Creative writing Books
Pearson Education Essentials of Argument
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART I: Understanding Argument and Conducting Research 1 Recognizing Argument and Finding Issues A Definition of Argument Why Study Argument? Recognizing Traditional and Consensual Argument Evaluating Traditional and Consensual Argument Distinguish between Ethical and Unethical Argument What Is Your Personal Style of Argument? Under What Conditions Does Argument Work Best? Under What Conditions Does Argument Fail? Engaging with Issues Review Questions ESSAY FOR ANALYSIS: Chris Piper, "'A' is for 'Absent'" A student argues against attendance policies in college that penalize students by lowering their grades for excessive absences. 2 The Rhetorical Situation: Understanding Audience and Context Analyze the Rhetorical Situation When You Read an Argument Use the Rhetorical Situation When You Write an Argument Conducting An Audience Analysis Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 1: Rhetorical Situation Worksheet 2: Audience Analysis ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS: Charles M. Blow, "Welcome to the Club" The author examines the issue of racial profiling, using facts and personal narrative Prisna Virasin, "The Barbie Controversy" This student issue proposal examines the controversy associated with Barbie dolls. 3 Learning More about Issues: Conducting Research Begin with What You Know Locating Sources for Research Evaluate Sources and Select the Best Create a Bibliography Survey, Read, and Add Annotations to Your Bibliography Develop a System for Taking and Organizing Your Notes Avoid Plagarism Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 3: Research Plan Worksheet 4: Research Evaluation ESSAY FOR ANALYSIS: Angela A. Boatwright, "Human Cloaning: An Annotated Bibliography" This is a student-written annotated bibliography about human cloning 4 Writing the Exploratory Paper What Is an Exploratory Paper? How Do You Write Now? Prewriting Strategies Writing the First Draft Break through Writer's Block Revise the Draft How to Write an Exploratory Paper Submitting Your Paper for Peer Review Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 5: Exploratory Paper ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS: Jeff D. Opdyke, "Kids and Chores: All Work and No Pay?" This author considers different perspectives on how to pay children for doing the chores Prisna Virasin, "The Controversy behind Barbie" This student-written exploratory paper explains different perspecitves on the Barbie doll controversy PART II: Using Argument Theory for Reading and Writing 5 The Toulmin Model of Argument: Understanding the Parts The Parts of an Argument according to the Toulmin Model Value of the Toulmin model for Reading and Writing Argument Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS Military Advertisement Practice finding the claim, support, and warrants in an advertisement for joining the military. Cartoon: The Price of Oranges Use the Toulmin model to analyze a cartoon Editorial: Brother, Can You Spare a Word? This author argues that words and their connotations are important. Use the Toulmin model to write an analysis Mohamed T. Diaby Jr., "Toulmin Analysis of the Price of Oranges Cartoon" This represents a student example of a Toulmin analysis of a cartoon Richard D. Rieke and Malcolm O. Sillars, "American Value System" The authors argue that individuals have value systems that can be categorized and, thus, help with an understanding of value warrants. 6 The Types of Claims: Establishing Purpose and Organization Five Types of Claims Mixed Claims Claims and Argument in Real Life Situations Value of the Claims and the Claim Questions for Reading and Writing Argument Some Other Preliminary Questions to Help You Develop Your Claim Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 6: Claim Development ESSAY FOR ANALYSIS Peg Tyre, "Bringing Up Adolescents" This author asks, When should adult children start paying their own way? 7 The Types of Proof: Supporting the Claim The Traditional Categories of Proof Types of Logical Proofs: Logos Proofs that Build Credibility: Ethos Types of Emotional Proof: Pathos Value of the Proofs for Reading and Writing Argument Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Communicated through Language and Style How to Recognize Fallacies Ethics and Morality in Argument Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 7: Proof and Language Development ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS Anna Quindlen, "Undocumented, Indispensable" This essay addresses the state of illegal immigration and undocumented workers in the United States Rush Limbaugh, "Sexual Harassment and the Feminist 'Front'" This author gives his views on feminism and sexual harassment 8 Writing the Argument Analysis Paper: Review and Synthesis Reading for the Argument Analysis Paper Writing the Argument Analysis Paper Rhetorical Situation for "A Call for Unity: A Letter from Eight White Clergymen" and Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Focus Topics to Help You Analyze the Letters LETTERS FOR ANALYSIS A Call for Unity: A Letter from Eight White Clergymen This letter, written by eight white clergymen in Alabama, prompted Martin Luther King Jr's famouse response Martin Luther King Jr, "Letter from Birmingham Jail" This is the letter King wrote in jail, justifying his participation in the civil rights movement. It is a classical argument. Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments PART III: Writing and Presenting Arguments 9 Analyzing and Creating Visual Argument Recognizing Visual Argument Why Visual Argument is Convincing: Eight Special Features Using Argument Theory to Critique Visual Argument Bias in Visual Argument Sample Analysis of a Visual Argument Add Visual Argument to Support Written Argument Create Visual Arguments that Stand Alone Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 8: Visual Argument Development VISUAL ARGUMENTS FOR ANALYSIS Cartoon: Get Out! A visual argument for analysis Karen Hernandez, "Never Again" A student explains and analyzes her visual argument. Color Portfolio of Visual Arguments and Questions for Dicussion and Writing Plate 1: Mexican Immigrants Crossing into the United States Plate 2: Exploring an Issue Through Images: Walling Off Your Enemies: The Long View, 4 Images Plate 3: Walling Off Your Enemies: The Long View, cont'd; 2 images Plate 4: The Creation of Adam; Play Ball Plate 5: Robot with Grappler Holding a Wounded Palestinian; Hands Plate 6: American Soldiers; 2 images Plate 7: People and Guns; 2 images Plate 8: Two Student Examples of Visual Argument: Colalge and Installation 10 Writing the Rogerian Argument Paper Achiviecing Common Ground in Rogerian Argument Rogerian Argument as Strategy Writing Rogerian Argument Variations of Rogerian Argument The Advantages and Disadvantages of Rogerian Argument Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS Edward O. Wilson, "The Future of LIfe" The author describes how to find common ground between two groups who usually disagree Eric Hartman, "Let Those Who Ride Decide!" This student Rogerian argument explains the tensions between those who advocate wearing motorcycle helmets and those who resist such a ruling Elizabeth Nabhan, "Dear Boss" A student Rogerian argument written in letter form to her boss to try to improve her job-related duties and responsibilities 11 Writing the Researched Position Paper Classical Organization of Arguments Classical and Modern Organization Use Organizational Patterns to Help You Think and Organize Incorporate Ideas from your Exploratory Paper How to Match Patterns and Cross-Reference Your Notes Incorporating Research into Your First Draft Make Revisions and Prepare the Final Copy Review Questions Class Activities and Writing Assignments Worksheet 9: Invention Appendix 1: How to Document Sources Using MLA and APA Styles How to Document Sources Using MLA Style MLA: How to Cite Sources in the Body of the Text MLA: How to Cite Sources in the Works Cited Page Student Researched Position Paper in MLA Style Prisna Virasin, "The Big Barbie Controversy" A researched position paper in MLA style that claims Barbie is neither good nor bad, only a scapegoat. How to Document Sources Using APA Style APA: How to Cite Sources in the Body of the Text APA: How to Cite Sources in the References Page Student Researched Position Paper in APA Style Darrell D. Greer, "Alaskan Wolf Management" Appendix 2: Summary Charts Trace: The Rhetorical Situation The Toulmin Model Types of Claims Types of Proof and Tests of Validity
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Griffin Publishing Stein On Writing
Book SynopsisStein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether they are newcomers or old hands, students or instructors, amateurs or professionals. As the always clear and direct Stein explains here, This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions--how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place. With examples from bestsellers as well as from students'' drafts, Stein offers detailed sections on characterization, dialogue, pacing, flashbacks, trimming away flabby wording, the so-called triage method of revision, using the techniques of fiction to enliven nonfiction, and more.
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Grassroots with Readings
Book SynopsisWant to learn the skills that colleges value and employers want? You can, with GRASSROOTS, 12th Edition and its digital learning tools. Author Susan Fawcett has successfully guided over three million students to become better writers, helping them in turn earn better grades in their courses across the curriculum. This book's clear instruction, relevant examples, engaging practices, eye-catching visuals and samples of first-rate student writing will help you, too. You'll find tips to make you a better reader and intriguing professional readings as well as practices and visual images on subjects that students asked for, like robotics, career opportunities and traits of successful people.
£107.73
Cengage Learning Perspectives on Contemporary Issues W Apa7e
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£88.20
Evergreen with 2021 MLA Update Card
Book SynopsisEVERGREEN, which has brought success to thousands of students across the country, takes you through the writing process step by step. The book provides you with clear instructions, numerous models of student writing, helpful diagrams and visuals, and plenty of practice exercises. This edition includes a new focus on improving your papers through writing better thesis statements. Photographs accompany and enhance the readings and encourage thoughtful consideration of advertisements, websites, and illustrations. Twenty readings at the end of the book, by authors who represent many different backgrounds and ethnic groups, discuss topics as diverse as multitasking, creating apps, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, and more.
£125.10
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group True Notebooks
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WW Norton & Co Vex Hex Smash Smooch
Book SynopsisA writing handbook that celebrates the infinite pizzazz of verbs.
£18.99
WW Norton & Co On Becoming a Novelist
Book Synopsis"One of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had." --Frederick Busch
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WW Norton & Co Thinking Like Your Editor How to Write Great
Book SynopsisDistilled wisdom from two publishing pros for every serious nonfiction author in search of big commercial success.Trade Review"Avoids feeding fantasies in favor of detailing necessities." -- Library Journal"Starred Review. Useful advice on every page." -- Publishers Weekly"Rabiner and Fortunato take you through the corporate Oz of the publishing world, behind the smoke and mirrors." -- Dale Maharidge, author of And Their Children After Them, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction"What a smart and useful book Thinking Like Your Editor is." -- Gerald Howard, editorial director, Broadway Books"[W]ill be the standard text for non-fiction authors." -- Herbert P. Bix, author of Hirohito, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize"In 45 years in publishing I have never read better advice than this book offers. Bravo!" -- Hugh Van Dusen, HarperCollins Publishers"The path from good idea to great book is anything but a straight line, Rabiner and Fortunato know every precipice and crevice." -- John Paulos, author of A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper"Likely to become the gold standard for anyone hoping to be successful in trade publishing." -- Juliet B. Schor, author of The Overworked American"[S]hould be required reading for any writer of serious nonfiction." -- Laura N. Brown, president, Oxford University Press USA"This smart, straight-talking, profoundly encouraging book is an invaluable guide for authors and editors alike." -- Sara Bershtel, Associate Publisher, Metropolitan Books
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W. W. Norton & Company ReadingWriting Canada Short Fiction and
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W. W. Norton & Company The Norton Pocket Book of Writing by Students
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£26.40
Penguin Putnam Inc Building Great Sentences
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The most erudite, readable book anyone has ever written on the sentence.”—Adrian Blevins, associate professor of English, Colby College “An Elements of Style for the prodigious, Building Great Sentences is a service to writers and a joy to read.”—R.M. Berry, professor, Florida State University
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The University of Michigan Press Millions of Suns
Book SynopsisOffers an open invitation for all writers to create something new. Each chapter features a pair of essays-in-dialogue between two working artists, Sharon Fagan McDermott and M.C. Benner Dixon, which addresses a specific writing element such as metaphor, inspiration, place, surprise, or imagery.Table of Contents An Introduction to Millions of Suns 1. MEMORY Taking Flight: On Memory Everything I Can’t Remember Memory Prompts 2. IMAGERY The Clouds at Bearfence Fresh Firecoal Chestnuts, Finches Wings Imagery Prompts 3. SURPRISE Surprise! Now Narrowly We Knew Her Surprise Prompts 4. INSPIRATION Wild Dogs and Pittsburgh Sunrise: When Inspiration Calls Find a Door: Entering the Writing House Inspiration Prompts 5. METAPHOR A Question about Metaphor What my Metaphors Say Metaphor Prompts 6. PLACE When I Say Here To Reach the Moon: On Place Place Prompts 7. READING When a Child Meets her Words Confessions of an Acolyte: Regarding Jealousy and Ambition Reading Prompts 8. STRUCTURE White Space: The Fullness in Emptiness The Thing of It: Prose as Physical Object Structure Prompts 9. THE PRESENT MOMENT What is it Then Between Us? The Fragile Planet Present Moment Prompts 10. REVISION How to Build a Bicycle The Power of Do-Over Revision Prompts 11. WRITER’S BLOCK Postcards Note to Self Writer’s Block Prompts 12. BEAUTY Whatever is Lovely Three Ways of Looking at Beauty Beauty Prompts References Acknowledgements
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Find Your Voice
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Random House USA Inc The Virginia Woolf Writers Workshop Seven Lessons
Book SynopsisIn this brilliantly imagined book, author Danell Jones mines the diaries, essays, correspondence, and fiction of a literary legend to create an unforgettable master class in the art of writing. Using Virginia Woolf’s own words, this inspiring, instructive, and entertaining guide will delight fans, students, and teachers alike—and at last give Woolf a classroom of her own. Imagine what it might be like if Virginia Woolf were teaching a writers’ workshop. What would she say? What elements of her own experience would writers today find valuable? Now one need only to look within these pages to find out. For here, perched at the podium of a classroom, Woolf shares her wisdom on a range of matters, including: The value of experimentationHow to use a journal for inspirationThe importance of reading, walking, and practicingMethods for learning from great writersAlso included are “writing sparks”—exercises for
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Pearson Learning Solutions A Handbook for Writing Formal Papers From Concept
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Random House USA Inc Letters to a Writer of Color
Book SynopsisA vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work“Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at once.”—Laila Lalami, author of Conditional Citizens Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. Featuring: • Taymour Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are• Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the room in which it can exist• Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn’t a license we carry in o
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Random House USA Inc Essays that Kicked Apps 55 Unforgettable College
Book SynopsisEach year, colleges are inundated with earnest, eager applications. Your own essay may need to shine from among as many as 60,000 others to get noticed! · Get inspired by these 55+ unforgettable student essays that got their authors accepted · See what schools like Cornell, Brown, Georgia Tech, Rutgers, Northwestern University, Duke, and many more are looking for in an essay · Read helpful commentary from our experts on what worked—and why All the essays collected in this book are real examples of successful, stand-out writing, and each is annotated with explanations from The Princeton Review’s admissions experts about its most memorable or effective techniques. Get reading—and then writing—and let these model essays give you the kick-app advantage!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Burn After Writing Purple With Cats
Book SynopsisThe national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in.This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.-TikTok user camrynbanksInstagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expressi
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Penguin Putnam Inc Burn After Writing Cowgirl
Book SynopsisThe national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in.This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.-TikTok user camrynbanksInstagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expressi
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Penguin Putnam Inc Burn After Writing Magic Stars
Book SynopsisThe national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in.This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.-TikTok user camrynbanksInstagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself?Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expressi
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Penguin Putnam Inc Burn After Writing Moon Phases
Book SynopsisThe national bestseller.Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in.This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.-TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself? Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears! Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
£12.60
Better Spelling Fourteen Steps to Spelling
Book SynopsisFor more than 20 years, Better Spelling has provided a focused, successful approach to spelling. Students learn to identify common spelling errors and to apply straightforward rules to correct these errors. The text is split into auditory-centered and visual-centered problems. Two diagnostic tests, one problem-word test, and a proofreading test allow students to focus on areas where they need to improve.
£82.86
Penguin Putnam Inc The Kite Runner Play Script
Book SynopsisComing to Broadway July 2022!The script for the stage production of Khaled Hosseini's first and internationally bestselling novel, The Kite Runner, as adapted by playwright Matthew Spangler. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. Now adapted for the stage, the story is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and is an exploration of the influence of fathers over sons--their love, their sacrifices, their lies.A sweeping saga of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful story that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.This adaptation was first performed at W
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. A Passion for Narrative
Book SynopsisThis book is not intended to persuade you to take up writing novels or short stories - “It’s going to be a lot of work,” Jack Hodgins warns. Nor will it tell you how to market your stories. But it will take you through the problems facing any fiction writer and show you how some of the best writers in English have solved them.The chapters are clear and comprehensive: Finding Your Own Stories; One Good Sentence After Another - on the skills of writing well; Setting; Character - how to make your characters come alive; Plot; Structure - “The Architecture of Story”; Point of View and Voice; Metaphors, Symbols and Allusions; Revising - an all-important chapter that also deals with the impact of writing on a computer; The Story of a Story - where Jack Hodgins talks of his own experience with one of his most famous stories; and the final chapter, And Now What? - Creating Your Own Workshop, which builds on t
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Beacon Press Craft and Conscience
Book SynopsisThe first major book for writers to more effectively engage with complex socio-political issues—a critical first step in creating social changeWriters are witnesses and scribes to society’s conscience but writing about social issues in the twenty-first century requires a new, sharper toolkit. Craft and Conscience helps writers weave together their narrative craft, analytical and research skills, and their conscience to create prose which makes us feel the individual and collective impact of crucial issues of our time. Kavita Das guides writers to take on nuanced perspectives and embrace intentionality through a social justice lens. She challenges writers to unpack their motivations for writing about an issue and to understand that “writing, irrespective of genre or outlet, is an act of political writing,” regardless of intention.The book includes essays from a fascinating mix of authors, including James Baldwin, Alexander Chee, Kait
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Beacon Press Writing Hard Stories
Book SynopsisSome of the country’s most admired authors—including Andre Dubus III, Mark Doty, Marianne Leone, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Richard Blanco, Abigail Thomas, Kate Bornstein, Jerald Walker, and Kyoko Mori—describe their treks through dark memories and breakthrough moments and attest to the healing power of putting words to experience. What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Melanie Brooks sought guidance from the memoirists who most moved her to answer these questions. Called an essential book for creative writers by Poets & Writers, Writing Hard Stories is a unique compilation of authentic stories about the death of a partner, parent, or child; about violence and shunning; and about the process of writing. It will serve as a tool for teachers of writing and give readers an intimate look into the lives of the authors they love.Authors profiled in Writing Hard Stories: Andre Dubus III, Sue William Silverman, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Joan Wickersham, Kyoko Mori, Richard Hoffman, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Abigail Thomas, Monica Wood, Mark Doty, Edwidge Dantict, Marianne Leone, Jerald Walker, Kate Bornstein, Jessica Handler, Richard Blanco, Alysia Abbott, and Kim StaffordInsights from Writing Hard Stories“Why we endeavor collectively to write a book or paint a canvas or write a symphony...is to understand who we are as human beings, and it’s that shared knowledge that somehow helps us to survive.”—Richard Blanco“Here’s what you need to understand: your brothers [or family or friends] are going to have their own stories to tell. You don’t have to tell the family story. You have to tell your story of being in that family.”—Andre Dubus III“We all need a way to express or make something out of experiences that otherwise have no meaning. If what you want is clarity and meaning, you have to break the secrets over your knee and make something of those ingredients.”—Abigail Thomas“What we remember and how we remember it really tells us how we became who we became.”—Michael Patrick MacDonald“The reason I write memoir is to be able to see the experience itself...I hardly know what I think until I write...Writing is a way to organize your life, give it a frame, give it a structure, so that you can really see what it was that happened.”—Sue William Silverman“After a while in the process, you have some distance and you start thinking of it as a story, not as your story...It was a personal grief, but no longer personal...[It’s] something that has not just happened to me and my family, but something that’s happened in the world.”—Edwidge Danticat“Tibetan Buddhists believe that eloquence is the telling of a truth in such a way that it eases suffering...The more suffering that is eased by your telling of the truth, the more eloquent you are. That’s all you can really hope for—being eloquent in that fashion. All you have to do is respond to your story honestly, and that’s the ideal.”—Kate Bornstein“You can never entirely redeem the experience. You can’t make it not hurt anymore. But you can make it beautiful enough so that there’s something to balance it in the other scale. And if you understand that word beautiful as not necessarily pretty, then you’re getting close to recognizing the integrative power of restoring the balance, which is restoring the truth.”—Richard Hoffman
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New Directions Publishing Corporation Literature Class Berkeley 1980
Book SynopsisA master class from the exhilarating writer Julio CortázarTrade Review"One of those books that radically shifted my thinking about the possibilities of narrative." -- Christopher Higgs - Big Other"Literature Class is a serious boon for Julio Cortázar fans. Delivered at the end of his life while visiting UC Berkeley, these eight lectures offer fresh insights into the mind of one of the 20th Century’s most vital writers." -- Jeff Jackson - Fanzine""There's no question that Julio Cortázar is among the most revered Latin American writers of any age. In Literature Class, readers are treated to a series of talks the author gave at Berkeley circa 1980. They range from meditations on the writer's path to the elements of an effective short story. "I'm not a critic or theorist," he writes, "which means that in my work, I look for solutions as problems arise." While this may be true, it's hard to imagine anyone better suited to tackle the endless possibilities of literature and language itself."" -- Juan Vidal, NPR"The consequent lectures—originally delivered in Spanish and translated adeptly by Katherine Silver—are erudite, intimate, charmingly fragmented, and anecdotal, covering a range of topics, from “Eroticism and Literature” to “The Realistic Short Story.”" -- Dustin Illingworth - The Atlantic"Based on the words spoken by Cortázar and his students, the class that he taught appears to be an interesting hybrid of Cortázar as tour guide of his body of work, and as mentor into the broader lessons about the qualities of fiction that resonated most with him." -- The Culture Trip"A first-class literary imagination." -- The New York Times"As Cortázar stresses throughout his talks, writing is rarely a pursuit of answers but, rather, about investigation—of the self, of one’s work, and of the world at large. The goal of the novel, Cortázar says, is to harmonize its formal and literal questions into a central, destabilizing quandary: 'Why are things like they are and not otherwise?" -- The New Yorker"[T]he lectures, at times, do feel cobbled together—but in the best way, in the way of art that thrives in complexity and contradiction. They are made from pieces of Cortázar’s life, his writing, his experiences as a young writer in Argentina and an as exile in Paris, his deep engagement with literature and cinema and politics, and they show the mind of a writer at work, asking questions and unearthing new possibilities." -- John Flynn-York - The Rumpus"A glittering showcase for a daring talent—Julio Cortázar is a dazzler." -- The San Francisco Chronicle"Cortázar spoke of something more than novelty or progress—he spoke of the radically new and joyful nature of every instant, of the body, the memory and the imagination of men and women." -- Carlos Fuentes"He was, perhaps without trying, the Argentine who made the whole world love him." -- Gabriel García Márquez"Anyone who doesn’t read Cortázar is doomed." -- Pablo Neruda
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Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. Night Wings A Soulful Dreaming and Writing
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Random House USA Inc Tom Stoppard
Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • One of our most brilliant biographers takes on one of our greatest living playwrights, drawing on a wealth of new materials and on many conversations with him.“An extraordinary record of a vital and evolving artistic life, replete with textured illuminations of the plays and their performances, and shaped by the arc of Stoppard’s exhilarating engagement with the world around him, and of his eventual awakening to his own past.” —Harper'sTom Stoppard is a towering and beloved literary figure. Known for his dizzying narrative inventiveness and intense attention to language, he deftly deploys art, science, history, politics, and philosophy in works that span a remarkable spectrum of literary genres: theater, radio, film, TV, journalism, and fiction. His most acclaimed creations—Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The
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Cengage Learning Thinking for Yourself
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St Martin's Press Writing an Identity Not Your Own
Book SynopsisA practical guide to help authors authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than their own.Do you have the tools to authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than your own? It's not a subject that's generally taught in creative writing programs, and there are so few craft books and online resources on the subject. Even if you can take a seminar, class, or workshop, there's nothing like having an easy-to-understand book on hand to provide guidance and insight every time you craft characters with historicallymarginalized identities.In Writing an Identity Not Your Own, award-winning author Alex Temblador discusses one of the most contentious topics in creative writing: crafting a character whose identity is historically marginalized. What is identity, and how do unconscious biases and bias blocks impact and influence what we write? What is intersectionality? You'll learn about identity terms, st
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Bedford Books The St Martins Handbook with 2016 MLA Update
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£98.23
Bedford Books Exercise Workbook for A Canadian Writers
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£21.74
W. W. Norton & Company Everyones an Author
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£52.50
W. W. Norton & Company Back to the Lake
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£60.00
W. W. Norton & Company Back to the Lake
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£75.50
Hay House Inc 21 Days to Awaken the Writer Within
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£13.49
Sourcebooks, Inc Write Tight Say Exactly What You Mean with
Book SynopsisWilliam Brohaugh is the former editor of Writer's Digest magazine and the former editorial director of Writer's Digest Books. He is the author of Unfortunate English and Professional Etiquette for Writers, and is the director of English through the Ages. He lives in Amelia, Ohio.
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Sourcebooks, Inc The Successful Novelist A Lifetime of Lessons
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Barcharts, Inc Writing Tips Term Paper Vocabulary Quick Study
Book SynopsisWord choice is extremely important in academic, formal or creative writing. This handy word bank was chosen for maximum effectiveness and power. Select words, the definitions, and a comprehensive list of transition words are included all in effort to decrease your time word searching and increase thoughtful writing and consequently, grades!
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Barcharts, Inc Essays Term Papers
Book SynopsisWriting from the planning stages through completion. Any student at almost any level can improve his/her writing skills.
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Wildside Press The Art of Dramatic Writing
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F&W Publications Inc The Secrets of Story
Book SynopsisYou''ve just boarded a plane. You''ve loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story. We all hate that guy, right? But when you tell a story (any kind of story: a novel, a memoir, a screenplay, a stage play, a comic, or even a cover letter), you become the unwelcome storyteller. So how can you write a story that audiences will embrace? The answer is simple: Remember what it feels like to be that jaded audience. Tell the story that would win you over, even if you didn''t want to hear it.The Secrets of Story provides comprehensive, audience-focused strategies for becoming a master storyteller. Armed with the Ultimate Story Checklist, you can improve every aspect of your fiction writing with incis
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Sourcebooks, Inc College Essay Essentials A StepByStep Guide to
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Hal Leonard Corporation 5 Minute Plays The Applause Acting Series
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Hal Leonard Corporation Workshopping the New Play
Book SynopsisÊWorkshopping the New PlayÊ is a guide for playwrights directors dramaturgs and other theater professional and students. The book begins with an overview of the basics of playwriting and goes on to cover all aspects of the new-play workshopping process: selecting a director and/or dramaturg to run the workshop sessions assembling a team of actor/readers and dealing with constructive criticism putting together a staged reading of one''s work structuring a successful talkback and properly and professionally submitting one''s work to theaters. Throughout the book are essays by well-known theater professionals: playwrights teachers dramaturgs an artistic director a spoken word performer and workshopping experts. The book is written in a friendly nonacademic style but should be valuable for educators as well as practitioners of theater.
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Simon & Schuster The Way of the Writer Reflections on the Art and
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