{"product_id":"writing-is-hard-jim-labate-9780966210033","title":"Writing Is Hard: A Collection of Over 100 Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eo Writers Everywhere: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever read a writing and grammar textbook? Most likely, you haven't. Or if you have, you probably read it only because some teacher forced you. With that in mind, I wrote the following essays in an attempt to teach writing and grammar in a nontraditional and nonthreatening way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays appeared initially in \u003cem\u003eThe Hudsonian, \u003c\/em\u003ethe student newspaper at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. As one of the writing specialists in The Writing and Research Center at HVCC, I have observed that many students are intimidated by formal textbooks that attempt to explain the entire writing process or to address all areas of punctuation, grammar, and usage. Thus, I tried to make these essays somewhat informal, and I purposely focused on only a small portion of the writing process or on one small part of the mechanics of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy hope was that students might take a few moments to read the student newspaper, find the essay, and learn something that would stay with them for years. After publication in the newspaper, I reformatted the essays, and now, I use them as supplemental handouts for students who are struggling with commas or fragments or term papers or any other aspect of writing. As you read through the essays, I sure hope you find them a bit more interesting than your grammar textbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Labate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0966210034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780966210033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohawk River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.49d","brand":"Jim Labate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063521079551,"sku":"9780966210033","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3b27def-f6c2-49e3-a741-29f6a34b7c2e.jpg?v=1685390050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-is-hard-jim-labate-9780966210033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}