Creative writing Books
Wave Books Giant Moth Perishes
Book SynopsisWith exquisite detail and humble sensibilities, Geoffrey Nutter’s sixth collection of poetry offers myriad delights in language and the imagination. In cityscapes, nature, books, and color, we find respite in the complexities of the commonplace—from clocks to teardrops to moths. The poems in Giant Moth Perishes teach us how to live in the world with curious attention. And at the heart of this daydreaming is a spectacular earnestness, firmly embedded in the idea that the landscape of poetry is limitless and wild.Trade ReviewFor years now, Nutter has been quietly writing some of the most beautiful poems in America. —John Ebersole, Kenyon ReviewThank goodness for Geoffrey Nutter, whose poetry seems to be powered equally by sunlight, virtue, wonder, and humility. —Nate Pritts, Rain Taxi
£12.34
Seven Stories Press,U.S. My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide
Book SynopsisThis guide encourages teens to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most.
£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers Composition Year 1 Pupil Book
Book SynopsisTreasure House Composition Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They include both classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction, which stimulate children to think, talk and write for a range of purposes.This Treasure House pupil book: covers all the composition skills in the 2014 National Curriculum includes a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction extracts accompanies each extract with carefully structured questions, building up to a short piece of writing lays the foundations for pupils to become assured, proficient writers.This pupil book can be used with Treasure House Teacher's Guide 1, Anthology 1 and activities on the Collins Hub for an integrated approach to teaching English.
£11.17
HarperCollins Publishers Inc 99 Stories I Could Tell
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£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Talk to Me
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Talk to Me is the perfect guide to interviewing. I can think of many reporters, anchors, and late-night personalities who could benefit from this book, but anyone who speaks with fellow humans will find Nelson’s guidance priceless.” — Tom Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor “Dean Nelson is a fabulous interviewer because he has the most important qualification—genuine curiosity. Add to that his deep compassion his searing intellect, and his love of a good story, and Dean gets you to say things about yourself that even you didn’t realize. And you’re the better for it.” — Jeannette Walls “Dean Nelson is a remarkable interviewer: wonderfully informed, perceptive, smart, funny, and—not least—uplifting.” — Joyce Carol Oates “Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around.” — Anne Lamott
£10.44
Oxford University Press The First Five Pages
Book SynopsisWhether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it''s the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it''s the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the first five pages.The First Five Pages: A Writer''s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile reveals the necessary elements of good writing, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry, and points out errors to be avoided, such as:- A weak opening hook- Overuse of adjectives and adverbs- Flat or forced metaphors or similes- Undeveloped characterizations and lifeless settings- Uneven pacing and lack of progressionWith exercises at the end of each chapter, this invaluable reference wTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Intelligent, important, valuable, and entertaining instructions. . . . It should be read by all novice writers - and by those whose books are already published but intend to write more. * Richard Marek, former editorial director of Kirkus Reviews *Mr. Lukeman has written a definitive handbook on the pitfalls to avoid in your work. . . . I highly recommend The First Five Pages to anyone who is serious about their writing. * PlanetShowbiz.com *Tricks of the trade add to The First Five Pages' value, as do tips on grammar, style, voice and dialogue, and writing exercises. . . . A bargain when you consider all the information packed into [it]. * San Antonio Express-News *Novice and amateur writers alike will benefit from literary agent Lukeman's lucid advice in this handy, inexpensive little book. Carrying the craft of writing beyong Strunk and White's classic Elements of Style, this book should find a wide audience. . . . Writers' groups and workshops will want multiple copies. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: PRELIMINARY PROBLEMS; PART II: DIALOGUE; PART III: THE BIGGER PICTURE; EPILOGUE; INDEX
£11.39
The University of Chicago Press On Revision
Book SynopsisA trusted editor turns his attention to the most important part of writing: revision.Trade Review"All writers are, or should be, re-writers, Germano insists, and rewriting begins with rereading, with "listening" to what your text wants to say. The advice compiled in this revelatory, generous book--tips on discovering or rediscovering your argument, on organizing its archive, on helping your readers identify its takeaways--will be useful for everyone from seasoned authors to dissertating graduate students. Best of all, interspersed with the practical counsel, On Revision contains a moving vindication of the importance and the pleasure of scholarly writing and reading." --Deidre Lynch, author of Loving Literature: A Cultural HistoryTable of Contents1 Press start 2 Good to better 3 Know what you’ve got 4 Look for an argument 5 Build an architecture 6 Remember the audience 7 What writing wants Acknowledgments A very short bibliography Index
£18.05
Taylor & Francis Ltd Narrative Design
Book SynopsisA detailed look at the roles narrative designers (writers) play in the game industry, from the point of view of a game design educator and 35-year industry veteran. Templates and detailed instructions are given for readers to create a portfolio of work that could lead to a job in the game industry. Table of ContentsChapter 1 ◾ What Is Narrative Design? 1Chapter 2 ◾ What Is Game Design? 9Chapter 3 ◾ Story in Games 17Chapter 4 ◾ Game Development as a Craft 25Chapter 5 ◾ The Idea Is Everything…and Nothing 31Chapter 6 ◾ The Player’s the Thing 41Chapter 7 ◾ The Team’s the Thing, Too 47Chapter 8 ◾ Game Genres and Their Players 57Chapter 9 ◾ The Game Development Process 63Chapter 10 ◾ Writing and Design for Analog Games 75Chapter 11 ◾ Writing Advice 81Chapter 12 ◾ Teaching Narrative Design and Game Design 89Chapter 13 ◾ Career Opportunities in the Game Industry 99APPENDIX A: PUBLICATIONS LIST, 105APPENDIX B: CLASS SYLLABI, 113APPENDIX C: COURSE ASSIGNMENTS (INSTRUCTIONS ANDTEMPLATES), 145
£48.99
Taylor & Francis Story Machines How Computers Have Become Creative
Book SynopsisThis fascinating book explores machines as authors of fiction, past, present, and future. For centuries, writers have dreamed of mechanical storytellers. We can now build these devices. What will be the impact on society of AI programs that generate original stories to entertain and persuade? What can we learn about human creativity from probing how they work?In Story Machines, two pioneers of creative artificial intelligence explore the design and impact of AI story generators. The book covers three themes: language generators that compose coherent text, storyworlds with believable characters, and AI models of human storytellers. Providing examples of story machines through the ages, it covers the history, recent developments, and future implications of automated story generation.Anyone with an interest in story writing will gain a new perspective on what it means to be a creative writer, what parts of creativity can be mechanized, and whatTrade Review"A masterful and highly accessible overview of exciting developments in computer-generated literature by two experts in the field."Arthur I. Miller, author of The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity "Story Machines is a lot of fun to read. It’s a fascinating cultural and technological history of the centuries-long attempt to automate creative writing. It is also an exploration of what makes writing good: interesting characters; intriguing relationships; surprising events and plots; and aesthetically pleasing prose. Ultimately, Story Machines is about human creativity."Keith Sawyer, author of Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation"Software that writes stories? A fascinating insight into how computers are learning to replicate the power of human imagination. Sharples and Pérez y Pérez are experts in the field of computational creativity. Their insights into language, story structure and the replication of human creativity map a journey in which computers could create future stories that change behaviours and beliefs. The ethics of how these are enabled, engaged and deployed will be a debated for years to come."Vikki Kirby, Chief Storyteller, Vibrato Consulting"Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art."Nick Montfort, author/programmer of Golem "A masterful and highly accessible overview of exciting developments in computer-generated literature by two experts in the field."Arthur I. Miller, author of The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity "Story Machines is a lot of fun to read. It’s a fascinating cultural and technological history of the centuries-long attempt to automate creative writing. It is also an exploration of what makes writing good: interesting characters; intriguing relationships; surprising events and plots; and aesthetically pleasing prose. Ultimately, Story Machines is about human creativity."Keith Sawyer, author of Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation"Software that writes stories? A fascinating insight into how computers are learning to replicate the power of human imagination. Sharples and Pérez y Pérez are experts in the field of computational creativity. Their insights into language, story structure and the replication of human creativity map a journey in which computers could create future stories that change behaviours and beliefs. The ethics of how these are enabled, engaged and deployed will be a debated for years to come."Vikki Kirby, Chief Storyteller, Vibrato Consulting"Stories have been computer-generated for decades by a curious assortment of programmers, artists, and authors. Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez tell their stories, providing a rich, broad history that will interest and inform anyone interested in the future of literary art."Nick Montfort, author/programmer of Golem "One of the most valuable features of the book is its rich presentation of examples. Readers come away having read nearly 100 instances of mechanically and computationally generated stories, which provide a clear sense of the variety of approaches and the kind of story they produce. Readers are even invited at several moments to experiment with these methods themselves. The authors also integrate computer-generated prose into the book’s text, which serves as a frequent reminder that the act of reading may shift and transform as automation and authorship converge in different ways."Stephanie Dick, Science"If you’re a writer, should the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence worry you? Or is AI more likely to actually enhance your writing? This fascinating book charts the recent history of AI-driven ‘story machines’, probing their strengths and weaknesses, and what they can tell us about the creative writing process." Terry Freedman, Teach SecondaryTable of ContentsPreface, Chapter 1. Can a computer write a story?, Chapter 2. Human story machines, Chapter 3. Artificial versifying, Chapter 4. Automatic novel writers, Chapter 5. The shape of a story, Chapter 6. The program that swallowed the internet, Chapter 7. Storyworlds, Chapter 8. Being creative, Chapter 9. Modelling the mind of a writer, Chapter 10. Build your own story generator, Chapter 11. Capacity for empathy, Notes, Further reading
£19.92
Writers' Rooms Writers of the Depths
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£11.50
iUniverse Web of Life
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£12.90
University Press of Kansas Words Is a Powerful Thing
Book SynopsisBrian Daldorph first entered the Douglas County Jail classroom in Lawrence, Kansas, to teach a writing class on Christmas Eve 2001. This is Daldorph's record of teaching at the jail for the two decades between 2001 and 2020, showing how the lives of everyone involved in the class benefited from what happened every Thursday afternoon.Trade ReviewI get a lot of prisoner anthologies from all over the world and at times they seem to blend together-some are okay, others worthy of serious reflection, and a few reach higher to demand reading and studious thoughtfulness. And then there are those few warrior-spirit poets and fiction writers that cancel my boredom and fatigue and awaken my senses to a higher attention as the pages seem to leap up and grasp me by my shirt collar. This is one of those anthologies; this is one of those books that diminishes all noise baffling us from academics and professors and justice officials writing about prison. These are the voices who know; these are the voices who have been there and have come back with the news that prison will never work, that keeping human beings in cages will never, ever be the solution." - Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of A Place to Stand and Laughing in the Light"Brian Daldorph and his fellow writers have given us a gift. It is not just a collection of creative work, or one teacher's personal reflection. Like poetry itself, this book is words transformed into energy and power. Its pages hum with an electricity that can only come from the synergy between the many truths of incarcerated writers and the complex worlds that they inhabit." - Christopher P. Dum, cofounder of the ID13 Prison Literacy Project and author of Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel"Daldorph empowers his incarcerated students; his powerful book lets us hear their humanity in their own words and in Daldorph's portrayals of them. As the incarcerated writers investigate their lives, readers do their own investigations and make discoveries about their own humanity. Indeed, the book shows us that those on the 'outside' benefit by spending time with those on the 'inside,' either in person or on the page." - Jayne Thompson, assistant teaching professor of English, Widener University, and coeditor of Letters to My Younger Self: An Anthology of Writings by Incarcerated Men at S.C.I. Graterford and a Writing Workbook"Brian Daldorph's Words Is a Powerful Thing takes readers into a foreboding place-through the electronic doors and cement hallways of the county jail in Lawrence, Kansas-and reveals something unexpected: the intense possibility of beauty and art and poetry behind bars. Daldorph examines how poetry can push students clad in matching anonymous jail-cell jumpsuits toward a greater understanding of truth and hope and selfhood. Words Is a Powerful Thing is a tremendous memoir of Daldorph's fifteen-plus years teaching at the jail but also an intimate look at his students, their poetry, and the human cost of America's carceral system." - Daniel A. Hoyt, author of This Book Is Not for You
£26.27
Apocalypse Ink Productions Industry Talk An Insiders Look at Writing Rpgs
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£7.95
LB Productions Write for Your Life Thorndike Nonfiction
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£21.59
Cambridge University Press Writing for the Readers Brain
Book SynopsisWhat makes one sentence easy to read and another a slog that demands rereading? Where do you put information you want readers to recall? What about details you need to reveal but want readers to forget? Drawing on cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and psycholinguistics, this book provides a practical guide on how to write for your reader. Its chapters introduce the five ''Cs'' of writing ? clarity, continuity, coherence, concision, and cadence ? and demonstrate how to use these features to bring your writing to life. This science-based guide also shows you how to improve your writing while also making the writing process speedier and more efficient. Brimming with examples, this humorous, surprisingly irreverent book provides writers with the tools they need to master everything from an email to a research project. If you believe good writers are simply born that way, Writing for the Reader''s Brain will change your mind ? and, quite possibly, your life.
£22.79
Cambridge University Press Writing the Detectives
£17.00
Legare Street Press The Detroit News Eighteen Hundred and
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£12.30
Legare Street Press Memoirs of Henry Villard Journalist and Financier
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£19.90
Taylor & Francis Poetry The Basics
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£19.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Myths and Heroes in Creative Writing
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£37.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc College Writing For Dummies
Book SynopsisTransform your next college essay into an A+ masterpiece Taking a 100-level English composition course? Just doing your best to get ready for the rigors of college-level writing? Then it's probably time you picked up College Writing For Dummies, the single greatest roadmap to writing high-quality essays, reports, and more! This book is the ideal companion for any introductory college writing course and tracks the curriculum of a typical English Composition, College Writing, English 101, or Writing & Rhetoric course. You'll learn composition techniques, style, language, and grammar tips, and discover how to plan, write, and revise your material. You'll also get: Ten can't-miss resources for improving your college writingStrategies for revising and repairing inadequate essays on your ownTechniques to help non-native English speakers master the challenging world of English essay writingFull of real-world examples, lessons in essay structure, grammar, and everything in between, this book iTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with College Writing 5 Chapter 1: Transitioning to Greater Expectations: College Writing 7 Chapter 2: Sailing into Safe Waters: First-Year Writing Success 21 Chapter 3: Previewing a College Writing 101 Course: Getting Schooled 35 Chapter 4: Tasting Higher Steaks: Essay Portfolio Requirements 57 Part 2: Establishing Essentials: Elements of Composing 75 Chapter 5: Planning Your Essay Success: Organization and Structure 77 Chapter 6: Determining Your Reasons for Writing: Audience and Purpose 105 Chapter 7: Showing Evidence: Thesis Support 123 Part 3: Writing with Style, Language, and Grammar 145 Chapter 8: Establishing Structure: Sentences and Paragraphs 147 Chapter 9: Scoring Personality Points: Stars of Style 165 Chapter 10: Showing Sensitivity: Language That Builds Better Societies 191 Chapter 11: Scrutinizing Your Paper for Sneaky Grammar Errors 207 Part 4: Rehearsing for Success: Planning, Writing, and Revising 237 Chapter 12: Preparing Your Persuasion: Planning, Gathering, and Organizing Information 239 Chapter 13: Getting One Done: Completing Draft One 263 Chapter 14: Rethinking and Repairing: Three-Level Revising Plan 281 Chapter 15: Finalizing for Shipment: Format and Presentation 301 Chapter 16: Reaching Out: Writing across Courses 315 Part 5: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 17: Ten (or So) Resources for Improving College Writing 335 Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Nonnative English-Speaking College Writers 343 Chapter 19: Ten (or So) Tips for Repairing Broken Essays: DIY 351 Index 357
£16.19
St. Martin's Publishing Group Writing on Empty
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£16.12
Macmillan Learning The St Martins Handbook with 2016 MLA update
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£55.79
Macmillan Learning A Pocket Style Manual
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£34.99
WW Norton & Co Appropriate
Book SynopsisA timely, nuanced work that dissects the thorny debate around cultural appropriation and the literary imagination.Trade Review"Questions of cultural appropriation often crystallize most acutely in works of literature, from William Styron to Jeanine Cummins. Rekdal, a writing teacher, parses the issue to ask who is “allowed” to write what, and in what contexts." -- New & Noteworthy - The New York Times"Creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal tackles the definition of cultural appropriation and how it fits into our current political climate in her collection of essays, structured as a series of letters to an imagined student. Rekdal picks apart the hotly debated topic of who gets to tell what story as she examines the evolution of cultural appropriation as it pertains to literature. In her scrutinization of authorship, Rekdal points to bigger questions surrounding whiteness, identity and empathy." -- 14 New Books You Should Read in February - Time"[Rekdal] speaks without condescension to young, ethically conscious writers, and with an awareness that anti-racism is necessarily a constant, ever-shifting struggle; those who presume to have all the answers have got the question wrong." -- Bad Form Magazine
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Craft Consciousness and Artistic Practice in
Book SynopsisCraft lives inside the artist, and it operates in the mind, not in standards or techniques. Creative writers navigate thresholds in consciousness as they develop their arts practice. Craft Consciousness and Artistic Practice in Creative Writing explores what it is to be an artist as it traces radical, feminist, and culturally embedded traditions in craft. The new term craft consciousness identifies the nexus from which writers explore making processes and practitioner knowledge. Writers, as with all artists, create and reimagine themselves anew, and it is in this perpetual state of becoming that they find ways to enlarge their sense of artistry through an exploration of forms, processes, and mediums beyond the written word.For writers, this book initiates a reexamination of the mission of creative writing through disrupting patriarchal, racist, colonialist, ableist, and capitalist associations with dominant craft. Drawing from twenty-five interviews with living artists outside oTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: "What is the Good?": In Search of the Virtue of Craft in Creative Writing Chapter Two: Beyond Romanticist Philosophies of Technê: Principles of Craft Consciousness Chapter Three: Made for Disruption: Qualitative Research into the Practices of Artist-Teachers Chapter Four: Benchwork, Workshop Culture, and Craft Consciousness in Teaching Spaces Epilogue: Craft Futures Bibliography Index
£85.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Advanced Fiction
Book SynopsisConfident with the basics of your craft? Looking to take your writing to the next level? Advanced Fiction gives you the tools to hone your skills by thinking more deeply and systematically about deploying them on the page. Friendly and down-to-earth, Amy Weldon guides you through the realities of craft and process, combining a broad anthology of landmark stories with instruction on the more advanced aspects of fiction writing.Featuring interactive prompts, exercises and suggestions for further reading, this book guides you from larger philosophical issues to subtler technical ones, from topics as diverse as the intricate principles of storytelling to navigating artistic and political landscapes conscientiously and building a writing career. Beginning with a brief recap of the basics, the text goes on to examine:- The psychology of writing and revising- Practical methods for drafting and notebook-keeping- Taking personal and technical risks with ideas, images, and forms- Making rTable of ContentsChapter One: What Makes Advanced Fiction Writing “Advanced?” Student Craft Studio: Shannon Baker, “Habits” Craft Studio: James Joyce, “Araby” (1914) Exercises Chapter Two: Getting It Down: Self-Organizing, From Mind to Page Exercises Chapter Three: Mystery, Conviction, Form, and Risk Student Craft Studio: Levi Bird, “On Stable Ground” Craft Studio: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892) Exercises Chapter Four: Writing in Color: Culture, Identity, and Art Student Craft Studio: Ian Wreisner, “The New Chicago” Craft Studio: Rebecca Makkai, from The Great Believers: A Novel (2018) Exercises Chapter Five: Invisible Engines: Purpose, Psychic Distance, and Point of View Student Craft Studio: Andrew Tiede, “Till Death” Craft Studio: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The American Embassy” (2003) Exercises Chapter Six: Building a World – For Your Readers and Yourself Student Craft Studio: Joel Murillo, “Cracker Jack” Kari Myers, “Fields of Ash” Craft Studio: Angela Carter, “The Tiger’s Bride” (1979) Exercises Chapter Seven: Trust the Process: Revising, Editing, and Writing At Length Teacher Craft Studio: Amy Weldon, “The Serpent” (2018) Exercises Chapter Eight: Creative Writing and Your Future Student Career Studio: Andrew Chan, Derek Lin, Reed Johnson, MD, and Annika Dome MFA Studio: Keith Lesmeister, “East of Ely” (2017) Dr Weldon’s Fiction Prescriptions
£66.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Be a Writer
Book SynopsisHow To Be A Writer is a collection of interviews with famous writers, performers and industry insiders that takes the reader through a writer's day, from getting up to giving in. And, along the way, asks: When do you get ideas? When should you write? How do you deal with your money? Who do you have lunch with? And how do you keep going?Featuring JON RONSON, EMMA DONOGHUE, DENNIS KELLY, CAITLIN MORAN, JASON HAZELEY, JOEL MORRIS, SUZANNE MOORE, CATHERINE ROSENTHAL, MARK ELLEN, JOHN PANTON, JO UNWIN, MARTYN WAITES, MARK BILLINGHAM, ISZI LAWRENCEDavid Quantick is an Emmy-winning television writer and the author of the best-selling writing manual How To Write Everything. He has written for television in the USA (Veep) and the UK (The Thick Of It, Brass Eye, Harry Hill's TV Burp), and is also a radio broadcaster (The Blagger's Guide, 52 First Impressions), author (The Mule, Sparks) and a journalist whoTrade ReviewDavid Quantick knows nothing about writing. I know nothing about writing. This should be good. -- Chris MorrisIf only Morrissey had read this book. -- John Niven, author of 'Kill Your Friends'
£14.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Scholarship of Creative Writing Practice
Book SynopsisThe first study to explore deeply and intimately the complex and multifaceted nature of creative writing practice, The Scholarship of Creative Writing and Practice offers a new route in scholarly inquiry for creative writing studies, probing beyond pedagogical methods (with which most of the field's scholarship is occupied) to explore the writing life as it is experienced by a wealth of international writer/academics. With academic creative writing programs beginning to adopt a more pragmatic, industry-focused stance, students of writing increasingly need and expect to complete their degrees moderately prepared to monetize the skills they have learned so there is now more than ever a great responsibility to present studies, methodologies and experience that can inform students and instructors. In response, Sam Meekings and Marshall Moore have pulled together academic investigations from some of the most prominent names in creative writing studies to take stock of the diverse definiti
£28.99
Bloomsbury Academic Environmental and Nature Writing
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£25.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Fiction Writers Guide to Alternate History
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the speculative sub-genre of alternate history fiction, this book maps the unique terrain of this vibrant mode of storytelling and then explains how to write it. First giving a concise conceptual overview and the critical tools to differentiate the different forms of counterfactual fiction, Jack Dann lays out the tricks of the trade' such Heinleining', how to create recognizable divergent points' and how to employ paratextual elements and layering' to overcome readers' unfamiliarity with invented counterfactual events and cultures. Alongside this, Dann takes you step-by-step through a complete short story to demonstrate, line-by-line, how alternative history fiction works. As well as Dann''s exacting methodology for writing professional quality alternate history stories, this book also features a live-on-the-page Q&A with some of the most esteemed alternate history writers working today, including Kim Stanley Robinson, John Birmingham and Lisa Goldstein among Trade ReviewA tour-de-force treasure trove ... Invaluable to authors at any stage in their careers. * Futurism *The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Alternate History is not only an incredibly readable and illuminating guide to the art of writing alternate history, it’s also a superb introduction to alternate history as a genre. This book will be of great interest to anyone involved in writing or teaching alternate history and related kinds of literature. * Dr Sean Seeger, Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex, UK *Table of ContentsAbout the Author About the Contributors 1. A Few Introductory Notes and Thoughts About Alternate History and the Slippery Slope of Fiction 2. Let’s Examine What We’re Talking About - Definitions and Divergence Points - ‘Alternate History’ and Science Fiction: a Potted History - Model making… 3. Are we really Theorizing about History and Morality and Choice? - How To Bring Your Readers Up To Speed - Thinking About History…and Your Readers 4. Taking a Break From Me: “White City” by Lewis Shiner 5. Craft Problems and Solutions - Deconstructing Tesla and Assembling the Counterfactual Fiction Writer’s Toolbox - A Quick Inventory 6. The Tactics of Creating Counterfactual Texts: a Roundtable Q & A With Kim Stanley Robinson, William Gibson, Pamela Sargent, Harry Turtledove, John Crowley, Michael Bishop, , Lisa Goldstein, John Kessel, John Birmingham, Barry N. Malzberg, Janeen Webb, Bruce Sterling, Mark Shirrefs, Christopher Priest, Terry Bisson, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Swanwick, Paul Di Filippo, Richard Harland, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George Zebrowski 7. A Very Personal Meditation On Writing: Or How I Do It…and Think About It 8. A Very Few Last Words About…You Appendix Bibliography Index
£16.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Creative Writing and Stylistics Revised and
Book SynopsisJeremy Scott is Lecturer in English at the University of Kent, UK.Trade ReviewEmpowering in its exploration of the nuances of the creative writing process, the revised and expanded edition of Creative Writing and Stylistics is packed with diverse and compelling examples from prose and poetry, as well as superb writing exercises. Approaching creative writing from the inside, this book is a brilliant handbook for students, teachers and independent writers. Jeremy Scott provides insightful analyses of existing texts and exemplary advice about how to become an engaged and better creative writer. * Cassandra Atherton, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University, Australia *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1- Seeing: looking through language Chapter 2 - Creativity: making (a)fresh Chapter 3- Bricks: a creative writing grammar Chapter 4 - Structure: narrative and form Chapter 5 - Looking: who tells? who sees? Chapter 6 - Voices: speech and thought Chapter 7 - World-building: a cognitive poetics of creative writing Chapter 8 - Style: figurative language Chapter 9 - Blends: metaphor Chapter 10 - Soundscapes: patterns, sound, sense Bibliography Index
£28.01
Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Guide to Creative Writing
Book SynopsisDoes the idea of creative writing excite you, but you've no idea how to begin?Do you want to write a story, a local interest book, or even complete a book of poetry? Maybe you would love to create a legacy piece to hand down to future generations, or capture the essence of your relative's lives but don't know where to start or what to include?Between suggestions, tips, anecdotes, and exercises, you will glean a mountain of information that will set you on your way no matter if you are new to creative writing or have a book or three under your belt. With a friendly, accessible tone, _A Guide to Creative Writing_ gives you the tools you need to write for the love of it or to take it further.
£13.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Wordsmithery
Book SynopsisThis stimulating workbook is aimed at committed writers and students of Creative Writing who want to engage with ideas about writing and develop their craft and practice.
£31.34
Shell Educational Publishing 180 Days Writing for Sixth Grade
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£17.25
John Murray Press The Creative Writing Workbook
Book SynopsisIMPROVE YOUR CREATIVE WRITING WITH THIS PRACTICAL, LEARNING FOCUSED WORKBOOK.Are you inspired to write a novel, short story or your life story, but don''t know where to start? Do you want to improve your writing skills when using social media and blogging, or do you have an aspiration to become a freelance writer?This new Teach Yourself Workbook, written by a successful published author, accompanies you every step of your way to becoming a writer, with insider tips and techniques, guided, accessible exercises to get you writing, case studies drawn from published works and many more features ideal for budding writers who want to develop their ability through a more active style of learning. Whether you''re a poet, storyteller or playwright, have journalistic ambitions or simply want to make the most of online opportunities, the creative activities in this workbook will have you putting pen to paper from the very first chapter and you will soon be ready to achiTable of Contents : Chapter 1 - Writing for Readers : Chapter 2 - Writing about People and Places : Chapter 3 - Action! Writing Ideas : Chapter 4 - Drama: Writing for Effect : Chapter 5 - Writing Fiction : Chapter 6 - Writing Non-fiction : Chapter 7 - Life Writing : Chapter 8 - Writing Poetry : Chapter 9 - Writing Dialogue and Drama : Chapter 10 - Writing Copy : Afterword: taking it to the next level
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Right Word
Book SynopsisThis three-in-one guide is the perfect addition to any professional or amateur writer's bookshelf. Aimed at those who use language in their day-to-day lives, it is divided into three parts. The Grammar Guide provides clear, comprehensive guidance on sentence structure, parts of speech and punctuation; the Vocabulary Builder helps you choose the right word by listing commonly confused, misused and cliched words; the dictionary of Literary Terms provides concise definitions of linguistic forms. The budding writer can use this guide to quickly enhance their style and improve their word power. The rules and advice provided are accompanied by usage examples throughout.Trade Review‘an engaging reference book to flip through if you’re interested in the finer points of language and usage . . . it leaves you filled with awe at the nuance and breadth of the English language’ -- Carrie O’Grady * Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Grammar - The parts of speech - Words working together - Punctuation - Type, format and layout - Spelling rules - Rules you can break - Glossary of grammatical terms Part 2: Vocabulary builder - Choosing the right word - Commonly confused words and word pairs - Commonly misused words - Word families - Just the opposite - Avoiding cliches Part 3 Literary terms
£11.69
West Margin Press Creative Coloring and Far-Out Fun
Book SynopsisJoin childhood friends Mark and Ted as they lead you on a creative adventure through this special coloring book!"After many years of teaching writing, these amazing Totally Weird Activity books will captivate even the most reluctant student! Filled with a wide variety of topics and interests to get a story started, the books will ignite a passion for the craft."—Laura Baker, elementary school teacher and winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science TeachingEach page includes dynamic black-and-white illustrations, plus a cool interactive element to spark the imagination. Complete half-finished drawings, create your own story from the writing prompts, solve word searches, and fill in the blanks with ideas as you color through this fun, wacky journey. There's something in here for everyone!Part of the Totally Weird Activity Book series, Creative Coloring and Far-Out Fun is perfect for young artists, illustrators, coloring book fans, writers, and puzzlers who like to imagine and create things.Trade Review“Perfect for the budding artist and creative writer, this book is sure to stimulate creativity and keep children entertained for hours . . . Ingenious.” —Children’s Literature, A CLCD Company
£8.99
John Murray Press Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being A Writer
Book SynopsisFor half a century, writers at every stage of their careers have turned to the literary nonprofit organization Poets & Writers for help with their professional development. In this book Poets & Writers provides the authoritative guide for writers that answers every imaginable question about craft and career. From kickstarting your creativity and developing your style to getting your work read and published, this is the bible for authors of all genres and forms.Written by Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon, the two most recent editors of Poets & Writers Magazine, this book brings an unrivaled understanding of the areas in which writers seek guidance and support. Filled with insider information like sample query letters, pitch letters, lists of resources, and worksheets for calculating freelance rates, tracking submissions, and managing your taxes, the guide does more than demystify the writing life-it also provides an array of powerful tools for building a sustainable career as a writer. In addition to the wealth of insights into creativity, publishing, and promotion are first-person essays from bestselling authors, including George Saunders, Christina Baker Kline, and Ocean Vuong, as well as reading lists from award-winning writers such as Anthony Doerr, Cheryl Strayed, and Natalie Diaz. Here, at last, is the ultimate comprehensive resource that belongs on every writer's deskTrade ReviewA welcome vade mecum on the business and art of writing for publication . . . A book of benefit to well-practiced as well as novice writers, full of useful advice, pointers, and prompts.A lucid, lively, thorough, enormously helpful book that I'll be recommending to prospective authors for years to come.Publishing has always seemed mysterious to writers published and unpublished, to people new to the business and sometimes even to people who have worked within it for decades (me). So what a wonderful thing to have a resource like this. It clears the mist for emerging and established writers and provides a comprehensive answer to every question a writer might ask. It also makes me wonder if Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon left a spy camera in my office.It's not every day the word complete strikes one as an understatement, but in the case of the title of this wonderful book, it is. What Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon have created here is a teeming compendium. Larimer and Gannon's insights and suggestions are grounded in comprehensive research and common sense, further enriched with insights, inspiration, and reading lists from a wide spectrum of the country's most respected writers. You bring the talent, this book will do the rest!
£17.09
Sara Crawford Langiewicz The 30-Day Writing Challenge: Begin or Enhance
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£6.64
Broadview Press Ltd Your First Page: First Pages and What They Tell
Book SynopsisYour First Page is unlike any other craft book on writing. It is based on the premise that practically everything that can go right or wrong in a work of fiction or memoir goes wrong or right on the first page. Those first 300 or so words function like canaries in coal mines, forecasting success or predicting trouble. They establish the crucial bond between writer and reader, setting them off together on a path toward the heart or climax of a story—or they fail to do so. From first pages we stand to learn most of what we need to know to succeed as authors. This new workshop and classroom edition of Your First Page has been revised to better fit the needs of creative writing classrooms and workshops. Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition“I have long taught the critical importance of the first few pages of any work of fiction. What a delight to find a smart, perceptive, enormously useful book that focuses on the craft and technique issues of these same make-or-break first 500 words. I heartily recommend Peter Selgin’s Your First Page to any aspiring young writer.” — Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction “Like a detective dusting for fingerprints, in Your First Page Peter Selgin demonstrates how a close examination of the opening paragraphs of a story, novel, or essay can reveal much more than a beginning writer might imagine: the entire work’s DNA. In example after example, he demonstrates the kind of close reading that will serve any writer well and offers sound advice on exposition, scene, characterization, point of view, style, and many more essential components of effective prose. Though it can serve the individual writer toiling away at home, I look forward to sharing it with students in my classes, too.” — Peter Turchi, author of A Muse and A Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic “An excellent, unique book. I use this book in my English 307: Writing the Literary Novel course. What's special about it is its rich collection of good quality brief samples of work in progress. The strengths and weaknesses of these texts are clearly analyzed by Peter Selgin with an intelligent eye, and students can see how to improve their own work. Reading the contemporary masters of fiction is valuable, but inevitably a chasm is created. This book helps to realistically bridge that chasm and get students on the road to increasingly more efficient results in their own writing.” — Vic Cavalli, Trinity Western UniversityTable of Contents Introduction I. Opening Strategies 1. Who Speaks? Choosing Narrators 2. Dramatic Openings 3. Colluding with Readers / Second Person 4. Character Narrator 5. Where to Start? Biblical Openers 6. Setting the Scene: The Wide-Angle Establishing Shot 7. Beginning at the End 8. Literary Births 9. In Medias Res: The Inciting Incident 10. The Covenant: Taking the Leap II. Seven Deadly Sins: Common Errors 1. Default Omniscience: Failure to Properly Engage a Narrator and Inhabit that Narrator’s Perspective 2. False Suspense: Capricious Withholding of Information 3. Dramatized Routine or Status-Quo Syndrome: Failure to Distinguish between Events and Routine 4. Information vs. Experience: Supplying Abstract Ideas and Conclusions in Lieu of Concrete Evidence 5. Imitation Story: Cliché at the Root of Conception 6. 6. Disappearing Scenes: Failure to Distinguish between Background, Flashback, Frame, and Present Story 7. Sentimentality: Implying or Describing Emotions in Excess of Experience 8. Grim Determination: The Deadliest Sin? III. First Pages Analyzed Introduction: How to Use these First-Page Analyses A. Point of View: Who Speaks? 1. Song of the Dust Bowl: 1936 (First Person / “Voice” / Style Born of Urgency / Child Narrator) 2. The Logging Road to the Cabin (Third Person / Information vs. Evidence / Default Omniscience) 3. A Pair of Foggy Sisters (Third Person / Default Omniscience / “Said”) 4. Where the Hernandezes Live (Third Person / Subjectivity / Information vs. Experience / Inhabiting Scene) 5. On the Couch (Third Person / Free Indirect Method / Dramatized Routine vs. Drama) 6. Drive-by Girl (Dramatized Routine / Interior Monologue / Free Indirect Discourse) 7. A Woman Bedazzled (Unreliable Narrators & Narratives vs. Unreliable Authors) 8. The Curfew (Second Person) 9. Narrating from the Great Beyond (Dead Narrator / Gratuitous Narrative Devices) B. Structure: Where to Begin? 10. Megan’s Life: A Surfeit of Beginnings (Where to Begin? / Inciting Incident / Death) 11. Flying with Mum and Dad (In Medias Res / Framing the Question) 12. A Fateful First Encounter (First Glimpse / Atmosphere / Framing Device / Authorial Intrusion) 13. Living with Lyle (First Glimpse / Mistaken Identity / Whose Viewpoint? / Implication vs. Statement) 14. After the Fire (Nested Scenes / Russian Doll Syndrome / Past Perfect / Dialogue Tags) 15. The Unwritten Masterpiece (Sleeve Rolling & Throat Clearing) 16. Strawberry Fields (Starting Off with a Dream) C. Plot/Suspense 17. A Stubbed Toe in the Library (Plots A & B, Inciting Incident / Retrospective Narrative) 18. Clouds Across the Moon (False Suspense / Trusting Your Narrator / Prologues) 19. A Stranger Approaches (False Suspense / Artificially Withheld Information) 20. Conducting Olivia (False Suspense / Grounding Scenes / Context / Accident as Inciting Incident) 21. Taking the Yoke (Foreshadowing / Implications vs. Statement) 22. Hanging from a Cliff (In Medias Res / Premature Climax) 23. Romance & Fireworks (False Suspense / Pointed First Sentence) D. Characters 24. Meeting Ewan (First Glimpse / Evoking Characters / Memoir) 25. Painting the Nude (Stereotypes / Fictional Artists) 26. A Balcony Overlooking the Bay (Dramatized Routine / Fictional Artist) 27. An Opening in Search of Itself (Unreliable Narrator / Mental Illness / Abstraction / Metaphors) 28. Finding Jenny (Indolent Character / Mental Illness / Sensational Event Conveyed by Torpid Scene) 29. A Self-Conscious Queen (Judgments, Labels, and Epithets / Dramatized Routine) 30. Up a Tree (Child’s Perspective / Blunt Sentences) 31. Mean December Wind (Retrospective Narrator / Strong Verbs / Appealing to Senses) 32. Art’s Highest Purpose: To Complicate Our Feelings (Child Protagonist / Humor and Danger) E. Genres 33. Zechs’s Deal: A Routine Awakening (Sci-Fi or Speculative Fiction / In Medias Res / Dramatized Routine) 34. To the Core (Science Fiction / Humor / Tongue in Cheek) 35. U’gen Cadets (Speculative Fantasy / False Suspense / Clarity & Precision) 36. A Dragon’s Protection (Fantasy / Appealing to the Senses / Metaphysical Elements) 37. Celestia’s Last Battle(Prologues / Fantasy / Adjectives / Suspension of Disbelief / Telling vs. Showing) 38. A Psycho in the Making (Horror-Thriller Genre / Psychopathic Characters / Muffled Implications) 39. Death on the Freeway (Detective Fiction / Clairvoyant Dreams) 40. Bases Loaded (Crime Thriller / McGuffins / Dramatized Routine as Harbinger of Violence) 41. Hit and Run (Detective Fiction / Noir / Hardboiled Prose) 42. Detective in a Department Store (First Sentences / Information vs. Evidence / Dramatized Routine) 43. Mommy Get Your Gun (Satire / Spoof / Importance of Grammar) 44. Lady Pamela’s Surgeon (Romance / Bodice Ripper / Where to Begin?) 45. The Pleasures of Genre (Regency Romance / Strong Verbs / Close Third Person / Feelings) F. Memoir 46. Tanks & Miracles (Memoir / War / Memoir vs. Autobiography / Theme) 47. A Pilot’s Probation (Memoir / Vocation / Memoir vs. Autobiography) 48. From “Loss ... But Not Lost”: A Deathbed Scene (Memoir / Death / Show, Don’t Tell / Inhabiting Scenes) 49. A Surprise Phone Call (Memoir / Scene vs. Summary / Clutter / “Glance” / Verbs) 50. A Rude Awakening (Memoir / Relationship / Judgments / Righteous Indignation) 51. The Year of 14 Jobs (Memoir / Implication vs. Statement / Abstract vs. Concrete) 52. The Road Train (Memoir / Travel / Flashback / False Suspense vs. Generosity) 53. The Substance Abuser’s Wife (Memoir / War / Drug Addiction / Cliché at the Root of Conception) 54. An Addict’s Perspective on Addiction (Memoir / Addiction / Reflection / Unreliable Narrator) 55. Clinic Caper (Memoir / Humor / Story vs. Anecdote) 56. Leaving Jumana (Memoir / Framing Questions Effectively) 57. I’m Not Chinese (Memoir / Precision, Sincerity, Humility) G. Style 58. A Stormy Opening (Writing Up a Storm / Poetry vs. Histrionics / Inadvertent Comedy) 59. A Letter from Tehran (Sentimentality / Grounding Scene in Setting / Implication via Action) 60. A Lion in the Room (Defamiliarization / Throat-Grabber Openings / Metaphor) 61. Back to School Night (Scene vs. Summary / Description vs. Exposition / Show Don’t Tell) 62. The First Day of the War (War / Tense / Authenticating Details) 63. Gramma’s Death Bed (Framing Device / Perfunctory Adverbs / Death) 64. The Sympathetic Medic (Adjectives) 65. Home from Fairview (Mental Illness / Abstract vs. Concrete / Similes and Metaphors) 66. The Girls in the Band (Modifiers / Statement v. Implication / Less = More) 67. A Hole in the Heart (Abstraction / Grounding in Scene / Metaphors / Subjectivity) 68. When I Met Lucia (Abstract vs. Concrete / Opinions & Information vs. Evidence) 69. Beth’s Wish (Whose Drama? / Overwriting / Implication vs. Statement) 70. A Woman of Valor (Genericism / Authenticating Details / Cliché) 71. Five Years with Sam (Poetry at the Expense of Meaning) 72. Canary Wharf (Overwriting / Sensationalism / Adverbs) 73. Kidnapped (First Sentence / Grounding Scene / Flashback / Revision / Past Perfect) 74. A Twice-Drowned Narrator (“Titanic Lit” / Dead Narrators / Details / Baroque vs. Austere / Devices) 75. Meatloaf Night (Child’s Perspective / Dialogue / Constraint = Style) IV. Some Exemplary Openings V. Some Exemplary First Sentences Afterword: Artistic vs. Commercial Success First Page Analyses: Subject / Category Index Works and Authors Cited Index
£31.30
RED WHEEL/WEISER E-BOOK ACCOUNT Everybody Has A Book Inside of Them
Book SynopsisYou have undoubtedly read books by many esteemed prolific authors, but have you ever wished you could get inside their minds and learn how to bring out the book inside of YOU?In EVERYBODY HAS A BOOK INSIDE OF THEM, you will do just that. You will learn firsthand from Ann Marie Sabath and her army of author colleagues the answers to the questions you've always wanted to ask about the writing process. Whether it is how to get your writing motor revved, rid yourself of those dirty writing doubts, or learn the power of KITA for meeting deadlines,Sabath will show you how to make your dream of becoming an author a reality. Some of the 40 topics addressed are: How long does it take to write a book? Why knowing your reader is a must before you begin What motivates authors? Love or money? When to stop writing while you are ahead What seasoned authors would tell their younger selves How a bestselling author structures their bookWith her honesty, sense of humour, and encouragement, Ann Marie wil
£9.74
Booklocker.com Realize Your Writing Dreams: Actionable Tips on
Book SynopsisBecoming a published author is no easy task. Overcoming the writing challenges, agent and publisher rejections and marketing failures can be excruciating.-----It can often seem like an impossible dream, but those dreams can be realized!-----Realize your Writing Dreams includes advice and actionable tips on all things writing, publishing and marketing books.-----Section one includes everything you need to know before you start writing that book. It includes a dictionary on writing lingo such as what is a pantser and a list of genres. You’ll learn what a writer’s platform and a writer’s tribe is and how to successfully build them. This section also includes tips on formatting your manuscript, what is and how to create an outline, a literary proposal, your synopsis, and a logline.---Section two is all about the writing process and includes suggestions for writing believable characters, creating conflict and which point of view and tense is right for your book. This section also includes tips on finding the time to write as well as being more productive within that time frame.-----Section three is all about publishing. Are you considering traditional publishing but having trouble finding an agent? Learn the pros and cons of each publishing choice and make the best decision for you and your book.-----The fourth section is all about marketing. Whichever publishing route you choose you will be responsible for the marketing of your book. You will receive actionable tips on all things marketing including how to get the attention of the media for you and your book, promotions, advertising, how to handle bad book reviews when they happen and how to write a winning business and marketing plan for your book. This section also includes ideas on how to schedule and prepare for successful book signings and author events.-----Sharing our words with readers can be difficult for writers. Gaining knowledge and being prepared are the best confidence boosters. Realize Your Writing Dreams will talk you through each step of the writing, publishing and marketing process giving you the knowledge and confidence you need to write past your insecurities.-----Becoming a successful author has nothing to do with luck and everything to do perseverance, passion and preparation.-----Realize Your Writing Dreams is a book that you will keep and refer to throughout your writing career.-----
£16.04
Microcosm Publishing The Wayward Writer: Summon Your Power to Take
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£17.09
The Poetry Translation Centre Living in Language
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£13.50
Collective Ink Write a Western in 30 Days – with plenty of
Book SynopsisNik Morton has been writing for over forty years, honing his craft. He writes genre fiction, whether that s science fiction, horror, crime, thriller, romance or westerns. To date he has 15 books under several pseudonyms. His westerns are usually written under the name Ross Morton. Within these pages you can discover how to write a western from the initial ideas, through the preparation and research, to those all-important character studies and plots. And you can do it in 30 days!Trade ReviewChuck Tyrell - While day work may interfere and I will probably have to take weekends off for church activities, I fully plan to write a 35,000 word (or slightly more) novel for Piccadilly Publishing in 30 working days. The blog of what happens can be found here: http://chucktyrell-outlawjournal.blogspot.jp
£11.39
Eye Books Tips from a Publisher: A Guide to Writing,
Book SynopsisFrom a handy introduction to how the publishing world works, and how authors fit into it, to practical tips on writing your book, strategies for editing and re-writing, and an indispensable guide to creating the perfect submission, Tips from a Publisher is crammed full of common-sense advice that no aspiring writer should be without. Scott Pack was head of buying for the Waterstones book chain before spending several years as a publisher at HarperCollins, acquiring and editing numerous bestsellers and award-winning books. He is now a freelance editor and university lecturer, and hosts many writing workshops and classes.Trade Review‘A guide to writing, editing, submitting and publishing – as the book’s subtitle says – from an industry perspective. A friendly, useful, realistic, up-to-date and detailed guide to what to expect from and with agents and publishers (as well as with non-traditional ways into publication), and how to approach them professionally. A great addition to any shelf of writery books. Recommended’ – 255 Book Review, ‘Quite different from any other writing guide I’ve ever come across’ – Antonia Honeywell, Booktime BrunchTable of ContentsAn Introduction to Publishing - The Lifecycle of a Book - A Beginner's Guide to Publishing Models - The Mathematics of Publishing Writing Your Book - Writing Strategies - How to Write a Killer Opening - Writing Dialogue that Sounds Right - Creating Fictional Worlds - Writing Believable Characters Revising Your Book - How to Edit Your Own Work - Strategies for Rewrites Submitting and Publishing Your Book - How to Perfect Your Submission - Life as an Author - Self Publishing
£15.03
Business Science Reference Teaching Academic Writing as a
Book SynopsisIt is now held that writing influences and is influenced by the discipline where it occurs. The representations that writers employ to produce and comprehend texts are said to be sensitive to the specificities of their disciplinary discourse communities. This exposes writers to divergent disciplinary demands and expectations on what counts as good and appropriate writing in terms of generic structure, discourse features, and stylistic preferences, reflecting dissimilar practices. Because of such exigencies, academic writing seems at times to be very challenging, especially for novice scholars. Thus, any attempt to perceive the function of academic writing in higher education or to evaluate its quality should not discard the shaping force of the disciplines.Teaching Academic Writing as a Discipline-Specific Skill in Higher Education is a critical scholarly resource that examines the role of writing within academic circles and the disciplinary practices of writing in scholastic environments. The book will also explore the particular difficulties that confront writers in the disciplines as well as the endeavors of educational institutions to develop discipline-specific writing traditions among practicing and novice scholars. Featuring a range of topics such as blended learning, data interpretation, and knowledge construction, this book is essential for instructors, academicians, administrators, professors, researchers, and students.
£159.75
