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by Martin Sandiford
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Having talent is prerequisite to create a fiction, but it's not sufficient and the susceptible mind of the writer needs to learn the basics of creating a fiction. The following E-book is an attempt to teach simply the principles. (Along with a commentary on the fiction "Diaries of 68+1")
by Chrystalla Thoma
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
A short essay on the world-building and origins of the series Elei's Chronicles (Rex Rising, Rex Cresting, Rex Equilibrium, Rex Aftermath). For readers who have already read at least book 1 in the series.
Sleeping on the Wing
An Anthology of Modern Poetry with Essays on Reading and Writing
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
This book is specifically for high school students, though it is useful to college students and anyone interested in the art and craft of poetry. Koch and Farrell, experienced teachers as well as poets, write about poetry in such a way that students will find it accessible and interesting. The book...
by P. D. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
In a perfect marriage of author and subject, P. D. James—one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today—gives us a personal, lively, illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it.
P. D. James...
by Alexander Chee
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
**Named a Best Book by: TIME, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed, New York Public Library, Boston Globe, The Paris Review, Mother Jones,The A.V. Club, Out Magazine, Book Riot, Electric Literature, **PopSugar, The Rumpus, My Republica, Paste, Bitch, Library Journal,...
The Sackett Companion
The Facts Behind the Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Little did Louis L'Amour realize back in 1960 when he published The Daybreakers, a novel about two brothers who came west after the Civil War, that he had begun creating what would become perhaps North America's most widely followed literary family: the Sacketts. The stories of ten generations of...
John Gardner on Writing
On Becoming a Novelist, On Writers & Writing, and On Moral Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Three books in one volume: Advice and reflections on modern fiction from “one of the greatest creative writing teachers we’ve ever had” (Frederick Busch).
In On Becoming a Novelist, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops,...
The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Dorothy Dunnett has earned worldwide acclaim for the masterful blending of historical fact and imagination in her two series of novels set in brilliantly reconstructed fifteenth- and sixteenth-century landscapes.
The Dorothy Dunnett Companion II is an encyclopedic resource that completes and...
Creationists
Selected Essays, 1993-2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
E. L. Doctorow is acclaimed internationally for such novels as Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, and The March. Now here are Doctorow’s rich, revelatory essays on the nature of imaginative thought. In Creationists, Doctorow considers creativity in its many forms: from the literary (Melville and Mark Twain)...
The Art of Fiction
A Guide for Writers and Readers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript...
Becoming Bestsellers: John Grisham and Danielle Steel (Sample from Chapter 2 of THE BESTSELLER CODE)
Becoming Bestsellers: John Grisham and Danielle Steel (Sample from Chapter 2 of THE BESTSELLER CODE)
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
This sneak peek teaser - featuring literary giants John Grisham and Danielle Steele - from Chapter 2 of The Bestseller Code, a groundbreaking book about what a computer algorithm can teach us about blockbuster books, stories, and reading, reveals the importance of topic and theme in bestselling fiction...
Storyworld First
Creating a Unique Fantasy World for Your Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
The question I hear most from beginners about building a fantasy storyworld is: "Where do I start?"
Oz, Wonderland, Narnia, the 100 Acre Wood, Neverland, Hogwarts, the United Federation of Planets, Westeros, Middle Earth, Alagaesia, Terabithia, Gotham City, Jurassic Park, Fablehaven,...
by Wade Venden
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
This concise 3,266 word guide will take a novice through all the steps, tools, and skills needed to design to completion their own book cover for print or digital publication. Learn about design considerations like contrast, tone, setting, drama, and readability (expert examples provided)in order...
Beautiful eBooks with Scrivener
Master the Compile Function and Create Distribution-ready eBooks
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Scrivener compile made easy!
If you want a quick and easy way to produce beautiful custom eBooks straight from your Scrivener project in a matter of minutes, then this guide can help. Don’t struggle to make the Compile options work for you. This short, but precise, ebook will teach you how...