Composition category: 2309 books
Music Publishing
The Roadmap to Royalties
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Music Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. Publishing in the music business goes far beyond the physical sheet--it includes live performance and mechanical (recording) rights, and income streams from licensing deals of various kinds. A single song...
Retention and Resistance
Writing Instruction and Students Who Leave
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers.
Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but...
Story Stakes
Your #1 Writing Skills Strategy to Produce a Page-Turner that Transforms Readers into Raving Fans of Your Screenplay or Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Make your story a page-turner; make a living as a writer.
Wouldn’t it be great if readers stayed up all night to finish your screenplay or novel?
After such an intense emotional experience, when they’re done with your story, these readers won’t quickly forget about it and reach...
Writing Games
Multicultural Case Studies of Academic Literacy Practices in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2005
This book explores how writers from several different cultures learn to write in their academic settings, and how their writing practices interact with and contribute to their evolving identities as students and professionals in academic environments in higher education.
Embedded in a theoretical...
by Jade C. Jamison
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
“My first thought when I finished reading was ‘Where the hell was this book when I jumped into self-publishing?’ I love the no-nonsense style that pulls no punches and keeps you interested. If you are thinking about self-publishing (or even going the traditional route) you should read this book...
From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!'
Righting Your Creative Writing
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Part textbook and part handbook, From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!': Righting Your Creative Writing leads creative writers of all levels and all genres through the entire writing process. This accessible guide offers helpful suggestions to prompt and encourage even the most blocked writers to explore and develop...
The Nonfictionist's Guide
On Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2007
Nonfiction—the "fourth genre" (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)—is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. It is often labeled and/or limited as "creative"...
by Rita Angelelli
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Ciascuno di noi ha un grande potenziale, ma non tutti sanno di averlo. Il piacere di narrare storie fa parte della nostra umanità, pensate a quando ci succede qualcosa di eccezionale e non vediamo l'ora di raccontarlo a qualcuno. A voce è semplice, è quello che sentiamo nell'immediato, quello che...
by Alessandro Forlani
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 6, 2016
SAGGIO (40 pagine) - SCRITTURA CREATIVA - Ecco come dare vita ai personaggi dei vostri romanzi!
Dare vita a protagonisti, comprimari e antagonisti per un romanzo, un racconto o un progetto seriale. Dopo "Com'è facile scrivere difficile", un altro divertito, piacevole prontuario sulle...
by Tito Faraci
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Il mio mestiere è scrivere storie a fumetti. Sceneggiarle. È il mio modo di narrare. Ho sceneggiato storie di Topolino e Diabolik, di Dylan Dog e Spider-Man, di Tex e di Paperinik. Per farlo mi sono servito di una cassetta degli attrezzi, come la chiamerebbe Stephen King, e di un metodo: il mio...
Creating Sounds from Scratch
A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets...
by John Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Counterpoint is an approach to musical composition based on the union of independent and interdependent melodies. Counterpoint and How to Use It in Your Music is a step-by-step course in counterpoint, and shows you how to apply it in your own music, whether you write contemporary pop songs or pieces...
Demythologizing Language Difference in the Academy
Establishing Discipline-Based Writing Programs
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2004
In this volume, Mark Waldo argues that writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs should be housed in writing centers and explains an innovative approach to enhancing their effectiveness: focus WAC on the writing agendas of the disciplines. He asserts that WAC operation should reflect an academy...
Changing Creative Writing in America
Strengths, Weaknesses, Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
In this compelling collection of essays contributors critically examine Creative Writing in American Higher Education. Considering Creative Writing teaching, learning and knowledge, the book recognizes historical strengths and weaknesses. The authors cover topics ranging from the relationship between...