Writing Publishing category: 5352 books
Wretched Writing
A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it’s very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad.
It’s also...
The Everything Guide to Getting Published
Expert advice for building a successful writing career
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
You've always wanted to be an author. And now you're ready to get started. But getting that manuscript written and published is not so easy. In this guide, you'll find the expert advice of industry insiders--editors, agents, and successful authors. You'll learn tips and tricks about submissions, how...
Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling
The Tricks and Techniques of Writing Fiction While Away From Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
One of the most prolific writers in modern fiction writing shows you how he does it.
Author of over one-hundred-and-fifty novels, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith gives an intimate day-to-day, minute-by-minute account of how he wrote a full novel in five days while traveling.
From...
by Eudora Welty
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Eudora Welty was one of the twentieth century’s greatest literary figures. For as long as students have been studying her fiction as literature, writers have been looking to her to answer the profound questions of what makes a story good, a novel successful, a writer an artist. On Writing presents...
by Wallace Stegner
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Wallace Stegner founded the acclaimed Stanford Writing Program-a program whose alumni include such literary luminaries as Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and Raymond Carver. Here Lynn Stegner brings together eight of Stegner's previously uncollected essays-including four never-before-published pieces...
Just Publish! Ebook Creation for Indie Authors
Learn How to Write, Design, Format, Upload, and Sell Your Own Book for Low Cost or Free
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
You've Got A Story Inside You. It Should Cost You Nothing to Make it Into a Book. The premise of this short book is that you don't have to buy or pay anything extra in order to get your story written, published, and selling online.
Learn the 3 Parts to eBook Publishing
How to write...
Why Write?
A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring study of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.
Why write?
Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their...
by Susan Palmquist
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Writing Prompts and Ideas to Kick-Start Your Story
Learn how to
Kick-Start the Muse
Have you ever wanted to write a story but didn’t know what to write about? Writing Prompts and Ideas is your go to guide packed with ideas for...
Writing Active Hooks Book 1: Action, Emotion, Surprise and More
Writing Active Hooks, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Many writers have heard of hooks, and have heard we should use them in our manuscripts as a tool to engage readers and keep them engaged, but what we’re not told is how to identify what a hook is or where to use them to maximize them other than in that key opening line.
In this book we’ll look...
by Victoria Mixon
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Based on Mixon's work as a successful independent fiction editor, Art & Craft of Writing Fiction: First Writer's Manual brings together in one place everything you need to know about writing a novel, an in-depth exploration of the myriad aspects of creating fiction in a warm, entertaining voice...
by Albert Zuckerman
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Albert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills necessary to crack the bestseller list.
For this revised...
by Beth Barany, Shannon Monroe, Virna dePaul
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Writing Romance--The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation and Industry Connections * 40+ Inspiring Articles The process, craft and business of writing by some of your favorite published romance authors, as well as a few of the industry's leading editors and agents. * A Complete Resource...
by Rachelle Ayala
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2014
Romances are fun and easy to write. Romance In A Month is a method of writing a romance novel with the help of a community of writers. Our goal is to finish a single plotline romance in a month of writing time.
Learn the basics of writing a romance, characterization, plot points, motivation...
Writing & Selling Your Memoir
How to Craft Your Life Story So That Somebody Else Will Actually Want to Read It
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
There’s more to writing a memoir than just writing your life story. A memoir isn’t one long diary entry. Rather, it’s a well-crafted story about a crucial— often exceptionally difficult time in someone’s life. Writing & Selling Your Memoir gives you the knowledge and skills you need...