Accidental Magic: The Wizard's Techniques for Writing Words Worth 1,000 Pictures

by Roy H. Williams

Book Overview

160 unposed moments of life miraculously caught forever on film, juxtaposed against the words of world-class master persuaders.

Accidental Magic is a photo essay book of striking black-and-white snapshots taken by amateur photographers and interpreted into words by graduates of Wizard Academy. It also contains some of the most potent writing and communication techniques taught at the Wizard Academy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885167547
• ISBN13: 9781885167545
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Bard Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

great

I rescue dogs. I normally do o.k. in finding good homes but I had to do better when I got up to 9 and could not find homes for them. I bought this book. Studied the technique. Now I have families fighting over who gets my dogs. Great. It's all in the presentation. These are examples.

The Magic Man - Wizard of Ads - Roy H. Williams

If you haven't read a book by the Wizard yet, you really should. Once you start reading you'll never want to stop. It covers some of the concepts that exist in the other Wizard of Ads books such as "Seussing" "Being Monet" and "Frosting" as well as more concepts and then a plethora of "literary snapshots" to accompany black and white photographs. It is not only another book I wouldn't want to live without for information purposes but it also manages to stir up creativity and emotions through the writing. It also reminds me of a magazine I once had a subscription to, The Sun....

The Magic is Real - Not Accidental!

We each harbour amazing talents, including the ability to write as profoundly as the contributing authors to Accidental Magic. Roy H. Williams is a gifted teacher, who shows us how to reveal this talent, and how to apply communications techniques to create written word magic. This is truly a delightful book - at home on the coffee table and in corporate libraries. Both instructional and entertaining, I guarantee one read won't be enough. How I wish I knew Roy Williams, or read his books 40 years ago!

Commanding Case Studies For Excellent Writing

For years I too toiled in the rank and file of the Public School system to learn to write with clarity, proper grammar, and the ability to grab my readers by their collective eyeballs and yank them into my thoughts. The techniques described in this magnificent compilation of photographs, and an authors description of each, serve as 'case studies' for great writing using the same techniques the book elaborates at the beginning. Could have used this my sophomore year...glad it is here today.

A Journey Into the Magical Worlds of Words

With techniques to surprise Broca, Frosting, Franking, Suessing and Frameline Magnetism, Roy Williams and 106 graduates of The Wizard Academy set out in this unique book to prove that words are worth 1,000 pictures. On one side of the page a photograph, a "window through which we can peer into another world", on the other a literary snapshot incorporating the techniques required to imprint vivid mental imagery. "The magic in the photographs is accidental but the magic in the word intentional." .How many gobbletygooks, gimmicks and gizmoes have you tried to use to improve your writing ability? Do you know yet how to remove the black words from your copy? If not pick up your copy of this unique book right away. Not only do you get to enjoy this exceptional quality book, but all proceeds of this book go to help the people of Guatemala.