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A must-have for any student or aspiring writer, this book reviews the fundamentals of good sentence structure: Conventions of writing style change in subtle ways with passing years—a fact that prompts the need for periodic revisions of books like this one. The authors review the fundamentals of...

Have you ever wanted to write a book or short story for children? Or wanted to help your children write one? How do you write non-fiction or write a picture book? Writing for children requires skill, persistence and a lot of hard work. Knowing how to do your research, where to research and...

Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing is a book about what makes fiction work. In nine entertaining and instructive essays, novelist and master teacher Debra Spark pursues key questions that face both aspiring and accomplished writers, including: How does a writer find inspiration? What makes...

‘The Elements of Active Prose’ gives you pithy tips for improving your writing scene by scene, sentence by sentence. If you’ve ever wondered what is meant by the advice to ‘show, don’t tell’ you’ll find the answer here, along with reassurance that such advice is not something that must...

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...

This textbook develops an 18-week program designed to guide prospective students through creating their own speculative fiction story, that is, a science fiction, fantasy, or horror story. Designed for homeschoolers and small-school settings, this textbook draws on excerpts from dozens of speculative...

        Joan Lowery Nixon is the acclaimed author of more than a hundred books for young readers. Over the years, many of her readers have written to her to ask how they, too, can become published writers someday. From her first publication at age ten to her graduation from Hollywood High during...

The editors of Writer’s Digest are pleased to share with you the winning entries in each category of the 80th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, along with the Grand Prize-winning story, Boy Witch, by John T. Biggs.

Do you want readers to be so caught up in your book that they forget they’re reading? Then you need deep POV. Deep POV takes the reader and places them inside of our characters—hearing their thoughts, feeling their emotions, and living the story through them. Compared to other writing...

What is it about a good book that hooks the reader and makes them want more? A good plot. Every best-selling author from Agatha Christie to Terry Pratchett knows the importance of a strong story. But for the budding author it can be daunting and even confusing.How do you turn that seed of an idea...

This book helps beginning English Writer and those who wish to reinforce writing fundamentals. A Step-by-step process guides through English sentence construction, emphasizing the most fundamental grammar rules. Eight parts of speech are covered: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions,...

Persuasive essays, also called written arguments, are among the most common writing assignments and are used across the curriculum. Yet, despite their common use, many students struggle with the basics of creating a compelling, persuasive argument. Focusing on the four keys to persuasive writing,...

Do you have a story inside? From idea to publishing the steps are here. Writing your first book is exciting. It’s also like a puzzle with no edge pieces. If you have a story inside you fighting to get out, you need a path to follow. Right now, you can take advantage of a bonus! You can download...

Illuminating Fiction contains nineteen interviews with fiction-writing luminaries including Edward P. Jones, Julia Glass, Amy Bloom, Jill McCorkle, Margot Livesy, Ron Carlson and Steve Almond.  The interviews contain questions about narrative, voice, character, place, point of view, arc of the story/novel...