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Get Started in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
How to write compelling and imaginative sci-fi and fantasy fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING AWESOME AND AMAZING FICTION FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION.
This is an authoritative and engaging introduction to writing science fiction and fantasy for the complete beginner. This book provides all the information, guidance, and advice you need to write great science...
by Bob Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Bob Mayer is a NY Times Best Selling Author. He has taught thousands of writers over the years through writer conferences, retreats and his own Novel Writing Workshop and now his innovative new Warrior Writer Workshop. One of things he's noticed in may workshops is how the focus is always on the problems...
Bullies, Bastards And Bitches
How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Get to Know Your Character's Sinister Side
A truly memorable antagonist is not a one-dimensional super villain bent on world domination for no particular reason. Realistic, credible bad guys create essential story complications, personalize conflict, add immediacy to a story line, and force...
Heart To Heart: Romance Writing For Beginners
Romance Writing, #1
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Love makes the world go round, and of all the genres in fiction, romance, with its many sub-genres, is the most popular.Perhaps you've wondered whether you can write it.You're not sure what kind of romances to write. You can write steamy romances -- even outright erotica. If steamy romance...
by Angela Booth
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2017
Are you a writer who hates outlines? I did too, until I realize that the inability to outline was crippling my writing career in many different ways.I developed the tactics and strategies in this book to help myself. My students have found them essential to producing both fiction and nonfiction...
Pocket Guide to Publishing
100 Things Authors Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Publisher John Koehler and executive editor Joe Coccaro share 100 golden nuggets of wisdom that help answer the many reoccurring questions that authors have.
How collaborative should the process be with a publisher? What is a decent royalty percentage? How is the price of your book determined?...
How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit
Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, DVDs, and Other How-To Content
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Packed with income-generating ideas about creating a variety of saleable written works, this guide includes information for researching and writing effective, instructional materials and calling upon a variety of publishing channels, including magazines, traditional book publishers, self-publishing,...
The Story Equation: How to Plot and Write a Brilliant Story from One Powerful Question
Brilliant Writer Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Discover The Story Equation!One question can unlock your entire story! Are you struggling to build a riveting plot? Layered characters? Fortify that saggy middle? Create that powerful ending?Build your entire book by asking one powerful question, and then plugging it into an “equation”...
The Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need
A Complete Resource For Perfecting Any Type Of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Whether you're writing simple thank-you notes or creating elaborate business proposals, you need to be able to write well. The ability to craft clear, effective prose is critical to success in all facets of life today. From mastering the basic building blocks of good writing to combating writer's...
In punta di penna
Riflessioni sull'arte della narrativa. Volume Secondo
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Che cosa induce uomini e donne di tutte le nazionalità e le razze a prendere in mano una penna o a sedersi davanti a un computer per raccontare una storia, e non necessariamente la propria? Quali sono gli strumenti che consentono di trasformare questo impulso in un’opera compiuta, in grado di raggiungere...
The Author Training Manual
A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Books That Sell
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
If you want to write a book that's going to sell to both publishers and readers, you need to know how to produce a marketable work and help it become successful. It starts the moment you have an idea. That's when you begin thinking about the first elements of the business plan that will make your...
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Have you ever wished you had a professional coach who could encourage your creative pursuits help structure your efforts and cheer you on? Coaching the Artist Within is the first book to explain the techniques that creativity coaches use to help their clients survive and thrive in the arts. Designed...
by Lisa Dethridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
You have no excuse for not writing a great script now. This book will do the heavy lifting for you. All you have to do is come up with a great story to tell; the rest is covered in this thoughtful, thorough tour of the screenwriting process.
Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer's Journey:...
A Walk Between Heaven and Earth
A Personal Journal on Writing and the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Talking to paper is talking to the divine. Paper is infinitely patient. Each time you scratch on it, you trace part Of yourself, and thus part of the world, and thus part of the grammar of the universe. It is a huge language, but each of us tracks his or her particular understanding of it."
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