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The Journalist's Craft
A Guide to Writing Better Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
This inspiring collection of 19 essays from veteran news writers explains how to weave storytelling skills into nonfiction narratives. Journalists of all backgrounds and levels of experience will discover dozens of exercises that have been tested successfully in newsrooms, workshops, and classrooms,...
by Angela Youngman
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
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...
Monkeys with Typewriters
How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Thomas’s most recent book from Soft Skull, The Seed Collectors, received praise from The New York Times Book Review (where it was also selected as an Editor’s Choice pick), Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, The Millions and more
by Maggie Hamand
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Turn your inspiration into a story with clear, expert guidance
Creative Writing Exercises For Dummies is a step-by-step creative writing course designed to hone your craft, regardless of ability. Written by the founder of the Complete Creative Writing Course at London's Groucho Club, this activity-based...
by Silvia Adela Kohan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 25, 2013
El diálogo es una de las estrategias literarias más útiles y, a la vez, una de las más dificiles de lograr. Potencia la presencia de los personajes y contribuye al dinamismo de la narración. Por ello, aprender a desarrollar unos diálogos convincentes y precisos es esencial para cualquier escritor.Este...
Stealing Fire from the Gods
The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
A revised and expanded sequel to Stealing Fire from the Gods, this 2nd edition includes important new revelations concerning the ultimate source of unity, the structures of the whole story passage, the anti-hero's journey, the high-concept great idea, the
Fixing Your Setting & Description Problems
Foundations of Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
(This book is part of Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft)
Fix the setting and description problems holding your manuscript back!
A strong and well-described setting can draw readers right into your story, but a flat and bare world will make them leave it. Make sure your...
Dispatches from the Classroom
Graduate Students on Creative Writing Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
With emphasis on practical classroom application, this up-to-date and refreshingly honest collection of essays is a wonderful resource for teaching creative writing. The original and utterly contemporary essays that accurately portray the reality of the teaching experience.
The Midnight Disease
The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Why is it that some writers struggle for months to come up with the perfect sentence or phrase while others, hunched over a keyboard deep into the night, seem unable to stop writing? In The Midnight Disease, neurologist Alice W. Flaherty explores the mysteries of literary creativity: the drive to...
The Fiction Editor, the Novel, and the Novelist
A Book for Writers, Teachers, Publishers, and Anyone Else Devoted to Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
"Lucid, thoughtful…writers and teachers will learn much from it…Belongs wherever Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style finds frequent use."—Booklist
"Writers will actually learn things here."—Los Angeles Times
"Perfect for teachers, critics...
Curious Attractions
Essays on Fiction Writing
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
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...
Writing Across Worlds
Contemporary Writers Talk
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Writing Across Worlds brings together a selection of interviews with major international writers previously featured in the pages of the magazine. Conducted by a wide constituency of distinguished critics, writers and journalists, the interviews offer a unique insight into the views and work of a...
The Heart of the Humanities
Reading, Writing, Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
From one of America's great professors, a collection of works exploring the importance of reading, writing, and teaching well, for anyone invested in the future of the humanities.
A renowned professor of English at the University of Virginia, Mark Edmundson has devoted his career to tough-minded...
The Tao Of Writing
Imagine. Create. Flow.
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2005
The creative process doesn’t have to be torturous—with The Tao of Writing, it can be glorious!
Invoking the principles of the Tao allows you to do your best work ever. By tapping into the true flow of your creativity, you can discover and develop your true talents and abilities. Author...