Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
Romance Fiction Social Media Prompts For Authors
250 Prompts For Authors (For Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter)
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Writing a 60,000 word book? Piece of cake. Writing a 140 character tweet? Awkward silence. On the surface social media seems easy--just say what’s on your mind! But saying what’s on your mind rarely leads to more followers, and frequently even leads to unfollows. The creative minds behind the...
The Nighttime Novelist
Finish Your Novel in Your Spare Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Make Every Creative Moment Count
Franz Kafka was an insurance agent. William Faulkner was a postmaster. Stephen King taught high school English, John Grisham was an attorney, and Toni Morrison worked in publishing. Though romantic fantasies of the writing life don't often include a day job, the fact...
by Noah Lukeman
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
"Takes the straitjacket off punctuation…Lukeman's wit and insight make this an instant classic." —M. J. Rose
The first practical and accessible guide to the art of punctuation for creative writers. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard commas, for example, reveal haphazard...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues of social and political importance. Drawing on a range of texts, themes include post-colonial literatures, history in literature, old stories in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between creativity and criticism.
Writers on Writing: Volume 1
Writers on Writing, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Learn the craft of writing from those who know it best.
This is Writers On Writing – An Author’s Guide, where your favorite authors share their secrets in the ultimate guide to becoming – and being – an author.
In this first volume you’ll find in-depth essays from authors...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
While local conditions remain at the forefront of writing program administration, transnational activities are slowly and thoroughly shifting the questions we ask about writing curricula, the space and place in which writing happens, and the cultural and linguistic issues at the heart of the relationships...
Expressive Writing
Counseling and Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth, and skill-building. Therapists, coaches, healthcare professionals, and educators have known for decades that expressive writing is a powerful tool for better living, learning,...
Writing Well in the 21st Century
The Five Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Writing Well in the 21st Century: The Five Essentials provides students, career-builders, and professional writers with the basic elements needed for writing in the 21st century. The book fully explains—and links—the five essentials of good writing:
punctuation,
grammar,
fact-checking,
style,...
Developing Writing Teachers
Practical Ways for Teacher-Writers to Transform their Classroom Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The premise of Developing Writing Teachers is this: When teachers of writing identify as writers, it adds a special dimension to their writing pedagogy. Practical and accessible while drawing on a range of relevant research and theory, this text is distinguished by its dual focus—on teachers as...
Primary Research and Writing
People, Places, and Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Developed for emerging academic writers, Primary Research and Writing offers a fresh take on the nature of doing research in the writing classroom. Encouraging students to write about topics for which they have a passion or personal connection, this text emphasizes the importance of primary research...
A Sea of Stories
The Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. DeCecco
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Take a look at how narrative has shaped gay and lesbian culture
A Sea of Stories: The Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. De Cecco is an unforgettable collection of personal narratives that explores the historical, psychological, and sociological...
Writing Habit Hacks Workbook: How to Create and Maintain Smart Writing Habits:
With Exercises to Start You Writing and Keep You Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
***REVISED 2019 EDITION INCLUDES ALL NEW MATERIAL***
Every brilliant writer has a brilliant writing habit.
Now it's your turn. Are you ready to be a brilliant writer?
Developing a writing habit is a skill.
This workbook is the toolkit you need to hack your life and master that skill. For good.
With...
Doing Academic Writing in Education
Connecting the Personal and the Professional
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on...
Writing from Deeper Within
Advanced Steps in Writing Fiction and Life Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Works of art cause us to contemplate our human condition with unending fascination. They take us into another dimension, a dimension in which our understanding of the world we live in becomes richer, and our appreciation, even awe, of the power of a human hand to craft such a work, grows. In this...