Dinty W Moore: 8 books
The Emperor's Virtual Clothes
The Naked Truth About Internet Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 1995
A skeptic by nature, a writer and teacher more at home with ballpoint pens than computer programs, Dinty W. Moore wanted to find out for himself if the much-touted Internet and the electronic culture it has spawned is really going to be the Next Big Thing, or whether it's the emperor's new clothes....
The Story Cure
A Book Doctor's Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A collection of cures for writer's block, plotting and characterization issues, and other ailments writers face when completing a novel or memoir, prescribed by the director of creative writing at Ohio University.
People want to write the book they know is inside of them, but they run into...
Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy
Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy,
I have a hot crush on the em dash. What does my need to stuff—while simultaneously fracturing—my sentences—with the meandering, the explanatory, the discursive, the perhaps not-entirely-necessary—say about me?
—Cheryl Strayed
Have you ever wished there...
by Dinty W. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Find inspiration and insight on writing as a spiritual practice through astute quotes, thoughtful advice, and productive excercises on both mindfulness and craft.
This isn't your typical “how to write” book. Author Dinty W. Moore, a well-respected writing coach and teacher, thoughtfully...
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction
Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
FEATURING ESSAYS FROM: Barrie Jean Borich • Jenny Boully • Norma Elia Cantú • Rigoberto González • Philip Graham • Carol Guess • Jeff Gundy • Robin Hemley • Barbara Hurd • Judith Kitchen •Eric LeMay • Dinah Lenney • Bret Lott • Patrick Madden• Lee Martin • Maggie McKnight...
The Accidental Buddhist
Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1997
A journey through the diverse landscape of American Buddhism, written with a “blessedly down-to-earth sense of humor” (Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the Lotus).
In an era when many of us yearn for an escape from a culture of noise and narcissism, this book takes us into the physical...
Crafting The Personal Essay
A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to "the pursuit of mental rabbits"-a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy and antiquated, the...
The Mindful Writer
Noble Truths of the Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Going beyond the typical "how to write" book, The Mindful Writer illuminates the creative process: where writing and creativity originate, how mindfulness plays into work, how to cultivate good writing habits, how to grow as a writer and a person, and what it means to live a life dedicated to the...