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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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Океан в конце дороги, Нил Гейман
Bone Song
Crossfire
waiting game
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover with text
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
Gaiman, N. (2013). The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Luis-Royo-Dreams-Ties-of-Power
blood harvest
The Language of Power
A Space Between 2
Tracking the Tempest
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
Illustrated by Mathia Arkoniel
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/discworldpages/discworldnovels/colourofmagic.htm
Demon Isle
Cover illustration by Amandine LaBarre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/chasseurssorciers.jpg
bcc18-hour-of-dust-and-ashes
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
Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955)
pieces of eight
Isbn: 9788852036545
http://alessandria.bookrepublic.it/api/books/9788852036545/cover
Ros Jackson
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
http://www.lectur-addicts.fr/uploads/482
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Polish cover with text
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VzyK-pXkL.jpg
Shadow of the Sun
Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman
Chinese edition
Hellstrom's Hive, 1973
The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
Much Obliged Jeeves
The Necessity of Man, 2012
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
shadewright
Goblintown justice
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - NKJemisin
cdc0e-aaron_spiritsend-tp
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
http://ec4.images-amazon.com/images/I/81M8%2BssUJdL.jpg
Nightshifted
Rifkind's Challenge - Lynn Abbey
Sourcery
Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn - Arrow Books
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Cover art: Laura Hollingsworth
Dead Iron, 2011
__lords_and_ladies___by_marcsimonetti-d2znyqf
World After
Little Girl Lost
http://www.bookkaholic.com/what-should-i-read-next/the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane-by-neil-gaiman/
The First Spark, Independent (2016)
Academ's Fury 1
Jeeves and Wooster
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
http://conceptartworld.com/?cat=10
The Diamond Bearer's Destiny
http://readery.co/9786169187301
McDermott, J.M.: Never Knew Another
Transformation space 1
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak
Cover art by Jon Foster
Cover art by Jon Foster
Infidel - kameron hurley
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41uOEiGjKoL.jpg
Source: Amazon
the hunt
Moon Dance
The Last Swordmage
freedomcover2-13
a diamond
Hunting the Five
thief_of_time__terry_pratchett_by_marcsimonetti-d2z6fuv
Social Psychology - Aronson Wilson Akert
C & R Crime; New Ed edition (2007-04-26)
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://elisabethcrabtree.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/final-final-cover-23.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oJNXK%2B4EL.jpg
German edition
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
http://julienalday.blogspot.no/2011/10/n193-when-we-were-executioners.html
Blood Brothers
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
The Chermasu by Brian Patrick McKinley
The Death of Jonas Wakefield
A-Memory-of-Light-cover-670x444
crucible by jim burns
Gaiman, N. (2013). Ocean at the end of the lane.
sign
highkingstomb
Cover art by Nekro
Cover art by Nekro
Pratchett, Terry: Rincewind
c3018-mercythompsonbook
Pursuit
http://www.kylepaints.com/
Artist: Kyle Scott
English cover
Magic-at-the-Gate-5-e1352909080304
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Łowcy czarnoksiężników (Polish title); translated by Sylwia Twardo
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
0b4b8-blackveil_b
Torgs First Death
The Last Swordmage
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Illustrator: Brigitte Sutherlands
Het lied van de aarde, Elspeth Cooper
Source: Amazon
Source: Amazon
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - French cover with text
hawkcover2orange
Legenden om Hurog
Angela of Troy
Dark Earth - Jason Halstead 2
Eric
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608007399206880798&pid=1.7
http://lamilanabonita.com/2015/02/18/el-oceano-al-final-del-camino-de-neil-gaiman/
Delightfully Twisted Tales Kindle cover
Raventide - TA Miles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holme_(TV_series).jpg
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
Child of the Ghosts
http://lucidflux.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-462803837
By Laura Ketcham
Wild Magic; London, Scholastic Point, 2004
Artemis Fowl Chinese cover
Cover art by Don Sipley
Cover art by Don Sipley
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ghDMIzVL.jpg
captain's fury
Cover illustration by Amandine La Barre
http://amandine.labarre.free.fr/vaisseauxduciel.jpg
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Cover illustration by Alan Gutierrez
Plain Jane - 3
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
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
Hilda - Snow White Revisited
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
Cover artist: Sarah Ann Langton
http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716
Artist: Les Edwards at lesedwards.com
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
Cover art by Steve Montiglio
The Wizard Hunters - Martha Wells - German Cover
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
Snow Art - Simon Beck
Seraphina, 2012
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Book design by Nicole de las Heras
Over the Horizon
on dark shores
Happy Slumbers
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
http://www.lwcurrey.com/pages/books/146428/k-w-jeter/madlands
uten navn
Bajo la Hiedra - Elspeth Cooper
Eugène_Delacroix_-_La_liberté_guidant_le_peuple
Twice Dead, German cover, 2013
24 Bones - Michael F Stewart
WolfsHeadWolfsHeart-pb
Russian Very Good Jeeves
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Artist: Herbert James Draper
Moon Over Soho - deviant art - delrayspectra
wild-magic-UK-hb-500
The Ships of Air - Martha Wells - Cover by Donato Art
Polis - Jo Nesbø - Svensk
Land of Shadows
Djinnxd
A Triumph of Souls
Asimov, Isaac: Foundation series
BridgesCityofDreamsA
House of Mere
green_rider__cover_art_by_pallanoph-d3j5tne
Cover_Imperatore.qxp:Layout 1
The Gate of Gods - Martha Wells - French edition
Apocalypto
Redeeming Stanley 2
The Code of the Woosters - Russian Cover
http://epl.delfi.ee/news/kultuur/raamatukatkend-neil-gaiman-ja-tee-lopus-on-ookean?id=67595986
The House
Cast in sorrow without text
Monstrous regiment
Hemlock
Shaedes-of-Gray
the book of deacon
Through Wolf's Eyes
Dawn Undercover - Japanese cover
Strata
Into the Valley
https://www.coverkicks.com/
https://www.coverkicks.com/
http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/63963684820/gto12llll
the-republic-of-thieves-by-scott-lynch-new-uk
Birth Marked
Stories
a hand for each
GermanOnceBitten
Shiv Crew
Linkin_Park-Meteora-Frontal
Nocturnal Origins
Madlands - French cover
Draw One in the Dark
The Hobbit
Assured Destruction - Micheal F Stewart
7156_TB_Pastworld.indd
Source: Glendalarke.com
Source: Glendalarke.com
Born of Fire, 2012
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iTXerlFrL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Source: amazon.com
Death Has a Name
Artist: Caitlin Willey
Artist: Caitlin Willey
http://steniosantos.deviantart.com/art/The-Ocean-at-the-End-of-the-Lane-435034900
By Stênio Santos
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett - UK edition
A Turn of Curses
the weight of blood
Demonsouled
Bitterwood
lady_of_devices_shelleyadina_cover_500x800
A Flight of Thieves
Shadowbloom - Sullivan brothers
Rex Rising
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
Plain Jane
Polícia - Jo Nesbø - Slovak 2
The Christmas Caper by Christopher Bunn
Artist: Matthew Stewart
Artist: Matthew Stewart
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
http://simania.co.il/bookimages/covers0/8631.jpg
Plague town
http://www.tor.com/2014/09/24/midway-relics-and-dying-breeds-seanan-mcguire/
Artist: Theo Prins
Drinking life
The wise man's fear marc simonetti
Jingo
A-Forthcoming-Wizard-150841-d4902f8679c2f83a8362
RAPTURE - Kameron Hurley
An Unexpected Apprentice
Oath of Swords
Smite Me
Artist: Byron Brown
Artist: Byron Brown
ShapeshiftedFinal
Madlands - Italian cover
A Wild Hunt
Hardship - Jean Johnson - Gene Mollica
Alexa's Travels
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780575079540/bone-song.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
http://deborahharkness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CoverGermanTranslationofTBOL.jpg
Altdorf
Confederation
We Leave Together - JM McDermott

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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.”

    Shattered Destiny (loc 19537)

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