Writing Publishing category: 5352 books

DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH PLOTTING? **Writing is hard enough without making more trouble for yourself. ** This Quickie Book looks at the good news about writing by the seat of your pants and the reality of writing. HINT: There is no magic pill you can take. Your mileage may vary, but the pantser way of creating a story works for me.

MARKDOWN FOR WRITERS, by Gene Wilburn, is for anyone who finds word processors complex and frustrating and wishes the mechanics of writing could be simpler.This guide introduces Markdown, and its extension, MultiMarkdown -- a system of notation that enables you to italicize, boldface, create...

This book is designed to help you, as a writer improve your writing skills. Good story telling is enhanced by quality writing. These tips accumulated from years of writing, research and study will help you improve your novel, no matter the genre.

Develop enthusiastic and efficient writers with proven methods to meet the needs of all students with research-based strategies and ready-to-implement best practices in writing instruction. A practical guide for new teachers and pre-service educators, topics include classroom organization, writing...

In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques, such...

Learn how to write and publish in the hottest new romance genre… reverse harem! Reverse harem books are hot in the charts right now. The trope of one woman having multiple male partners is attracting authors of all genres. If you want to write your own reverse harem story and create...

“All of you who contributed to this book write much better than I did in high school.” That remarkable observation was made by Pat Conroy in the foreword to the first collection of student writing generated by the South Carolina High School Writing Contest, and it embodies the contest’s goals:...

These workbooks provide lessons, student worksheets, and teacher instructions for every day of writing instruction. Each covers one year of study. Used along with Writing with Ease, the workbooks complete the elementary-grade writing curriculum. Level Three is the third of a planned four-volume set to accompany Writing with Ease.

The only guide you’ll ever need to help you write better letters, whether for business or pleasure. The world gets smaller and contacts get faster but whether it’s by computer or with pen-and-ink, the need to be able to communicate effectively in writing remains as important as ever. So whether...

Kelly Ritter and Paul Kei Matsuda have created an essential introduction to the field of composition studies for graduate students and instructors new to the study of writing. The book offers a careful exploration of this diverse field, focusing specifically on scholarship of writing and composing....

Writing and speaking with correct grammar and style is the key to getting ahead in business and life. For many, however, mastering the details of grammar is a slow and painful process. The Idiot's Guide®: Grammar and Style makes learning and using proper grammar clear and easy. In this book, readers...

Do you like to write? Have you long thought about seeing your words and pictures published in your favorite niche-market magazine? Can you imagine an editor sending you a check for your story? You can make this happen. It takes effort, but it’s not magic and it’s not beyond you. In this book Michael...

What's it like to live life as a professional fiction writer?  This series of original, uncut blog posts is an intimate glimpse into the day-to-day life of a professional fiction writer. And a great deal more.  I've included daily, monthly and annual word counts, both fiction and nonfiction....

If you’re reading this, you’re probably a writer, or you aspire to be one. So where do you start? How do you navigate this craft and find your place in it? What’s the best way to turn your thoughts and ideas into words, paragraphs, and pages? Ready, Set, Write shows you what you...