Writing

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on...

Lyric essayists draw on memoir, poetry, and prose to push against the arbitrary genre restrictions in creative nonfiction, opening up space not only for new forms of writing, but also new voices and a new literary canon. This anthology features some of...

'After a number of years teaching writing courses and appearing at writers' conferences, I began to see that creating a process book utilising one of my novels as an example of each step of my process might prove useful to people who are interested in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399529863Author Lew HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582974576Author Les EdgertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884995682Author Carolyn KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Word Dancer PressPublisher Word Dancer PressDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Nik Morton has been writing for over forty years, honing his craft. He writes genre fiction, whether that s science fiction, horror, crime, thriller, romance or westerns. To date he has 15 books under several pseudonyms. His westerns are usually written...

Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent twenty-six years at the Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic...

Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story.In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979419812Author Dorothy AllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 314gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501147227Author Charles JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646220854Author Melissa FebosFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909804364Author DH SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Earlham BooksPublisher Earlham Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983141211Author Alan WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Writers Tribe BooksPublisher Writers Tribe BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915425133Author Joanna PennFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Curl Up PressPublisher Curl Up PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm

For those that have mastered the basics of memoir and wish to probe this brand of creative nonfiction further, Writing the Radical Memoir uses salient theories about memory and the self to challenge assumptions about how we remember and tell the truth of...

A winning combination of how-to guide and reference work, The Only Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need addresses a wide-ranging spectrum of business communication with its straightforward seven-step method. These easy-to-follow steps save you time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593331996Author Daniel C. KoboldtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060391683Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 466Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

If you read only one book on business writing, make it this one. Chapters by the twelve partners of the Dark Angels Collective set out a comprehensive approach to writing more effectively for business. For nearly twenty years the Dark Angels programme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907117Author James BonnetFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582971346Author Stephen GillettFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

For half a century, writers at every stage of their careers have turned to the literary nonprofit organization Poets & Writers for help with their professional development. In this book Poets & Writers provides the authoritative guide for writers that...

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding The New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience and sharpened pencil to help the rest of us in a charming language book as full of life as it is of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545087015Author Jeannie LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Discover the power of (finally) getting unstuck, claiming your clarity, and becoming the person whose life you want to live-all through a simple self-care practice you can build into your daily routine. For anyone who's trying to make sense of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543190410Author Rayne HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

The chapters in this book range across all three areas of its subtitle practice, research and pedagogy - testifying to the integrated nature of creative writing as a university discipline. Writers from the USA, the UK and Australia concentrate on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402293528Author Regina L BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

Welcome to the age of the incredible shrinking message. Your guide to this new landscape, Christopher Johnson reveals the once-secret knowledge of poets, copywriters, brand namers, political speechwriters, and other professional verbal miniaturists. Each...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440506584Author Robert J. RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508813040Author Edward MorneauFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

All writers conduct research. For some this means poring over records and combing, archives but for many creative writers research happens in the everyday world when they scribble an observation on the subway, when they travel to get the feel for a city,...

This groundbreaking new writing series combines time-tested classical techniques-the imitation and analysis of great writers-with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature. Skills Taught: * One- and two-level...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906614775Author Pat BoranFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Dedalus PressPublisher Dedalus PressWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781535127226Author Jackson Dean ChaseFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

The Writer's Reader is an anthology of essays on the art and life of writing by major writers of the past and present. These essays offer a wealth of insights into how writers approach their craft and represent a practical resource as well as a...

Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business. The reality is, those who want to make a full or part-time job out of writing are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611802689Author Karen BenkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Roost BooksPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...