Writing

This remarkable little book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, models a clear, step-by-step system for creating straight-forward, concise, intelligible and readable prose.This book, intended as a supplement for any course...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910355193Author James Scott BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Compendium PressPublisher Compendium PressWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'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...

An easy-to-use comprehensive guide for writers on preparing and presenting their work to agents, publishers and print media.Regardless of the writer's level or ability, there is something extremely daunting about putting together a submission. It doesn't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398804364Author Belinda WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

A comprehensive guide to the speculative sub-genre of alternate history fiction, this book maps the unique terrain of this vibrant mode of storytelling and then explains how to write it. First giving a concise conceptual overview and the critical tools...

Early in the history of English, the words 'grammar' and 'glamour' meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals...

Will Dunne first brought the workshop experience down to the desk level with The Dramatic Writer's Companion, offering practical exercises to help playwrights and screenwriters work through the problems that arise in developing their scripts. Now writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847166104Author Stephen WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Straightforward PublishingPublisher Straightforward PublishingWeight(grams) 190g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312286217Author Caroline SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It's even worse when it feels like your whole future--or at least where you'll spend the next four years in college--is on the line. It's easy to understand why so many high school seniors put off...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912944774Author Steve MackPage Count 16Imprint NQ PublishersPublisher Nextquisite LimitedWeight(grams) 215g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913321253Author Joanna PennFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Curl Up PressPublisher Curl Up PressWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Elements of Indigenous Style offers Indigenous writers and editors-and everyone creating works about Indigenous Peoples-the first published guide to common questions and issues of style and process. Everyone working in words or other media needs to read...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958349007Author Becca SymeFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Hummingbird BooksPublisher Hummingbird BooksWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A frivolous argument or inflated claim is often dismissed with the reply, "That's just rhetoric!" But as Scott Crider explains in The Office of Assertion, the classical tradition of rhetoric is both a productive and a liberal art. The ability to employ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781721143801Author Ron D VoigtsFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Providing comfort food and inspiration for the aspiring novelist, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies offers novelist and writing coach Amy Wallen's insider secrets on living the writing life. Filled with chapters about writing, revising, submitting to an...

Aristotle's much-translated On Poetics is the earliest and arguably the best treatment that we possess of tragedy as a literary form. Seth Benardete and Michael Davis have translated it anew with a view to rendering Aristotle's text into English as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063278196Author Jericho BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Amistad PressPublisher Amistad PressWeight(grams) 454g

Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937232Author Jacques BarzunFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642350586Author Michael W LucasFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Tilted Windmill PressPublisher Tilted Windmill PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

What can you expect from a creative writing course? What skills do you need to develop? How can you make the most of your degree course - and the opportunities it can create? This book is designed to answer those questions. It explains how to: * learn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838394363Author Ellora SuttonFormat PaperbackImprint Fourteen PublishingPublisher Fourteen Publishing

In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy...

William Sloane was a brilliant editor, publisher, and teacher for more than forty years. In this book are gathered chapters derived largely from lectures he gave over twenty-five years at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, from correspondence with...

A text for practiced poets, this book offers a springboard beyond the basics into more daring poetic traditions, experimentation and methods. It lays out the myriad conversations influencing contemporary poetics, paying attention to its roots in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956422354Author Christopher BigsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Unthank BooksPublisher Unthank BooksWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Trish Hall's essential new work on writing well is a sparkling instructional guide to persuading (almost) anyone, on (nearly) anything. Hall has spent years immersed in argument, passion and trend-setting ideas-but also in tangled sentences,...

Confident with the basics of your craft? Looking to take your writing to the next level? Advanced Fiction gives you the tools to hone your skills by thinking more deeply and systematically about deploying them on the page. Friendly and down-to-earth, Amy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910355285Author James Scott BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Compendium PressPublisher Compendium PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'Publish or perish' is a well-established adage in academia. Never has the pressure on academics to publish been greater. Yet the prospect of writing a book can seem daunting, while the business of getting it published may be mystifying. Written by an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607326861Author Joseph HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressWeight(grams) 260g

Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer's Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author's twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought. The book provides tools for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838339586Author Hayley EdwardsFormat PaperbackImprint L. R. Price PublicationsPublisher LR Price

With increased compression, every word, every sentence matters more. A writer must learn how to form narratives around caesuras and crevices instead of strings of connections, to move a story through the symbolic weight of images, to master the power of...

This best-selling collection of readings explores the theme of dreams, the imagination, and the reasoning mind. Supporting a creative approach to the teaching of writing, Dreams and Inward Journeys presents a rich mixture of personal and academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398807877Author Professor Jeremy BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312575076Author James N FreyFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...