Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
A Muse and a Maze
Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
With his characteristic genius for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. As he teases...
Literate Lives in the Information Age
Narratives of Literacy From the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
This book chronicles the development of electronic literacies through the stories of individuals with varying backgrounds and skills. Authors Cynthia L. Selfe and Gail E. Hawisher employ these stories to begin tracing technological literacy as it has emerged over the last few decades within the United...
by Lisa Dethridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
You have no excuse for not writing a great script now. This book will do the heavy lifting for you. All you have to do is come up with a great story to tell; the rest is covered in this thoughtful, thorough tour of the screenwriting process.
Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer's Journey:...
How to Be a Writer
Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel or a memoir or a collection of poems, or you simply want to improve your everyday writing, this innovative book will show you how to build your skills by way of practice.
Through...
Masterclass: Write a Bestseller
How to plan, write and publish a bestselling work of fiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
LEARN HOW TO WRITE A BOOK WHICH STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD.
There is no precise formula for writing a bestseller, but there are secrets, skills and techniques that will dramatically improve your odds of publishing a bestselling novel.
Whatever your motivation - whether sick of rejections,...
Retention and Resistance
Writing Instruction and Students Who Leave
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers.
Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but...
by Mary Embree
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Every author yearns for wealth and fame. Aspiring authors, students, writing teachers, and even established authors will be able to get the job done with the Toolkit. Updated and expanded to cover the newest developments in electronic publishing, the growth of self-publishing and print-on-demand,...
The Introvert Writer
Being Your Creative Best By Being Your Truest Self
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In an extrovert's world, discover how to thrive as an introvert writer.
Many of the most celebrated and successful authors are introverts, yet there remains a negative stigma around introversion. "The Introvert Writer" invites those who identify as introvert and have passion for the...
by Andrew G. Ralston, Mary M. Firth
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: English
First Teaching: September 2014
First Exam: June 2015
The SQA have endorsed this title.
A practical guide to Portfolio writing, which is worth up to 30% of the final grade - including an outline of the requirements and how to achieve them.
- Detailed...
Pen in Hand
A Meditation on the Art and Craft of the Short Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
"The connection which I have shown in this lecture to exist between the energy of the hearts contraction and the length of the muscle fibers, enables us to understand not only the marvelous power of adaptation of the heart to the varying strains of everyday life, but also the condition of this...
Reading and Writing Experimental Texts
Critical Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
This collection of essays offers twelve innovative approaches to contemporary literary criticism. The contributors, women scholars who range from undergraduate students to contingent faculty to endowed chairs, stage a critical dialogue that raises vital questions about the aims and forms of criticism—...
by John Dufresne
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
An engaging and frank guide to writing the very short story, full of sound advice, exemplary models, and provocative exercises.
The history of fiction has been dominated by the novel and the short story. But now a brave new genre has emerged: very brief fiction. FLASH! identifies the qualities...
The Everything Writing Poetry Book
A Practical Guide To Style, Structure, Form, And Expression
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
'Poetry is what gets lost in translation.' --Robert Frost
Giving voice to ''what gets lost in translation'' is the challenge every poet faces. With The Everything Writing Poetry Book, that challenge just got easier. Featuring examples from works of celebrated poets and instruction on communicating...
by Sophie King
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Writing your life story is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. In writing it you will find yourself drawing even closer to your children and grandchildren. You will also find it an exciting and fascinating process, one that helps you to make sense of your own life. Writing your own...