Writing Publishing category: 5352 books
Writing Habit Hacks
How to Create and Maintain Smart Writing Habits
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2016
***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 book is the toolkit you need to hack your life and master that skill. For...
by Jane Hertenstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Suddenly we remember, triggered by a familiar smell, the taste of a cookie, the touch of soft skin. Flash, and we are back in the past. Memories. They are elusive, mysterious, with a mind of their own. If only we could harness them and turn them into memoir.Now you can. In the amount of time...
Thanks, But This Isn't for Us
A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
A fun, practical guide that reveals the essentials of good fiction and memoir writing by exposing the most common mistakes literary writers make.
All great works of fiction and memoir are unique-but most bad novels, stories, and memoirs have a lot in common. From clunky dialogue to poorly sketchedout...
by Sarah Cypher
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Become revision-savvy and talk about fiction like a pro. Written by an experienced editor and writing teacher, this dictionary-style reference book decodes and demonstrates the editorial jargon used in writing workshops and manuscript critiques. In the tradition of Strunk & White's revered "The...
Writing for TV and Radio
A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This essential companion offers invaluable insights and solid, practical guidance to those keen to write for TV and radio.
PART 1 explores the nature of the media. It looks at the history of writing drama and comedy for radio and TV through a consideration of its key elements and some of the...
by Michael Walters and Ellen Diehl-Matto
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2010
Starting and Finishing the Paper: A How-to Guide to Quality College Papers, Second Edition is an excellent book for college students having difficulties with writing their college papers. It is a fun and step-by-step approach from start to finish.Starting and Finishing the Paper covers how to start a...
by Kevin J. Porter, Michael Bernard-Donals, Jeff Rice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
This collection is organized around the concept of abduction, a logical operation introduced by Charles Sanders Peirce that explains how new ideas are formed in response to an uncertain future. Responding to this uncertain future with rigor and insight, each essay imagines new methods, concepts, and...
Writer with a Day Job
Inspiration & Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Don’t let the daily grind drain your creative energy!
You can work full time and still have a productive writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing dream. Don’t wait. You can do both – and your writing will be...
This Is Not a Writing Manual
Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Real-world writing advice, minus all the lectures.
You're an aspiring writer. Maybe you've just discovered your love of words and dream of being a novelist someday. Maybe you've been filling notebooks with science-fiction stories since middle school. Maybe you're contemplating a liberal arts degree,...
by Bryan Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Sometimes we don't need to read an entire book to get the gist of it. Even skimming the surface of a non-fiction book may be enough to get our butts in gear as writers, artists and other creative people. Bryan Cohen has written multiple books that have sold over 2,500 copies between them about writing...
by Jenn Ashworth, Tom Bromley, Sarah Butler
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2015
How do you write a novel?
Practising novelists and teachers of creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among...
by Peter Elbow
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 1998
In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get "stuck" or blocked in their writing, and is equally useful for writing fiction, poetry,...
by John Dufresne
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2004
"This is the most practical, hard-nosed, generous, direct, and useful guide to writing fiction." —Brad Watson
Finally, a truly creative—and hilarious—guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That...
Writing True Stories
The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid...