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Writing From Life
How to turn your personal experience into profitable prose
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
This book will show you how your own personal experiences can provide you with an endless supply of ideas for your writing - whether fiction or non-fiction. You will learn how to write about what you know - and you certainly know a lot. The good news is that the older you are, and the older you get,...
Writing Habit Hacks
How to Create and Maintain Smart Writing Habits
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2016
***REVISED 2019 EDITION INCLUDES ALL NEW MATERIAL***
Every brilliant writer has a brilliant writing habit.
Now it's your turn. Are you ready to be a brilliant writer?
Developing a writing habit is a skill.
This book is the toolkit you need to hack your life and master that skill. For...
Writing the Wave
Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Where's your wave of creativity? If you want to learn how to write, "Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers" is the very first writing book designed especially for beginning writers who yearn to write more expressively. Written with warmth and wit by internationally acclaimed writer and...
by Kate Krake
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
So, you want to learn how to write enchanting fantasy?
It all starts with the idea.
And here are 101 ideas to start you writing a truly wondrous fantasy story.
Some of these writing prompts are ideas for characters; others present possible scenarios; some are snippets of dialogue.
Each...
After Montaigne
Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays...
Write Like Hemingway
Writing Lessons You Can Learn from the Master
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2009
The bad news is: You have to learn to write. The good news is: Learning to write just became easier.
In this book, writers learn to write like they were born that way from one of America’s greatest literary geniuses—Ernest Hemingway. Noted writing teacher Dr. R. Andrew Wilson calls writers...
90 Days To Your Novel
A Day-by-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist
Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete....
by Donald Maass
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Take your fiction to the next level!
Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose...
The Writer's Compass
From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Map out your idea and finish your story in 7 stages!
This book will show writers how to develop their ideas into a finished novel by working through it in 7 stages, while learning how to mapping out their story's progress and structure so they can evaluate and improve their work. It teaches...
by Nancy Kress
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Get Your Readers' Attention - And Keep It - From the First World to the Final Page
Translating that initial flash of inspiration into a complete story requires careful crafting. So how do you keep your story from beginning slowly, floundering midway, and trailing off at the end? Nancy Kress...
The First Five Pages
A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU.
Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these...
by Nancy Kress
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next.
In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship...
The First 50 Pages
Engage Agents, Editors and Readers, and Set Your Novel Up For Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Seeking writing success? Start at the beginning...
Whether youre looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader, first impressions are vital. Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an agent or editors attention, and are crucial for keeping your reader engaged.
As...
The Everything Creative Writing Book
All you need to know to write novels, plays, short stories, screenplays, poems, articles, or blogs
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Many people can write. But writing well enough to get published takes hours of practice, the ability to take criticism, and expert advice. Filled with stories and tips from published authors, this easy-to-use guide teaches you the basics of the writing craft. Whether you want to create poems or plays,...