Composition Creative Writing category: 2214 books
by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
The Science of Science Fiction Writing
Seven famous science fiction authors—Heinlein, Campbell, "Doc" Smith, Williamson, de Camp, van Vogt, & Taine—present essays on the science and art of writing science fiction. They offer valuable tips and insights to the writer breaking...
Life Writing
a student work ebook
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
This ebook provides all you need to know about how to teach students how to writer about their life or how to teach yourself how to write about your life. The writing composed using the diverse activities in this e-workbook will form the basis of the life writing piece. Each activity can be completed...
by Tom Hood
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
"The Rhymester or; The Rules of Rhyme" is a comprehensive guide to rhyming, being a dictionary of rhymes, an examination of classical measures with comments on burlesque, comic verse, and song-writing. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in poetry- and song-writing,...
by Albertine Gaur
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
With the growth of modern information technology, it is time to re-examine the concept and purpose of writing, and question the long cherished idea that the alphabet stands at the apex of a hierarchy towards which all 'proper' forms of writing must necessarily progress. This beautifully illustrated...
Poetry Writing For Wanna-Be'sTm
A Writer-Friendly Guidebook Including the Author's Chapbook of Light Verse, "Poems Are Such Funny Stuff."
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
After reading and enjoying poetry, many of us become "wanna-be poets" wanting to develop our own skills and style by learning from experiences of others. The goal is to write our own poems in readable, entertaining form. This simple, practical, handy guide provides the background and essentials...
Life Writing
A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Life Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing biography, autobiography and memoir.
PART 1 explores the history and forms of life writing and the challenges and potential pitfalls of the genre.
PART 2 includes tips by bestselling writers: Diana Athill,...
Writing Poetry from the Inside Out
Finding Your Voice Through the Craft of Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
In Writing Poetry from the Inside Out, poet and national poetry workshop leader, Sandford Lyne, offers the writing exercises, guidance, and encouragement you need to find the poet inside you. Lyne's techniques, which he developed through twenty years of teaching poetry workshops, flow from an understanding...
Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
"At long last, a discussion of plagiarism that doesn't stop at 'Don't do it or else,' but does full justice to the intellectual interest of the topic!"
---Gerald Graff, author of Clueless in Academe and 2008 President, Modern Language Association
This collection is a timely intervention...
by H. L. Goodall Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2000
Writing the New Ethnography provides a foundational understanding of the writing processes associated with composing new forms of qualitative writing in the social sciences. Goodall's distinctive style will engage and energize students, offering them provocative advice and exercises for turning qualitative data and field notes into compelling representations of social life.
by Damon Knight
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
The classic guide to writing short fiction -- Revised & Expanded 3rd ed."What Knight doesn't know about writing the short story cannot be put into expository prose anyway."--Algis Budrys"Damon Knight is one of the preeminent teachers of writing in this country. Creating Short Fiction should...
The Imaginative Argument
A Practical Manifesto for Writers - Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings...
by Sarah Woods
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
In this book, award-winning travel writer Sarah Woods answers the question she is asked several hundred times each year: 'how do I become a freelance travel writer?' She offers practical advice on turning the dream into reality - from getting started to making a decent living. Sarah shares her tips...
Masterclass: Writing Crime Fiction
How to create compelling plots, dramatic characters and nail biting twists in crime and detective fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Do you have an idea for a gripping crime novel?
Would you like to know how to plot your book flawlessly?
Do you want to create beautifully crafted characters and nail biting twists?
This book is designed for anyone who wants to write an unputdownable crime novel. Whatever your subgenre, whether...
The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery
From Empty Page to Finished Mystery in Just 52 Weekends--A Dynamic Step-by-Step Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Sara Paretsky and Thomas Harris, you, too, can learn the trade secrets of quality detective fiction.
It's true. Just one year from now, you can deliver a completed mystery novel to a publisher--by writing only on weekends. Authors Robert J. Ray...