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