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Writing tips from the CIA’s ruthless style manual

2014-07-08 humanitysdarkerside Leave a comment

CIA gives great, and difficult to remember, writing tips.

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cdc0e-aaron_spiritsend-tp
Artist: Byron Brown
Artist: Byron Brown
Jeeves and Wooster
The Code of the Woosters - Russian Cover
Apocalypto
Madlands - French cover
http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716
Artist: Les Edwards at lesedwards.com
thief_of_time__terry_pratchett_by_marcsimonetti-d2z6fuv
wild-magic-UK-hb-500
Much Obliged Jeeves
Smite Me
Academ's Fury 1
Snow Art - Simon Beck
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover with text
Het lied van de aarde, Elspeth Cooper
Redeeming Stanley 2
The Last Swordmage
Asimov, Isaac: Foundation series
Gaiman, N. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Cover art by Don Sipley
Cover art by Don Sipley
a hand for each
Happy Slumbers
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uOEiGjKoL.jpg
Source: Amazon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holme_(TV_series).jpg
Moon Dance
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-gaiman.jpg
a diamond
Demon Isle
Strata
Hemlock
Through Wolf's Eyes
uten navn
Drinking life
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Confederation
Land of Shadows
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
The Christmas Caper by Christopher Bunn
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
the hunt
http://www.bookkaholic.com/what-should-i-read-next/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-by-neil-gaiman/
Artemis Fowl Chinese cover
Cover illustration by Amandine LaBarre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/chasseurssorciers.jpg
Angela of Troy
Dawn Undercover - Japanese cover
the book of deacon
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak
Moon Over Soho - deviant art - delrayspectra
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
http://www.otherland-berlin.de/tl_files/bilder/content/AUSLESE%20-%20Buecher/us-books/2013/gaiman-ocean.jpg
Cover illustration by Amandine La Barre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/vaisseauxduciel.jpg
Blood Brothers
Wild Magic; London, Scholastic Point, 2004
Djinnxd
Linkin_Park-Meteora-Frontal
blood harvest
Hilda - Snow White Revisited
Shiv Crew
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Arrow Books
http://www.tor.com/2014/09/24/midway-relics-and-dying-breeds-seanan-mcguire/
Artist: Theo Prins
The Wizard Hunters - Martha Wells - German Cover
The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
Twice Dead, German cover, 2013
Draw One in the Dark
A-Memory-of-Light-cover-670x444
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Isbn: 9788852036545
http://alessandria.bookrepublic.it/api/books/9788852036545/cover
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
Plain Jane
Pratchett, Terry: Rincewind
RAPTURE - Kameron Hurley
Child of the Ghosts
The wise man's fear marc simonetti
Ros Jackson
Monstrous regiment
Chinese edition
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NKJemisin
Cover art by Jon Foster
Cover art by Jon Foster
Death Has a Name
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
McDermott, J.M.: Never Knew Another
Seraphina, 2012
Social Psychology - Aronson Wilson Akert
BridgesCityofDreamsA
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
Delightfully Twisted Tales Kindle cover
Little Girl Lost
http://steniosantos.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-435034900
By Stênio Santos
The Language of Power
http://lucidflux.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-462803837
By Laura Ketcham
Cover art by Nekro
Cover art by Nekro
Madlands - Italian cover
Russian Very Good Jeeves
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Stories
House of Mere
The Gate of Gods - Martha Wells - French edition
English cover
Source: Amazon
Source: Amazon
Cover_Imperatore.qxp:Layout 1
Goblintown justice
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Shaedes-of-Gray
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
http://epl.delfi.ee/news/kultuur/raamatukatkend-neil-gaiman-ja-tee-lopus-on-ookean?id=67595986
freedomcover2-13
The Chermasu by Brian Patrick McKinley
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
waiting game
Infidel - kameron hurley
Birth Marked
C & R Crime; New Ed edition (2007-04-26)
24 Bones - Michael F Stewart
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak 2
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - French cover with text
Bitterwood
Polis - Jo Nesbø - Svensk
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Hardship - Jean Johnson - Gene Mollica
Jacket illustration by Paul Kidby
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/The_front_cover_of_the_book_Raising_Steam_by_Terry_Pratchett.jpg
GermanOnceBitten
Gaiman, N. (2013). Ocean at the end of the lane.
green_rider__cover_art_by_pallanoph-d3j5tne
Hellstrom's Hive, 1973
http://lamilanabonita.com/2015/02/18/el-oceano-al-final-del-camino-de-neil-gaiman/
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
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The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Polish cover with text
Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
The House
ShapeshiftedFinal
Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman
Alexa's Travels
Bajo la Hiedra - Elspeth Cooper
An Unexpected Apprentice
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Cover art by David Palumbo Cover design by Rebecca Silvers Interior layout and design by Ross E. Lockhart
Plain Jane - 3
The First Spark, Independent (2016)
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highkingstomb
Magic-at-the-Gate-5-e1352909080304
We Leave Together - JM McDermott
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Transformation space 1
Oath of Swords
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
Over the Horizon
A soldier's duty
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
Editing and cover design by Tim C. Taylor Cover images by KireevArt and fotola70
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
Legenden om Hurog
Altdorf
Tracking the Tempest
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Artist: Matthew Stewart
on dark shores
The Diamond Bearer's Destiny
sign
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTXerlFrL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Source: amazon.com
Rex Rising
Torgs First Death
http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/63963684820/gto12llll
Nightshifted
A Space Between 2
A Triumph of Souls
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Shadowbloom - Sullivan brothers
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Artist: Caitlin Willey
The Death of Jonas Wakefield
Raventide - TA Miles
Luis-Royo-Dreams-Ties-of-Power
Jingo
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
A Wild Hunt
lady_of_devices_shelleyadina_cover_500x800
Sourcery
captain's fury
pieces of eight
Bone Song
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
A Turn of Curses
A Flight of Thieves
crucible by jim burns
Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955)
the weight of blood
hawkcover2orange
Eric
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett - UK edition
https://www.coverkicks.com/
https://www.coverkicks.com/
Rifkind's Challenge - Lynn Abbey
The Hobbit
http://www.kylepaints.com/
Artist: Kyle Scott
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Shadow of the Sun
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oJNXK%2B4EL.jpg
German edition
c3018-mercythompsonbook
Born of Fire, 2012
Nocturnal Origins
Into the Valley
shadewright
http://readery.co/9786169187301
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover by Donato Art
WolfsHeadWolfsHeart-pb
Demonsouled
Pursuit
Cast in sorrow without text
bcc18-hour-of-dust-and-ashes
Dark Earth - Jason Halstead 2
Crossfire
A-Forthcoming-Wizard-150841-d4902f8679c2f83a8362
Океан в конце дороги, Нил Гейман
Hunting the Five
the-republic-of-thieves-by-scott-lynch-new-uk
Dead Iron, 2011
The Necessity of Man, 2012
Assured Destruction - Micheal F Stewart
The Last Swordmage
World After
Plague town

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  1. No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

    (p. 1, The Haunting of Hill House)

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  2. “Life, in all its imperfect variation, was nothing compared to the scale of nothingness that made up most of the known universe.”

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