Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
by Dianna Love, Mary Buckham
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Written by a New York Times bestseller Dianna Love and USA Today bestseller Mary Buckham, Break Into Fiction® is a workshop-in-a-book and the one resource all writers need to master the art of fiction.
Getting a book published is hard enough, but what about building a loyal reader base? ...
The Plot Skeleton
a practical, bare boned approach that works for children's books, short stories, novels, screenplays, and storytellers
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
If you were sitting in a room with twenty other people, at first glance you might think they are quite different. After all, people come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. But if you were to put on x-ray glasses and look at those same people's skeletons, unless one of them had an abnormality, they...
by Edgar Allan Poe, G. K. Chesterton, Virginia Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Everybody who wants to become a professional writer always looks for the success of their stories and for being read by the most possible readers. The best way to achieve it is to turn to the greatest authors of all times. This compilation of essays, signed by four well-known English and American writers,...
Writing Active Setting Book 2: Emotion, Conflict and Back Story
Writing Active Setting, #2
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Readers usually remeber the plot and characters of a story, but Setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story, and Active Setting that empowers your story -- creating a compelling story world, regardless...
by Elizabeth Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The second book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon offers both aspiring and established authors the fundamentals of writing and selling a great novel or short story. In addition to the basics of characterization, plot, pacing, and theme, A Writer's Guide...
by Della Galton
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
You are writing and selling short stories but you want to take the next step and write a novel. Della Galton, author of the successful writing guide How To Write and Sell Short Stories, shows you how to make the leap in this step-by-step guide. Using examples from her own successful career as writer...
Rewriting
How To Do Things With Texts
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
"Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books we are reading . . . and the ideas of the people we are talking with."
What are the moves that an academic writer makes?...
The Story You Need to Tell
Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting true stories...
by Hazel Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Record travel experiences in ways others will want to read, for family, blog or professional audiences.
Revised digital edition due to demand.
Tips on using anecdotes, titles, structuring, apt viewpoints and creating a sense of place. Interviewing and research skills. Activities can...
The Writer's Voice in Fiction
What It Is and How to Develop Yours
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Unique writers’ voices are in high demand, but what exactly is a voice, and how do you get one? Writing Show host Paula B. analyzes 13 writers' voices and offers tips for developing yours.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2007
A guide where today’s best writers reveal their secrets.
How do writers approach a new novel? Do they start with plot, character, or theme? A. S. Byatt starts with color. E. L. Doctorow begins with an image. In Off the Page, authors tell us how they work, giving insight into their writing...
The Idea Factory
1,000 Story Ideas and Writing Prompts to Find Your Next Bestseller
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
One idea can create a book. One idea can spark a career.
Do you have a hard time coming up with ideas on what to write?
Countless writers love to write fiction. Exploring a plot and fleshing out characters is part of what makes the project fun. However, few things are worse than staring...
Fast-Draft Your Memoir
Write Your Life Story in 45 Hours
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2018
**This is your roadmap for completing the memoir you've dreamed about writing. **
"Rachael Herron resonates with our audience, and not just because she knows her stuff—she does—or because she's hilarious—she is—but because her honesty and earnestness come through in all her messaging."...
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer
How To Win Top Writing Assignments
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
Step-by-step instructions on how writers can earn top dollar writing for magazines are provided in this book. Secrets are revealed about what the high-paying magazines really want, how to build relationships with editors, how to ascertain which sections of a magazine are open to freelancers, what...