Writing category: 7965 books
Writing "out of Your Skin"
Writers on Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Thoughts along the writing journey: Writing "in the Zone"
A collection of writing thoughts and quotes from famous and not-so famous writers to hopefully encourage, uplift and perhaps even “inspire” you down the writing path.
One cannot always tell what it is that keeps...
Writing from Deeper Within
Advanced Steps in Writing Fiction and Life Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Works of art cause us to contemplate our human condition with unending fascination. They take us into another dimension, a dimension in which our understanding of the world we live in becomes richer, and our appreciation, even awe, of the power of a human hand to craft such a work, grows. In this...
by Ellen Schendel, William J. Macauley
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
No less than other divisions of the college or university, contemporary writing centers find themselves within a galaxy of competing questions and demands that relate to assessment—questions and demands that usually embed priorities from outside the purview of the writing center itself. Writing...
Re/Writing the Center
Approaches to Supporting Graduate Students in the Writing Center
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Re/Writing the Center illuminates how core writing center pedagogies and institutional arrangements are complicated by the need to create intentional, targeted support for advanced graduate writers. Most writing center tutors are undergraduates, whose lack of familiarity with the genres, preparatory...
Assessing Student's Digital Writing
Protocols for Looking Closely
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this book, Troy Hicks—a leader in the teaching of digital writing—collaborates with seven National Writing Project teacher consultants to provide a protocol for assessing students’ digital writing. This collection highlights six case studies centered on evidence the authors have...
by Sandra Murphy, Mary Ann Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This innovative resource provides teachers with a road map for designing a comprehensive writing curriculum that meets Common Core standards. The authors zero in on several “big ideas” that lead to and support effective practices in writing instruction, such as integrating reading, writing,...
1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set
Five Books, 5,000 Prompts to Beat Writer's Block
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Has writer's block crippled your creativity? Beat writer's block forever with five books jam-packed with thousands of inspiring creative writing prompts!
The 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set has over 150 five-star reviews across all books and platforms. This comprehensive collection...
Nine Day Novel: Authorphobia
Laugh at Your Fear of Writing - Suck Less for Author Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Can’t take the first step in becoming an author? Afraid you’ll suck at writing?
Have you ever…
Heard that little voice inside your head, whispering that your writing sucked?
Simply felt too terrified to start writing?
Had the wind knocked out of your sails—been critiqued...
by Wendy Vincent
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
If you want to get creative, make surplus income, be in control of your own hours, and potentially even change the world, then maybe it's time to make the career change to freelance writing. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of writers and editors is expected to rise 8 percent...
Starting Your Own Grant Writing Home Business
Tips On Writing Outstanding Grant Proposals So You Can Make A Profitable Home Based Business Out Of Your Grant Writing Skills
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
There is a lot of demand for grant writing nowadays that more and more entrepreneurial-minded people are setting out to start their own grant writing business. If writing is a talent of yours and you are ready to be your own boss, then grant writing can be an avenue to go into as a possible work-at-home...
by Kate Krake
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
You want to be a better writer.
You want to develop your writing skills.
You want to learn how to think like a writer, to craft powerful stories, to entertain, to inspire and amaze.
Here are 101 writing exercises to help you do all of those things.
101 Writing Exercises for fiction is an action...
by Peter Elbow
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 1998
In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get "stuck" or blocked in their writing, and is equally useful for writing fiction, poetry,...
The Writing Experiment
Strategies for innovative creative writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
'A systematic and engaging approach to creative writing' - Carla Harryman, Wayne State University
By suggesting that students who are not born poets can yet learn to become good ones, Smith performs a very important service.' - Professor Susan M. Schultz, University of Hawaii
This is...
Writing Active Setting Book 1: Characterization and Sensory Detail
Writing Active Setting, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don’t know where to begin?
Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels?
Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel...