriter for a major Florida politician. She
is currently a a creative director for Quintessential
Careers, editor of QuintZine, a bi-weekly
career e-zine, and chief writer for Quintessential
Resumes and Cover Letters.
- And, of course, both Hansens are the co-authors of one of the
best-selling books on job-hunting and cover letters -- now in its third edition,
Dynamic Cover Letters.
Why you need the book:
Table of Contents:
What follows is a brief table of contents.
Introduction: What this book is and is not
Chapter 1: Fear and Loathing and the College Paper
25
ways to come to grips with the awful fear, angst, and
procrastination that plague the college-paper writing process.
Chapter 2: Cutting Edge Research Tools and Techniques
Including CD-ROM databases, on-line databases, the Internet, and
all state-of-the-art library technology.
Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with all Kinds of Academic Writing
Learn all about the major types of academic writing assignments you'll
face in college, including the major types of expository
prose and creative writing.
Chapter 4: The Top Writing Flaws that Make for a Lower Grade
Our survey of college professors reveals the Top Ten most
frequent writing flaws that get a professor's goat and result in
lower grades. This chapter tells how to avoid these (and nineteen other) pitfalls.
Chapter 5: Five Extra Tips for Writing an A Paper
Subtle, fine points for polishing and packaging a paper.
Chapter 6: How Revision Can Turn an Average Paper into an A Paper
Including the three steps for revising and a college-paper makeover.
Chapter 7: Beyond Writing: Ten More Tips to Raise Your GPA
Additional "tricks of the trade" to help boost your GPA.
Chapter 8: Where to Turn for Guidance on Style, Word Usage,
Punctuation, Grammar, and Syntax
This is the chapter that you'll use again and again as a key
resource tool for college writing! Includes information
on writing-related books, software, and Internet/Web sites.
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How to contact the authors:
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