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You're a writer. You need to make money from your words. What if you could create AND sell a nonfiction book in just a day? This book will show you how to think outside the box, get creative — and SELL what you create. Making money from your writing can be a real challenge, especially if you're...

Avoid the common pitfalls of short story writing   Beginning writers often make common errors that will a little know-how can be corrected or avoided.   Create the perfect plot for your short story   In Crafting the Short Story you’ll...

Anyone can write, and anyone can self-publish. That doesn’t mean your books will sell or anyone will care about them. How can you change that? I’ve been self-publishing for more than 2 years and in that time I’ve put out more than 50 books and written more than 2 million words. I want to...

Need to write a book, but don’t want to spend years doing it? What if you could do it in 30 days or less? Learn how to develop a daily writing habit. Learn how to determine the length of your book. And learn what to do with your book when it’s done—including editing, layout, cover...

Have you lost your writing mojo? Has your Muse abandoned you? Is the business of being a writer sucking away all the joy you used to feel in the process?   If finding the time to write has become a chore rather than a pleasure; if your prose seems forced and getting words on the page...

“Just tell a story,” the teacher said. “It will be fun.” Yet the student stares at a blank screen, uncertain what to write, and it’s far from a fun experience. The narrative essay -- a personal form of storytelling about true experiences -- requires the writer to abandon...

"The Writers Conference Guide is designed to helps writers reap the benefits from the time and money invested in a writer's conference in order to obtain optimal results. The strategies laid out are taken from our collective experience as authors, presenters, keynote speakers and publishers. Our goal...

Power and Identity In the Creative Writing Classroom remaps theories and practices for teaching creative writing at university and college level. This collection critiques well-established approaches for teaching creative writing in all genres and builds a comprehensive and adaptable pedagogy based on...

Education is in crisis—at least, so we hear. And at the center of this crisis is technology. New technologies like computer-based classroom instruction, online K–12 schools, MOOCs (massive open online courses), and automated essay scoring may be our last great hope—or the greatest threat we...

This book describes an alternative way to teach Creative Writing, one that replaces the silent writer taking criticism and advice from the teacher-led workshop with an active writer who reflects upon and publically questions the work-in-progress in order to solicit response, from a writers' group...

Early Life Leadership: 101 Conversation Starters and Writing Prompts is designed to help adults plant leadership seeds in the children they love or work with. We all can look back at our lives and still remember the people who loved us and taught us valuable life lessons. This resource offers 101...

Change Your Training Narrative As a trainer, you try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing you must first make connections for yourself. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But how do you tell stories? How do you find stories to tell? StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories...

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message...

That important paper is due soon and you don’t know where to start. You’re out of ideas and out of time. Don’t panic-- writing great research papers is not as daunting a task as you think. It’s just a process—and with The Everything Guide to Writing Research Papers, you can master that process...