Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
Poetry Matters
Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
A practical guide to demystify the process of writing poetry, by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding.
Poetry matters. At the most important moments, when everyone else is silent, poetry rises to speak.
This book is full of practical wisdom...
The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing
How to Find Funds and Write Foolproof Proposals for the Visual, Literary, and Performance Artist
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing is designed to transform readers from starving artists fumbling to get by into working artists who confidently tap into all the resources at their disposal. Written in an engaging and down-to-earth tone, this comprehensive guide includes time-tested strategies,...
Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays.
Take Off Your Pants!
Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?
In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She’ll show you how to develop a foolproof...
The Yahoo! Style Guide
The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
WWW may be an acronym for the World Wide Web, but no one could fault you for thinking it stands for wild, wild West. The rapid growth of the Web has meant having to rely on style guides intended for print publishing, but these guides do not address the new challenges of communicating online. Enter...
Unless It Moves the Human Heart
The Craft and Art of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary works—from the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast. With Unless It Moves the Human Heart, the revered novelist, essayist,...
Quick Cheats for Writing With Dragon
Hidden Tricks to Help You Dictate Your Book, Work Anywhere and Set Your Words Free with Speech Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
No jargon. No confusion. Just solid, fail-safe tips for writers to take their dictation to the next level.
From the author of "The Writer's Guide to Training Your Dragon", this mini-guide will help you choose the right microphone, transcribe on-the-go with Dragon and put you on the...
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.
Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting...
Spider, Spin Me A Web
A Handbook For Fiction Writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The craft of writing is a lot like spinning a web: You take threads and weave them skillfully together, and only you know where this intricate network of twists and turns begin and how it will end. Now, with Lawrence Bloock's expert advice, you can learn this art of entrapping your reader in a maze...
How to Write About Theatre
A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
What do you do if you find yourself weeping in the stalls? How should you react to Jude Law's trousers or David Tennant's hair? Are you prepared to receive toilet paper in the post? What if the show you just damned turns out to be a classic? If you gave it a five-star rave will anyone believe you?
Drawing...
A Year of Writing Dangerously
365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombies students who have gone from paralyzed to published.
by David Quantick
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer’s handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world (and getting paid for it too). It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels....
by Sarah J. Tugman, Leonard D. DuBoff
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
“No writer, beginning or experienced, will want to be without this book.” —Jean Auel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Earth’s Children series
A career as a writer involves much more than the act of writing itself. In The Law (in Plain English) for...
What's the Story?
Try your Hand at Fiction and Learn the Art of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Have you ever thought that you might want to write a story but simply couldn't find a way to get started? This book, What's the Story?, just might launch you on the road to writing fiction. It consists of twenty casts of characters - made up of three to seven personages, with each character described...