Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
Telling True Stories
A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists.
The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism....
Making a Literary Life
Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
As Carolyn See says, writing guides are like preachers on Sunday—there may be a lot of them, but you can’t have too many, and there’s always an audience of the faithful. And while Making a Literary Life is ostensibly a book that teaches you how to write, it really teaches you how to make your...
by J.M. Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Writing prompts are a great way to jumpstart your muse and get the creative juices flowing. Sometimes you want to write and don’t really know what to write about, and prompts can help guide you into a new story.
This collection of 366 writing prompts can be used daily throughout the year...
A Stranger's Journey
Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA, the Loft, and the Stonecoast MFA, with A Stranger’s Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative writing that addresses our increasingly diverse American literature. Mura argues for a more inclusive and expansive definition...
Kicking In the Wall
A Year of Writing Exercises, Prompts, and Quotes to Help You Break Through Your Blocks and Reach Your Writing Goals
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
When Patti Smith was plagued with writer’s block — “scattered and stymied, surrounded by unfinished songs and abandoned poems” — playwright Sam Shepard advised her, “When you hit a wall, just kick it in.” In these pages, Abercrombie shows readers how to do just that. Like a workout with...
Sin and Syntax
How to Craft Wicked Good Prose
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
A fully revised and updated edition with writing prompts and challenges in every chapter
Today’s writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. Copy veteran...
The Mindful Writer
Noble Truths of the Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Going beyond the typical "how to write" book, The Mindful Writer illuminates the creative process: where writing and creativity originate, how mindfulness plays into work, how to cultivate good writing habits, how to grow as a writer and a person, and what it means to live a life dedicated to the...
90 Days To Your Novel
A Day-by-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist
Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete....
by Angela Booth
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
You're a writer. You need to make money from your words.What if you could create AND sell a product in just eight hours? The product could be anything: a Kindle ebook, a collection of articles, a short story… a new writing service for your clients. This program will show you how to think outside...
by Arthur Plotnik
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition.
Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite...
The Jane Austen Writers' Club
Inspiration and Advice from the World’s Best-loved Novelist
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A spirited and useful guide for writers with tips and tricks from Jane Austen, whose novels stand the test of time, by her great great great great grand niece.
Pretty much anything anyone needs to know about writing can be learned from Jane Austen. While creative writing manuals tend to use...
by William Noble
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Why does nonfiction have to be boring," he sniveled. "It doesn't," she replied cheeringly. "Haven't you ever read anything by Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, John McPhee, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Mark Bowden, Laura Hillenbrand, or Sebastian Junger-just to name a few?" "No," he said popping open another long-neck...
Words without Walls
Writers on Addiction, Violence, and Incarceration
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Writing programs in prisons and rehabilitation centers have proven time and again to be transformative and empowering for people in need. Halfway houses, hospitals, and shelters are all fertile ground for healing through the imagination and can often mean the difference for inmates and patients between...
Bang The Keys
Four Steps to a Lifelong Writing Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Attention aspiring and working writers alike!
Finish your work in four easy steps with this explosion of inspiration.
How can aspiring writers-whether aiming for a short story, novel, or play-gain the confidence they need to follow through on their creative visions The answer can be...