Writing category: 7965 books
Writing Architecture
A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
For ages, architects have been criticized for speaking an insular language, known to some as "archispeak." Writing Architecture considers the process, methods, and value of architecture writing based on Carter Wiseman’s 30 years of personal experience in writing, editing, and teaching in young architects...
On Writing Horror
A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2006
The masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all!
In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many others tell you everything you need to know to successfully write...
by Marcia Yudkin
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Get Started Writing for Magazines - and Learn to Make a Living At It
Through examples, explanations and tips, Writing Articles About the World Around You demonstrates how to generate original and saleable article ideas using information that is part of your everyday life. Even if you live in...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
In the course of research, most scholars have known moments of surprise, catastrophe, or good fortune, though they seldom refer to these occurrences in reports or discuss them with students. Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research reveals the different kinds of work scholars, particularly...
by Stephen May
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Get Started in Creative Writing will help writers at the very beginning of their creative journey to gain confidence and find inspiration, and then support you in the completion of your first pieces of creative writing - a short story, a poem, a draft of a novel or screenplay. Each chapter includes...
Old Friend from Far Away
The Practice of Writing Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
“Memoir writers, buy this book, put it on your personal altar, or carry it with you as you traverse the deep ruts of your old road.” —Tom Spanbauer, author of The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
Old Friend from Far Away teaches writers how to tap into their unique memories to tell...
Secrets of the Zona Rosa
How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
An inspiring guide featuring the wit, wisdom, and stories of Zona Rosa, the writing-and-sisterhood workshop that has empowered thousands of women
For more than twenty years, Rosemary Daniell—Southern belle, successful writer, and tireless champion of female empowerment—has led Zona Rosa,...
by Edith Wharton
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains brilliant advice on writing from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize -- for her first novel The Age of Innocence.
In The Writing of Fiction, Wharton provides general comments on the roots of modern fiction, the...
by James Scott Bell
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Now, learn the master key for writing great short stories, and the strategies for using them to advance your writing career!
As most writers will tell you, the hardest fiction form to master is the short story. To be successful, a short story needs to have "emotional wallop," and...
1,000 Character Writing Prompts
Villains, Heroes and Hams for Scripts, Stories and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Do You Want To Create Rich, Three-Dimensional Characters? These 1,000 Hand-Picked Ideas Are Just What You Need.
From the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, this 150,000+ word reference tool can serve writers who need characters and need them now!
If character development is...
by HowExpert
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Have you ever wanted to write a horror story, but didn’t know how to start or proceed? In this easy, step-by-step guide, HowExpert presents Randal Schaffer who is a horror fiction writer/enthusiast/fan who will walk you through the process of not just writing a compelling horror story, but writing...
Midpoint Magic
How to Swing Your Screenplay or Novel in a New Direction and Say Good-Bye to Sagging Story Middles That Put Audiences to Sleep
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Stop Sagging Middles from Derailing Your Story (& Your Writing Career)
The middle of your story.
Nightmare.
And no wonder.
The middle (or Act Two) is just so dang long.
There’s another reason why plotting a novel or screenplay is hard: plot is based on...
by Robert Masello
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2005
The 101 Rules You Need to Know
*but no one has ever told you
You already have a million writing books. You know the principles, the lectures, the "expert" techniques. And you've discovered that sometimes tried-and-true just equals tired.
In Robert's Rules of Writing, successful...
Nine Day Novel: Outlining
Outlining Your Novel: Plotting Your Way to Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Outlining your novel doesn’t have to be hard.
But when was the last time you sat down to write with the confidence and true belief that you knew exactly what story you were going to tell?
Where do you start your first novel?
If you’re like I was, you started writing...