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303 Writing Prompts
Ideas to Get You Started
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
“Don’t stop and think about it, just write.” —from the introduction Writing is many things. It can be a way to express our deepest feelings and greatest yearnings, or illuminate the mysteries of human existence. It can also, of course, be a lot of fun. Sometimes the best way to get started...
by Robert Graham
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2006
If you are a writer of fiction, this practical handbook will teach you how to acquire your own writer's tool-box. Here you will learn all about developing your craft. The wide-ranging exploration of fiction-writing skills contains many unique features, such as the focus on reflective learning and...
by Louise Truscott
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2017
All about writing - a guide for writers and those thinking about writing to getting started, developing characters and plot, the writing process, editing and what to do when the book is finished. Inside you'll find:* The writer's commandments* The ideas generator* Developing a genuinely...
You Can Love Writing
A Guide to Get through Your College Papers and Like It
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
How would you like to perform with the passion of an Oscar winning actor, compete with the drive and fervor of an Olympic athlete, or teach like you’ve got a Nobel Prize slung around your neck all while doing your homework? Believe it or not, you can do all of this and much more in the course of...
How to Write a Book
A Guide to Nonfiction Writing
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2018
How to Write a Book
This disquisition disambiguates the details of book writing other volumes would not discuss. Within the pages of this book are revealed the secrets to book-writing prowess. From writing books, to reports, to white papers to articles, and even product reviews, you would find...
Story Pitch
The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Struggling to start your story or lost in the middle? You need a Story Pitch.
A standard pitch is meant for marketing and selling, but a Story Pitch is a powerful tool meant to be used when pre-writing and writing. It can help you jumpstart your novel, screenplay, comic, or whatever type of...
The Internet Unconscious
On the Subject of Electronic Literature
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Winner of the N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature from the Electronic Literature Organization
There is electronic literature that consists of works, and the authors and communities and practices around such works. This is not a book about that electronic literature....
by Jack Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
For several decades Jack Matthews distributed a photocopied version of this guide to students in his fiction writing classes at Ohio University. A Worker's Writebook offers insight about how successful writers mold raw experiences into a story and how language helps you to do that. It offers good...
by Louise Truscott
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
More about writing – a sequel to Project December and another guide for writers and those thinking about writing to getting started… again, developing characters and plot, the writing process, editing and what to do when the book is finished. Inside you’ll find:•The A to Z of writing•How...
Sometimes the Magic Works
Lessons from a Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2003
“Terry Brooks is adamant about dedicating oneself to the craft, while showing awe and humility for the creative process. . . . Every serious writer should refer to this book regularly for inspiration as well as solid crafting advice.”—Elizabeth Engstrom Cratty, Director of Maui Writers Retreat
In...
Good Prose
The Art of Nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of The Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young...
The Kite and the String
How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--and Live to Tell the Tale
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher
“A book-length master class.” —The Atlantic
Writing well does not result from...
by Leah Cox
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Free 30-day email training series for online entrepreneurs - get my top 30 copywriting tips to help you find your voice, gather your tribe and turn your online words to gold (or money.) -> www.leahmarjoriecox.com/30-day-writing-challenge/ (just copy and paste into your browser) Finding it freakin’...
by Michel Theriault
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
Writing is about more than conveying information. It’s about influencing someone to follow directions, agree with your position, take action or approve your business case.
Take what you think you know about writing in your job and turn it on its head. You probably thought it was about being...