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by Olivia Aragon
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Olivia Aragon's Writing for the Senses helps writers focus on what brings the reader in - the senses. This book offers advice and 365 writing prompts to develop a writer's sense of sense. The five senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell - convince the reader that the people on the page were...
by Joseph Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2011
A powerful book about writing and the writing process, this book will motivate both beginning and professional writers to sit down and write as swiftly as they can to generate ideas or to break out of a writer's block. Writing will become a joyful act instead of a chore. All aspects of writing...
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...
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,...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing for Young Adults
Expert Tips on Writing Books Teens Love to Read
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
This comprehensive guide introduces aspiring storytellers to the ins and outs of writing fiction and nonfiction for young adults. Information includes an overview of writing, from dialogue and point of view to plot, setting, and character construction; choosing an agent and publisher; marketing the...
The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition
How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Where do you get your ideas?
Its a question that plagues every writer. And once youve got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts. So how do you come up with those ideas, and how do you turn them into writing that will engage your reader?
The...
by Valerie Hockert, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Eliminate writers’ block and creatively express one’s thoughts through creative writingDo you need some yawn-proof and sleep-proof writing exercises to get your students to actively participate? Then this book is for you, as it is very complete and is designed to be taught over 16 weeks....
Writing to Wake the Soul
Opening the Sacred Conversation Within
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Through the power of everyday words, find and deepen your connection with faith and self in the spiritual practice of writing.
Whether you approach this book primarily as a reader or a writer, you can open a rich correspondence with yourself and learn what your own heart has to say. Karen Hering...
by Josip Novakovich
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
Writing Fiction Step by Step gives you more than 200 exercises that will sharpen your writing skills while helping you develop complete short stories, even novels.
In this sequel to his very popular Fiction Writer's Workshop, Whiting Award-winning author Josip Novakovich shows you that writing...
by Albert Zuckerman
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Albert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills necessary to crack the bestseller list.
For this revised...
by Rachelle Ayala
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2014
Romances are fun and easy to write. Romance In A Month is a method of writing a romance novel with the help of a community of writers. Our goal is to finish a single plotline romance in a month of writing time.
Learn the basics of writing a romance, characterization, plot points, motivation...
by Sherry Peters
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
There is no magical trick to writing. Writing itself isn’t hard. Persisting at it, completing a story, pursuing a career as a writer is.
The distractions and self-doubt get in our way. It doesn’t have to be that way.
We are the architects of our own success. Our writing lives are...
Writing & Selling Your Memoir
How to Craft Your Life Story So That Somebody Else Will Actually Want to Read It
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
There’s more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story. A memoir isn’t one long diary entry. Rather, it’s a well-crafted story about a crucial— often exceptionally difficult time in someone’s life. Writing & Selling Your Memoir gives you the knowledge and skills you need...
by Bill Stenson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Finally, Memoir Writing For Smart People, a book that tells you all you need to know in order to publish your own personal or corporate Memoir. Written by Bill Stenson, a writer, a teacher of writing and manager of Canadian Memoirs. Bill guides people in the writing of their Memoirs, but this book...