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How To Write Dialogue That Sparkles: The Key To Writing Better Novels & Screenplays
How To Write, #4
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
Dialogue cannot be dull, otherwise your novel or screenplay will fail
The secrets to writing a bestseller start with knowing how to write dazzling dialogue. Let editor, author, publisher and critic, Jim Driver show you how dialogue writing should (and can) be fun and easy.
Among the...
The Jane Austen Writers' Club
Inspiration and Advice from the World’s Best-loved Novelist
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A spirited and useful guide for writers with tips and tricks from Jane Austen, whose novels stand the test of time, by her great great great great grand niece.
Pretty much anything anyone needs to know about writing can be learned from Jane Austen. While creative writing manuals tend to use...
Heinlein's Rules
Five Simple Business Rules for Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith follows five simple business rules for writing fiction. And now, he shares how those rules helped shape his successful career.
In this WMG Writer’s...
by Rachelle Ayala
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Romance Writers, do you want to:
Keep your name in front of your readers with more releases and titles?
Learn why you should write shorter in order to write quicker?
Meet and exceed your yearly writing goals?
Participate in multi-author boxed sets for increased visibility and profit?
Claim your fair...
Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic...
One Continuous Mistake
Four Noble Truths for Writers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice.
In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher—a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative...
Efficient Essay Writing: How to Write Better Essays in Less Time
Another Author's 2 Pence, #3
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Essays—and particularly research papers—can make or break your grades in your classes. If only there was some method, some way, to work smarter, not harder, and do better on those essays without so much time…Well, there is.This book will teach you tactics for tackling your essays...
by Victoria Mixon
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Mixon's most popular posts on her award-winning writing blog, A. Victoria Mixon, Editor are now available for the first time in her new book, Secret Advice for Writers.Mixon's blog is a Top 10 Blog for Writers, Top 20 Blog for Writers, and Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for...
by William Noble
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Why does nonfiction have to be boring," he sniveled. "It doesn't," she replied cheeringly. "Haven't you ever read anything by Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, John McPhee, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Mark Bowden, Laura Hillenbrand, or Sebastian Junger-just to name a few?" "No," he said popping open another long-neck...
Writing Life Stories
How To Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays And Life Into Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature
From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers.
Writing Life...
by Dan Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
This unpretentious little guide through the perils of writing fiction follows the process through four stages: gathering the raw material, planning, rough draft writing, and revision.
Novelist Dan Brown shares not only his own experience but also the thoughts of many classic masters of fiction.
Teachers...
Writing Voice
The Complete Guide to Creating a Presence on the Page and Engaging Readers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Develop a voice that captures readers' attention!
All writers bring a unique set of skills to their work: One author might write outstanding characters, while another might dazzle with dialogue. You don't have to master every aspect of the craft in order to succeed, but the one quality required...
by Simon Rose
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
The Working Writer’s Guide examines the professional life of those who have chosen to pursue writing as a career. People often believe that either that all published authors earn millions or that it’s impossible to make a living as a writer. It’s certainly possible to make a living based on...
Bang The Keys
Four Steps to a Lifelong Writing Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Attention aspiring and working writers alike!
Finish your work in four easy steps with this explosion of inspiration.
How can aspiring writers-whether aiming for a short story, novel, or play-gain the confidence they need to follow through on their creative visions The answer can be...