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Where the Past Begins
Memory and Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir about finding meaning in life through acts of creativity and imagination
In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and *The Valley of Amazement *Amy Tan reveals the ways that our memories and personal experiences...
Good Prose
The Art of Nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of The Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young...
Draft No. 4
On the Writing Process
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher
Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton...
The New New Journalism
Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers.
The New New Journalists are first and foremost...
by Robert A. Caro
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books
For the first time in book form, Robert Caro gives...
A Broom of One's Own
Essays on Housecleaning and the Writing
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For the twice-published novelist, reading an article about herself in the National Enquirer—under the headline "Here's One for the Books: Cleaning Lady Is an Acclaimed Author"—was more than a shock. It was an inspiration.
In A Broom of One's Own, Nancy Peacock, whose first novel...
Rittenhouse Writers
Reflections on a Fiction Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
James Rahn has led the Rittenhouse Writers' Group since he founded it in 1988, making it one of America's longest-running independent fiction workshops. Hundreds of writers and would-be writers have sought out the group for its remarkable level of instruction and collaboration. Rittenhouse Writers is...
The Kite and the String
How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--and Live to Tell the Tale
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher
“A book-length master class.” —The Atlantic
Writing well does not result from...
The Writer's Life
Insights from The Right to Write
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
In her groundbreaking book The Right to Write, Julia Cameron dismantled the mythology surrounding the writing life in our culture. Tackling issues such as time, mood, inspiration, and support, she revealed that writing is in fact a natural-and crucial-part of life. Questions of how, when, and why...
How to Write It, Third Edition
A Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Write personal and professional communications with clarity, confidence, and style.
How to Write It is the essential resource for eloquent personal and professional self-expression. Award-winning journalist Sandra E. Lamb transforms even reluctant scribblers into articulate wordsmiths by providing...
How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels
How To Write, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Writing A Novel Has Never Been Easier!Have you ever wanted to write a book, but could never get started?Maybe you gave up after getting bogged down in silly plot problems?You are NOT ALONE. Most people who try and write a novel give up or fail miserably.If you need help writing...
1600 Words An Hour: How To Write Faster, Better & More Polished Books For Kindle Using The QC System
1600 Words An Hour: How To Write Faster, Better & More Polished Books For Kindle Using The QC System
How To Write, #3
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Need to write more words? Want to double your word count? Now you can. Thanks to my QC (Quicker and Clearer) Writing System. To pay off mounting debts, I had agreed to ghost-write a series of books. Problem is, I'd written non-fiction books, but I'd never finished a novel in...
3X Speed Writing
How to write a 100-page book in 10 hours even if you start from scratch and have no time
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2019
Bestseller? Yes, after reading this text you would have learned how to write a book from scratch and how to become a bestseller author.
In this book you will discover:
How to write a 100 pages book in 10 hours even if you start from scratch and if you don’t have any time.
How to choose...
Publicize Your Book (Updated)
An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
For first-time authors or the seasoned pro, this is the absolutely essential how-to for getting publicity--totally updated and expanded.
This indispensable guide from a book publicity insider offers everything authors must know to assist their publishers in publicizing, marketing, and promoting...