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If you are a writer of fiction, this practical handbook will teach you how to acquire your own writer's tool-box. Here you will learn all about developing your craft. The wide-ranging exploration of fiction-writing skills contains many unique features,...

Writing Fiction offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. This volume makes use of new versions of key chapters from the recent...

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. Although people with emotional or psychological...

All students have to write essays and writing the essay itself is a learning experience yet many are never taught how to compose an essay. The act of writing the essay is a learning experience in itself; it develop's the student's thinking ability and...

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...

Full of both inspirational and practical advice, Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing for some of the most difficult and demanding readers of all: children and young people. Part 1 explores the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585428717Author Rosanne BaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This work initiated a major shift in literary theory and method when it was first published in 1983. Starting from a critical inquiry into certain specialised issues in the practice of editing, "A Critique of Modern Textual Criticism" gradually...

'In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . . .' Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, internationally best-selling novelist Paul Auster now remembers the...

Shortlisted as one of The Stage's top 10 training books of 2012The No Rules Handbook for Writers is a timely, creative and refreshing antidote to prescriptive guides for writers. It will inspire playwrights, screenwriters and novelists; offer fresh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988069104Author Marcy KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Tongue Untied CommunicationsPublisher Tongue Untied CommunicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984616664Author Dinty W MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Rose Metal PressPublisher Rose Metal PressWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909900080Format PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Marvellous BooksPublisher Marvellous Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618485413Author Alice W FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 307Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(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

The first craft guide to the lyric essay form, this book combines hybrid craft essays that embody the key elements discussed, with more traditional craft essays that review relevant lyric theory, craft and history. An orientation to a form that is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312300524Author James N FreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582973258Author Victoria Lynn SchmidtFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553374964Author Natalie GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)...

Level up your campaign with these interactive activities and instructions for maximizing your storytelling skills so you can enjoy the ultimate RPG experience.Get your next campaign rolling right with The Ultimate RPG Guide Boxed Set. This collection has...

The use of creative writing as a route to personal or professional development is a powerful therapeutic tool, yet often the most difficult part is knowing how and where to begin. The experiences of others, and the strategies and approaches they have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634041693Author Jonathan LarsonPage Count 96Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986420405Author Stuart HorwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Book ArchitecturePublisher Book ArchitectureWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

LEARN HOW TO WRITE CONVINCING AND COMPELLING DIALOGUE.Commissioning editors say good dialogue is one of the first things that make a book stand out from the crowd - and similarly, that clunky direct speech is one of the first things that will send a book...

Good writing and communication skills are essential in many areas of science and engineering, to help observation, thinking and remembering, to organize work and to avoid stress. Written by a scientist for scientists, this book is much more than a...

In this innovative fusion of practice and criticism, Jeremy Scott shows how insights from stylistics and linguistics can enrich the craft of creative writing. Focusing on crucial methodological issues that confront the practicing writer, this book...

This book illuminates how technique serves 'story logic,' the particular way fiction makes meaning. Writers raid the cupboard of theory looking for what works, and generic rules don't account for the rich variety of strategies they employ. For writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Macavity Award (Nonfiction) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781582974552Author Lee LoflandFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher...

Many writing instructors teach writing through autobiography. By considering the lives of others and then contemplating their own lives, aspiring writers discover a wellspring of material that can be used in their prose. While not explicitly for courses,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991389476Author C S LakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Ubiquitous PressPublisher Ubiquitous PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

You are a writer and you have a killer book idea. When your project starts to take off you will find yourself managing a writhing tangle of ideas, possibilities and potential potholes. How do you turn your inspiration into a finished novel? Writing a...

The aim of this book is to get you writing. It's full of inspiration, tips and writing exercises for anyone who wants to write children's fiction. Included are tips from other published writers, useful links and answers to questions you've always wanted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385340502Author Ellen SandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Over 50,000 books are published in America each year, the vast majority nonfiction. Even so, many writers are stymied in getting their books published, never mind gaining significant attention for their ideas-and substantial sales. This is the book...

Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K-12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book...

I'm really looking forward to robbing this bank! Mischief's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the West End! Summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907728Author Kim HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802157355Author Walter MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

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...

LEARN HOW TO WRITE FICTION BY WRITING EVERY DAYWould you like to write but have no spare time?Do you not know where to begin?Write A Novel In 10 Minutes A Day will help you sculpt a full-length piece of creative writing in just ten minutes a day...