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by Nancy Howland Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Instant Songwriting is the ultimate how-to book for musical improvisers and an excellent resource for songwriters. With over two decades of musical improv experience, Nancy Howland Walker guides you with clear, logical and fun step-by-step exercises, from the very basics of putting a song together,...
by Thomas Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by 陳立飛（Spenser）
Language: Chinese
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: Chinese
Release Date: February 1, 2019
百萬粉絲公眾號操盤手、「得到」App超高人氣寫作名師
首度公開「注意力寫作」心法
獻給沒背景、沒靠山，但想赤手空拳，在職場上建立強大影響力的你！
你有沒有想過，混得不好，是因為知道你的人太少？
在個人品牌的時代，能讓多少人注意你，就決定了你值多少錢。
寫作，正是注意力的爭奪！
巧用「注意力寫作」，徹底翻轉你的職場競爭力！
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by Tim Fountain
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
How to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights.
Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know, through the detailed construction of the play,...
Writing Westerns
How to Craft Novels that Evoke the Spirit of the West
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Craft a novel that evokes the spirit of the West
Western Movies don’t appear as frequently today as they did in the 1960s, but those that make the cut in Hollywood prompt frequent Oscar buzz. Nor have Western novels been eclipsed. In 2010, Amazon.com offered 213 new Western novels for sale, plus...
God Bless America
The Origins of Over 1,500 Patriotic Words and Phrases
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A uniquely American vocabulary has evolved from its British beginnings—here are the roots of such words as “a-ok,” “grandstanding,” “rat race,” and more!
The Queen’s English has no place across the pond, where a long history of defiance, creativity, and originality has made...
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists,and thinkers. This luminous translation...
The Playwright's Process
Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Here is the first and only manual for playwrights ever designed to draw directly from the wisdom of leading contemporary dramatists. Interwoven with hundreds of quotations from the author's own in-depth interview series at the Dramatists Guild, in New York City, The Playwright's Process offers a fresh...
Masterclass: Writing Plays
How to create realistic and compelling drama and get your work performed
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Writing Plays is the invaluable and comprehensive guide to anyone who wants to write plays and get them performed.
It covers the basics of the theatre, creating and working with characters, writing realistic speech and dialogue, constructing compelling plots and creating a great ending. There...
by James Scott Bell
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Craft an Engaging Plot
How does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone off course?
With Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, you'll discover the answers to these questions...
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction--from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
From "the godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, "reminiscent of Stephen King's fiction handbook On Writing" (Kirkus).
Whether you're writing a rags-to-riches tell-all memoir or...
Hooked
Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
The road to rejection is paved with bad beginnings. Agents and editors agree: Improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If a novel or short story has a bad beginning, then no one will keep reading. It's just that simple.
In Hooked, author Les Edgerton draws...
The Forest for the Trees (Revised and Updated)
An Editor's Advice to Writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
"The Forest for the Trees should become a permanent part of any writer's or editor's personal library." -The Seattle Times
Quickly established as an essential and enduring companion for aspiring writers when it was first published, Betsy Lerner's sharp, funny, and insightful guide...
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more.
The fifth volume in the acclaimed Now Write! writing-guide series offers a full toolbox of...