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A story is constructed from many different building blocks: characters, plot, setting, theme, chapters, scenes, action, dialogue, exposition—not to mention point of view, tense, style, tone, and voice. Stories are complex. There’s a lot to learn. And once we learn the basics, we need practice—lots...

Have you always wanted to write a book? If so, this is the book for you, a simple process used by longtime writer Mike Reuther for finding that creativity deep within you. Learn how to write fast and get a book published in not time at all - no matter what it is your writing. A book for beginning...

That or Which, and Why is an insightful and witty guide to writing. Based on Evan Jenkins's long-running column 'Language Corner' in Columbia Journalism Review, the book is compiled of brief, alphabetically arranged entries on approximately 200 major writing stumbling blocks, from the wonderful world...

Writing at Work covers everything professionals need to know about writing on the job today. The workshop is only 3.5 hours long. HR and L&D managers can use this new course to train experienced employees who already know the basics of business writing but could use a refresher.

Confidence is not found, but built through taking action. Learn how risk-taking plays a vital role in confidence and why writers should know their true purpose of their journeys if they want to harness success. Grounding writers through reason and exploration, author and story coach Kate Johnston...

Mindful goals are an essential element to being productive—even for creatives. You will make progress if you are mindful in your goal scoring. Mindful goals are the Ultimate, Kick-ass, Superheroes of all goals. The goals that lesser goals wish they could be! Before you can set (much less...

Foreword by William Sutcliffe, author of Are you Experienced?, New Boy and We See Everything The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from successful writers and illustrators, as well as practical advice on who to contact...

In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores...

You want to write a play but you have no idea how to start. This book will help you to enter the exciting world of scriptwriting step by step. What makes a good dramatic story? How do you get inspired?  What is the language of theatre? How do you create the most interesting, three-dimensional...

Does the idea of analysing theme leave you confused and bewildered? Are you an author seeking to understand the power of theme in your own writing? Or a student trying to grapple with theme in the classroom? How To Theme is here to help! In How To Theme, you will learn: * How...

Investigating the interrelationships between orality and writing in elite and popular textual culture in early modern Italy, this volume shows how the spoken or sung word on the one hand, and manuscript or print on the other hand, could have interdependent or complementary roles to play in the creation...

"The art of writing is a living business," declares Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in the Preface to this classic. "Literature is not a mere science, to be studied; but an art, to be practiced. Great as is our own literature, we must consider it as a legacy to be improved . . . if we persist in striving...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed of how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time your should spend writing? ...

We all have stories to tell -- of a rapturous first kiss, a life-altering moment of choice, or the shocking revelation of a long-guarded secret. And these stories are often as distinctive, fascinating, exciting and entertaining as those found in the memoirs and autobiographies that currently top the...