Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
by Carolyn Wells
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Do you love mystery stories, such as the Sherlock Holmes stories and those of Edgar Allan Poe and Agatha Christie? Do you ever yearn to be a good writer of mysteries, or just like to read them and know about how they're written? Carolyn Wells was a prolific author of mystery novels. In this detailed...
by Mike Winchell
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Award-winning and bestselling authors turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction!
Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging...
by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
From a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning illustrator comes an utterly hilarious step-by-step guide to writing a book, as told by a child "author."
Want to write a book? Well, the spunky, know-it-all narrator of this side-splitting story can tell you just how to do it. She...
Writing Prompts for Powerful Plots
A 12 Step No-Fail Writing Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
This is the book that changes the way you use writing prompts forever.
Writing Prompts for Powerful Plots guides you through a simple, yet innovative way to use writing prompts to craft powerful fiction.
In one comprehensive book, this writing strategy covers:
- How to understand your...
Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays
The Essential Guide to Getting Your Work Published
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Write It Short, Sell It Now
Short stories and personal essays have never been hotter--or more crucial for a successful writing career. Earning bylines in magazines and literary journals is a terrific way to get noticed and earn future opportunities in both short- and long-form writing.
Writing...
The Elements of Internet Style
The New Rules of Creating Valuable Content for Today's Readers
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Learn the rules of today’s tech-driven publishing landscape! The Elements of Internet Style is the first guide to embrace the new reality of creating content in the electronic age. It is packed with the tools to reach and engage today’s too-busy, too-skeptical, too-distractible readers. Read this...
Writing Dialogue 1-5
A Collection of Articles for Fiction Writers by Writing Show Host Paula Berinstein
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Explore five of Writing Show host Paula B's most popular articles.
Collection includes:
Writing Dialogue 1: The Importance of Character Agenda
Writing Dialogue 2: Combining Dialogue and Narrative
Writing Dialogue 3: Compression
Writing Dialogue 4: How to Use Tags
Writing Dialogue 5: Individualizing Your Characters
Punctuation Without Tears
Punctuate Confidently - In Minutes!
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
'A powerful little book: sure-footed, simple, feisty, funny, and profoundly helpful'' Five Stars (The Independent)
Punctuate with confidence the easy way! A quick, funny, illustrated guide to all the punctuation you’ll ever need to know. Whether you want to master punctuation for school,...
The Jottery
Thought Experiments for Everyday Philosophers and Part-Time Geniuses
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In The Jottery, you'll find a series of prompts, suggestions, commands, and questions that are intended to cause neurons to fire and a spectrum of ideas to surface--possibly good, potentially useful, conceivably profitable, maybe illuminating, and hopefully amusing. There's also a chance you'll come...
Penguin Writers' Guides: How to Write Better English
How to Write Better English
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message...
by Angela Booth
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
Do you find writing a struggle?I work with writing students every day who believe that they “can’t write.” And yet, they must write, for one reason or another.My students include:* Business people who need to write for their job: their livelihood depends on writing frequently,...
Style and Story
Literary Methods for Writing Nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
There are two basic rules for writing nonfiction, says historian and award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne. Rule 1: You can’t make stuff up. Rule 2: You can’t leave out known stuff that affects our understanding. Follow these rules, and you are writing nonfiction. Writing for different audiences...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2013
In The Centrality of Style, editors Mike Duncan and Star Medzerian Vanguri argue that style is a central concern of composition studies even as they demonstrate that some of the most compelling work in the area has emerged from the margins of the field.
Writing Prompts for Powerful Plots Special Edition
A 12 Step No-Fail Writing Strategy (with bonus writing prompts)
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2017
This is the book that changes the way you use writing prompts forever.
Writing Prompts for Powerful Plots guides you through a simple, yet innovative way to use writing prompts to craft powerful fiction.
In one comprehensive book, this writing strategy covers:
How to understand your...