Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
by Elmore Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."—Elmore Leonard
For aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing...
Now Write!
Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
A collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today's best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers, including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suarez, Margot Livesay, and more.
What's the secret behind...
The Yahoo! Style Guide: Writing for an Online Audience
Writing for an Online Audience
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Previously published as part of The Yahoo! Style Guide.
WWW may be an acronym for the World Wide Web, but no one could fault you for thinking it stands for wild, wild West. The rapid growth of the Web has meant having to rely on style guides intended for print publishing, but these guides do not address...
Wretched Writing
A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it’s very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad.
It’s also...
On Writing
A Memoir Of The Craft
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2000
Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.
“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication...
For Writers Only
Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
"I see but one rule: to be clear." Stendhal
If only it were as easy for most writers as it was for Stendhal. The truth about the act of writing is much more varied, even violent. In fact, there seem to be as many contradictory admonitions about how to go about doing it as there are writers...
by Eudora Welty
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Eudora Welty was one of the twentieth century’s greatest literary figures. For as long as students have been studying her fiction as literature, writers have been looking to her to answer the profound questions of what makes a story good, a novel successful, a writer an artist. On Writing presents...
The Everything Guide to Comedy Writing
From stand-up to sketch - all you need to succeed in the world of comedy
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2009
A guy walks into a bar...
With this guide, aspiring comics will learn to navigate the complex world of comedy writing. Discover how to tap into your natural sense of humor through real-life examples and hands-on skill-building exercises. Learn the best ways to come up with ideas and write comedy...
The Only Writing Series You'll Ever Need Screenwriting
Insider Tips and Techniques to Write for the Silver Screen!
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2007
The insider info you need!
Writing scripts for the big screen takes more than a big idea--it requires passion, perseverance, and insider know-how. The Only Writing Series You'll Ever Need: Screenwriting is your go-to resource for mastering the complete screenwriting process. Taking you step...
Story Writing in a Nursing Home
A Patchwork of Memories
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Based on the belief that older people have good stories to tell, Story Writing in a Nursing Home was developed as part of a volunteer teaching service to a nursing home. Graduate students who were learning to teach this special population conducted story writing activities with older adults and found...
The Memoir Project
A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
The greatest story you could write is the one you experienced yourself. Knowing where to start is the hardest part, but it just got a little easier with this essential guidebook for anyone wanting to write a memoir.
Did you know that the #1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is...
Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
For more than thirty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice—"it...
Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion
Writing About Everything From Travel to Food to Sex
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companionis an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality.
Part 1 explores the full range of genres and asks the question: what...
A Writer's Book of Days
A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
First published a decade ago A Writer's Book of Days has become the ideal writing coach for thousands of writers. Newly revised with new prompts up-to-date Web resources and more useful information than ever this invaluable guide offers something for everyone looking to put pen to paper a treasure...