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by Tom Bentley
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
If language is, as Tom puts it, "a bright bird, uncatchable, but worth every attempt," this book is the lovingly prepared gilded cage, the single perfect feather caught in the net. If you have wondered what voice is, how to master it, how to free the storyteller within, this is your book....
Complete Writing For Children Course
Develop your children's writing from idea to publication
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Designed to take you from the moment you first put pen to paper to the point at which you are ready to start contacting publishers (or uploading an ebook file), this is the most important book on writing children's books you'll ever read. It introduces you to the craft of writing for children, the...
Chapter One
A Fast, fun way to write fiction
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Have a great idea for a novel, but don't know where to start? Have you started your novel, but got bogged down after only the first few pages and don't know how to go on? Then this book is for you!
Chapter One is a companion book to a beginning writing course. This book can be used in conjunction...
The 9 Master Plots
For Bestsellers & Blockbusters
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2015
"Twilight" is a Hero-and-the-Monster plot with a Happy Love ending. "The Hunger Games" is Utopia/Dystopia, and "Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is a Nautical Adventure. Millions of viewers tune in to the popular "CSI" television series, and all three variations use the Cat-and-Mouse plot....
by The Princeton Review
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
No one knows colleges better than The Princeton Review!
Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college application—the personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In College Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition, you’ll...
The Imaginative Argument
A Practical Manifesto for Writers - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings...
by Elizabeth Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2003
A WRITER’S COMPASSDirection for your writing career
Don’t get lost on the publishing path. Just forge ahead with the Writer’s Compass. Drawing on decades of professional experience as an author, editor, writing instructor, mentor, and marketing consultant, Elizabeth Lyon helps you navigate...
Compass Points - Horror Upon Horror
A Step by Step Guide to Writing a Horror Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
The horror novel has often been looked upon as the poor relation in the literary world, and yet some of our greatest writers have published novels under its banner. Horror writer (Whittlewood and The Wild Horseman) and former Gothic Society member, Suzanne Ruthven brings us a step-by-step guide to writing horror fiction.
Architecture of the Novel
A Writer's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Advice on building a work of fiction, from “a writer of great daring and skill to match” (Newsweek).
From a highly acclaimed author who has spent many years teaching the craft of fiction writing, Architecture of the Novel is an ambitious blueprint for writers, one that reveals the underlying...
Creating Literary Stories
A Fiction Writer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
An essential guide for every writer of fiction. Learn: Character, Narration, Structure, Dialogue, Point of View, Writing in Scene, Drama (Conflict-Action-Resolution), Humor, Revision William H. Coles is the award-winning author of short stories, essays on writing, interviews, and novels in...
Playing With Words
An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft. With a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts to help you try new styles and approaches, it is suitable for aspiring poets, non-fiction writers, novelists and all lovers of words.
The Space Age Bag
Brush Up on Your Writing Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The ‘Creative Writing Tutor’ scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child’s imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide ‘a tutor’ for the child, fun features and stories to read,...
by Paula Berinstein
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Explains how to use extreme third person limited point of view in fiction to capture and sustain reader attention. With examples.
The Art of Slow Writing
Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
In a series of conversational observations and meditations on the writing process, The Art of Slow Writing examines the benefits of writing slowly. DeSalvo advises her readers to explore their creative process on deeper levels by getting to know themselves and their stories more fully over a longer...