Writing Publishing category: 5352 books
by Mark E Tyson
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Preparing to write a novel or a novella can be daunting. Whether you’re a writer who makes up the story as you go along (a pantser) or you’re someone who plans out your plot, or you’re hybrid of both, one aspect of the process remains the same; the book must have a beginning, a middle, and an...
Writing What People Buy
101+ Projects That Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2002
This book is for writing instructors and writers on 101 writing projects to write and sell or to create internships and externships and/or writing jobs or assignments and projects. What Will You Write?
If you ever thought that you don't know what to write, you will now. And you will be able...
by Karen S. Wiesner
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Revised, Updated, and Reissued Writing Reference
Second Edition
Without layering, a story is one-dimensional, unbelievable, boring. Layers mean stronger characters, settings, plots, suspense, intrigue, emotions and motivation. Layering also produces cohesion of all elements. Characters...
Writing-Intensive
Becoming W-Faculty in a New Writing Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
In one of the few book-length studies of a major post-secondary writing-across-the-curriculum initiative from concept to implementation, Writing-Intensive traces the process of preparation for new writing requirements across the undergraduate curriculum at Simon Fraser University, a mid-sized Canadian...
The Craft of Professional Writing
A Guide for Amateur and Professional Writers
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
The Craft of Professional Writing is the most complete book ever written about the real-life work of being a writer. Covering topics ranging from business writing (advertising, PR) to commercial work (news reporting, feature writing, blogging, non-fiction books) to creative writing (screenplays and...
by Matt Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
A comprehensive writers' guide to the terminology used across the creative writing industries and in the major literary movements. Packed with practical tips for honing writing skills and identifying opportunities for publication and production, it also explains the workings of publishing houses, literary agencies and producing theatres.
Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded
Mastering the Elements of Composition and Revision
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Transform your writing!
If you're ready to empower your writing but are unsure of where to start, let Keys to Great Writing Revised and Expanded show you the way. Award-winning author and veteran writing coach Stephen Wilbers provides invaluable instruction on every aspect of the craft, from...
Strengthen Your Fiction by Understanding Weasel Words
Weasel words categorized by the problems they indicate and how to find them with one click
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Self-edit better with software you already own!
Whether you’re a writer editing your first novel or a seasoned author wanting to provide your editor with cleaner copy, searching out particular words in your manuscript can help you self-edit with confidence. Weasel words aren’t just words...
The Elements of Style: Classic Edition (2018)
With Editor's Notes, New Chapters & Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
This Classic Edition commemorates the 100-year anniversary of William Strunk's grammar primer, The Elements of Style. Generations of writers have learned the basics of grammar from Strunk’s little book. It was rated “one of the 100 most influential books written in English” by Time in 2011,...
by Alexandria Peary, Tom C Hunley
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
The creative writing workshop: beloved by some, dreaded by others, and ubiquitous in writing programs across the nation. For decades, the workshop has been entrenched as the primary pedagogy of creative writing. While the field of creative writing studies has sometimes myopically focused on this single...
Crafting Unputdownable Fiction Boxed Set
Making Description Work Hard For You, Going Deep Into Deep Point of View, Some Like It Hot: Writing Sex and Romance
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
This boxed set How To Guide on novel writing is perfect for beginners needing the basics AND seasoned writers looking to dramatically improve their skills.
MAKING DESCRIPTION WORK HARD FOR YOU
Learn how to use description to achieve deep point of view and to create stories and characters readers...
Monsters Under the Bed
Critically investigating early years writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for ‘early years’ children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing,...
Writing across Contexts
Transfer, Composition, and Sites of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Addressing how composers transfer both knowledge about and practices of writing, Writing across Contexts explores the grounding theory behind a specific composition curriculum called Teaching for Transfer (TFT) and analyzes the efficacy of the approach. Finding that TFT courses aid students in transfer...
Writing Center Talk over Time
A Mixed-Method Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
In the last 15 to 20 years, writing centers have placed greater importance on tutor training, focusing on teaching tutors best practices in fostering student writers’ engagement and writing skills. Writing Center Talk over Time explores the importance of writing center talk and demonstrates the...