Creative writing Books
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Translation and Translating in German Studies
Book SynopsisTranslation and Translating in German Studies is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Raleigh Whitinger, a well-loved scholar of German literature, an inspiring teacher, and an exceptional editor and translator. Its twenty chapters, written by Canadian and international experts explore new perspectives on translation and German studies as they inform processes of identity formation, gendered representations, visual and textual mediations, and teaching and learning practices. Translation (as a product) and translating (as a process) function both as analytical categories and as objects of analysis in literature, film, dance, architecture, history, second-language education, and study-abroad experiences. The volume arches from theory and genres more traditionally associated with translation (i.e., literature, philosophy) to new media (dance, film) and experiential education, and identifies pressing issues and themes that are increasingly discussed and examined in the context of translation. This study will be invaluable to university and college faculty working in the disciplines in German studies as well as in translation, cultural studies, and second-language education. Its combination of theoretical and practical explorations will allow readers to view cultural texts anew and invite educators to revisit long-forgotten or banished practices, such as translation in (auto)biographical writing and in the German language classroom.
£39.59
Collective Ink How To Write a Romance Novel – A beginner`s guide
Book SynopsisDo you have an idea for a romance story but don't know where to start? How To Write a Romance Novel will show you how to get ideas, shape them into a story that's unique and how to create memorable characters. It also covers two crucial aspects of the genre, emotion and sexual tension. Whether you want to write for Mills and Boon/Harlequin or pen more erotic stories like Fifty Shades of Grey, How to Write a Romance will get you started and help you get published. Susan Palmquist was born in London, England but now resides in the US. She's been writing since the late 80s and is now a freelance writer, short story writer, blogger, and author. Her first romance novel, A Sterling Affair was published by The Wild Rose Press. Her work has also appeared in magazines and anthologies in both the US and UK. Under her pen name, she's bestselling author Vanessa Devereaux. As well as her writing career, she's also a tutor for Writers' News Home Study Courses, and frequently teaches workshops through various chapters of the Romance Writers of America.Trade ReviewI'm pleased to endorse Susan Palmquist's forthcoming book. I recently had the pleasure of editing two of her fiction books written under the pen name Vanessa Devereaux. Ms. Palmquist is a talented and knowledgeable writer with an innate sense of story. I've worked with many romance authors over the years, and Ms. Palmquist impressed me with her flair for language, her ability to get inside her characters' heads and hearts, and her consummate professionalism. I have the utmost confidence in her knowledge and experience as a romance author. --Lynne Anderson, Editor and former editor at Cobblestone Press
£11.77
Collective Ink Surfing The Rainbow – visualisation and chakra
Book Synopsis'Surfing the Rainbow' is for anyone who has tried and failed to create the novel of their dreams. If you have been held back by negative messages from the past, or feel your imagination has gone away, then the exercises in this book will help to guide you back to the path of creativity and exploration. Color code your writing - follow the rainbow until you find the gold.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Investigative Creative Writing: Teaching and Practice
Book SynopsisInvestigative Creative Writing is Mark Spitzer's lively and original treatment of creative writing practice and teaching within a college/university environment. The author presents an experiential, discovery-based approach that builds on teaching theories of established writers and scholars as well as current innovators and his own extensive experience as a creative writer, editor, and university academic. Teachers, students, and writers in the fields of English, literary studies, composition and rhetoric, applied linguistics, and education should find this book, written by a prolific creative writer and enthusiastic writing teacher, not only enlightening and engaging, but also useful. Investigative Creative Writing can be envisioned as a practical tool illustrating ways of overcoming hurdles that impede writers from venturing into unknown territory where discoveries take place. In addition to assisting in developing and honing cutting-edge creative writing programs, this book will be helpful for writers in getting to the meat of the matter, generating narratives and dialogue, identifying arguments, fleshing out character traits, discovering direction for plots, and developing a host of other skills that foster and embolden a literary freedom of the imagination. The text includes examples of teaching techniques and assignments from the author's classes which are intended for instructors to adjust according to their needs, along with extensive discussion of his own practices of investigative creative writing and experience in teaching and developing writing curricula.Trade Review"I am pleased that Mark Spitzer, in Investigative Creative Writing, has expanded the call of my manifesto on Investigative Poetry, that poets should investigate and write history, to urge that all creative writers should utilize Investigative techniques and practices." Ed Sanders, author of Investigative Poetry "Mark Spitzer's Investigative Creative Writing is one of the funniest, most charming and most useful books on the teaching and process of writing that you are likely to find. Spitzer shows us that any creative writing can be an investigation, and thus be transformed into "something else" - something that alters the world of both writer and reader. He believes in getting students to participate in the workshopas-event and getting them into the field to connect their writing with the natural world. Mark Spitzer will engage, inspire, and empower you." Joseph Harrington, University of Kansas, and author of Poetry and the Public: The Social Form of Modern U.S. PoeticsTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface Introduction Discover Creative Writing Superpowers through Investigative Teaching Techniques Part 1 Discovery-Oriented Basics Chapter 1 Teaching Students to Show Not Tell Chapter 2 The New Weird: What Happens to Creative Writing When the Truth Is Stranger than Fiction Chapter 3 The Ten Commandments of Incorporating Dialogue: For Those Seeking to Inform the Unprepared, the Disengaged, and the Thoroughly Confused Part 2 Investigative Theatrics Chapter 4 Multiple-Personality Pedagogy: A Hybrid Teaching Tool for Varying Voice in the Classroom Chapter 5 Extreme Puppet Theater as a Tool for Writing Pedagogy Chapter 6 May the Farce Be with You: Reflections on Extreme Puppet Theater as a Vehicle towards Something Else Chapter 7 Pointers for Performance of Poetry and Prose Part 3 Programmatic Discoveries Chapter 8 How to Sell a Creative Writing Program Based on the Question "Why Study Creative Writing?" Chapter 9 Ten Recommendations for Growing Creative Writing Programs Chapter 10 Dealing with Diverse Issues in Creative Writing Programs: A Polemic Part 4 Eco-Investigations Chapter 11 Introducing "Eco" to the Homies: A Liberal Professor's Activist Approach Chapter 12 Experience Investigative Eco-Fiction Chapter 13 From Wild People to Wilderness: An Education in Investigating Monsters in Our Midst Part 5 Experiential Exercises Chapter 14 Seven Investigative Group Exercises Chapter 15 Four Investigative Exercises for Individual Discovery Chapter 16 Six Investigative Homework Exercises for Encouraging Literary Citizenship
£67.50
Collective Ink Country Writer`s Craft, The – Writing For
Book SynopsisCountry Writer s Craft: Writing for country, regional and rural publications, covers one of the widest marketplaces for writers in the English-speaking world especially in the UK, Australia and the USA. Here we have examples of previously published materials, together with writers exercises to help build up an impressive portfolio from Suzanne Ruthven, who has written on country topics for over 30 years, as well as being author of A Treasury of the Countryside, Hearth & Garden, Life-Writes and Signposts For Country Living.
£11.77
Collective Ink Compass Points: Get Your Act Together – Writing A
Book SynopsisConfidence is essential for any stand-up comic and having confidence in your material is the first step to having greater confidence on stage. It is said that proper preparation makes for professional performance and this book provides the tools to achieve this, offering down-to-earth practical advice and a logical progression from identifying your stage persona, thinking about your audience and the craft of honing comedy material to fit your persona and audience, through to structuring your stand-up set, preparing for when things might go wrong, and last but not least - progressing your career. Get Your Act Together is a book for anyone who wants to be serious about becoming a stand-up comic and wants to do it well.
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Collective Ink Compass Points – A Practical Guide to Poetry For
Book SynopsisA Practical Guide to Poetry Forms is a practical handbook on poetry forms, giving informative details on the construction of the major set forms. It also includes exercises, all within the scope of the beginner, yet stimulating enough to engage the more experienced poet.Trade ReviewAlison Chisholm's new handbook should be essential reading for all aspiring poets, and many experienced writers will also find her guidance and explanations to be invaluable, as it serves as a refresher course in the technical side of creating poems. ----Stephen Wade
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Collective Ink Life–Writes – Where do writers get their ideas
Book SynopsisThe second most common question a writer is asked is, 'where do your ideas come from?' (The first is, 'Do you make any money from it?') Experienced writers don't go looking for ideas; ideas come to them. An experienced writer just has the knack of spotting what makes a good story or what will make a good story once it's been given the right spin, because none of us, if we're honest, will let reality get in the way of a saleable piece of work. Editors are looking for an element of action, drama or surprise, even in non-fiction. It's what catches their attention and makes them pause to read further; and the key to any editor's heart is originality. Not necessarily a new departure in style or genre, but a refreshing and original slant on a popular theme. Life-Writes helps you to find and develop ideas with editor appeal.
£12.99
Peace Hill Press Writing with Ease: Level 3 Workbook
Book SynopsisUsed along with Writing with Ease, the workbooks complete the elementary-grade writing curriculum. Level Three is the third of a planned four-volume set to accompany Writing with Ease.
£27.54
Tupelo Press Open House
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Professional Writing: Creative and Critical
Book SynopsisThis book has been designed specifically for students in writing classes and other writers interested in developing proficient writing careers in a professional environment. As professional writing continues to change rapidly alongside digital developments, this book frames professional writing particularly for 'creative' and other writers. The professional world needs writers with a diverse portfolio of skills and capabilities; if writers can master these, they are more able to make a living from their writing and support their more creative endeavours. Each chapter includes a comprehensive range of exercises to build professional skills, along with learning objectives, case studies, worked examples, tips for success, and suggested websites and further reading.Table of Contents1 Introduction to Professional Writing2 Writing for Business3 A Career in Professional Writing4 The Art of Communication and the Freelancer5 Writing for an Online Market6 Self Promotion7 Finding Work8 Navigating the Bid Process on Freelancing Platforms9 Estimating Writing Projects10 Planning and Managing Writing Projects11 The Editing Process12 Building a Successful Career as a Professional Writer
£23.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Vom Exposé zum Bucherfolg: Schreib- und
Book SynopsisEin Buch zu schreiben stellt stets eine große Herausforderung dar. Denn immer gilt es, von der Initialidee über die Schreibphase bis zum Marketing mit Wissen und Weitsicht zu agieren. Gabriele Borgmann bietet in ihrem Buch eine umfassende Orientierung in der Welt der vielfältigen Publikationsmöglichkeiten und vermittelt Autor*innen mit ihrem Praxisleitfaden das erfolgsentscheidende Know-how. Den Schwerpunkt legt sie auf das Publizieren in einem Verlag, aber auch Selfpublisher*innen für Sach- und Unternehmensbücher erhalten Arbeitstechniken und ausgewählte Methoden für die Schreib- und PR-Phase. Sie macht Mut, das eigene Buchprojekt voranzutreiben, an den schriftstellerischen Erfolg zu glauben und überzeugt daran zu arbeiten. Sie bestärkt Autor*innen, das eigene Werk vor, bei und nach Erscheinen nachhaltig zu promoten. Für den Bucherfolg sind vier Größen entscheidend: Themenwissen, Schreibstimme, die persönliche Überzeugungskraft der Autor*innen sowie ihre Kontakte und Netzwerke. Die aktualisierte 2. Auflage wurde durchgesehen, verbessert und um das Thema "Lesungen" erweitert.Hinter jedem Erfolg steht Arbeit. Der Wille allein reicht nicht aus, besonders bei Autoren. Das ist das Credo von Gabriele Borgmann. Sie zeigt, wie Sachbücher strukturiert, geschrieben, vermarktet werden. Das macht ihr Buch zum einem Arbeitsbuch für jede Phase. Endlich ist es erschienen!Hermann SchererTable of ContentsVom Wert eines Buches.- Vor dem Schreibstart.- Bucherfolg im Blick.- Von der Manuskripterstellung zum veröffentlichten Werk.- Instrumente der Buch-PR.- Selfpublishing.- Die Balance zwischen Regeln und Kreativität.- Lesungen für Sachbuch-Autoren.- Schreiben heißt Wachsen.
£18.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Iconographic Research Poetry
Book SynopsisThis open access book introduces readers to the craft of writing iconographic research poetry in a way that is scholarly, yet playful.
£23.74
GraveRoot Press LLP The Moonlit Square
£17.63
GraveRoot Press LLP The Wizards Alley
£17.63
American Psychological Association Manual de Estilo de Publicaciones de la APA:
Book Synopsis This is the Spanish language adaptation of Concise Rules of APA Style, Sixth Edition. The Concise Rules of APA Style, Sixth Edition offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences. This easy-to-use pocket guide, compiled from the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association®, provides complete guidance on the rules of style that are critical for clear communication. Table of Contents Introduction: A Pocket Reference for Writers Chapter 1: Concise and Bias-Free Writing Chapter 2: Punctuation, Spelling, and Capitalization Chapter 3: Italicizing and Abbreviating Chapter 4: Numbers, Metrication, and Statistics Chapter 5: Displaying Results Chapter 6: Footnotes, Appendices, and Supplemental Material Chapter 7: Crediting Sources Chapter 8: Reference Examples Appendix: Checklist for Manuscript Submission References Index
£38.46
ARTE DE TRAMAR UNA HISTORIAEL
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Almuzara El Arte de Narrar
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Ma Non Troppo La Novela Corta Y El Relato Breve: Cómo Escribir
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Urano Atrevete a Escribir
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Almuzara Manual Para Una Correcta Sintaxis
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£22.89
Almuzara Cómo Escribir Una Buena Historia
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£17.24
Almuzara Escritura Creativa Para Activar La Mente
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£19.45
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El maleficio de la mariposa / The Butterfly's Evil Spell
£12.74
Oxford University Press Inc Writing Alone and with Others
Book SynopsisFor more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds--the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. Her innovative methods have worked in classrooms from elementary to graduate level, in jail cells and public housing projects, in convents and seminaries, in youth at-risk programs, and with groups of the terminally ill. Now, in Writing Alone and with Others, Schneider''s acclaimed methods are available in a single, well-organized, and highly readable volume. The first part of the book guides the reader through the perils of the solitary writing life: fear, writer''s block, and the bad habits of the internal critic. In the second section, Schneider describes the Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method, widely used across the U.S. and abroad. Chapters on fiction and poetry address matters of technique and point to further resources, while more than a hundred writing exercises offer specific ways to jumpstart the blocked and stretch the rut-stuck. Schneider''s innovative teaching method will refresh the experienced writer and encourage the beginner. Her book is the essential owner''s manual for the writer''s voice.Trade Review"Schneider's book is inspiring, full of common sense about fears every writer will recognize and exercises for jump-starting a manuscript. She is well acquainted with naysayers, external and internal. A storyteller, poet, librettist who once struggled to believe in herself, she sees teaching as a mission, writing as empowerment. She's led four workshops a week (one in a low-income project) for 12 years; she explains here how to lead your own. Writing Alone is as much an antidote to writer's block as you're likely to find between two covers: Writing teachers will use it as their bible."--C. Carr, O: The Oprah Magazine"Drawing on her many years of working with writers and would-be writers in workshops, Schneider has authored a useful and comprehensive text for the creative writer seeking to find his or her own voice and authority. Starting with the need to overcome fear, anxiety, and nagging of the relentless self-critic within us, Schneider provides some practical exercises to get the writing process started (again) and to avoid the pitfalls of internal and external criticism. Citing the experience of the hundreds of writers to privilege their own writing despite the distractions they face, to keep a writing journal, and to participate in a writing community with other writers. More than movitivational or purely experiential, this very sensible yet practical text provides scores of proven exercises to help encourage the writer in all of us."--Library Journal"The wisest teacher of writing I know."--Peter Elbow, from the Foreword"I am grateful to Pat Schneider for recognizing that our species is a writing species. If we don't write, it means something in the culture has blocked our natural instinct. [This] helpful, totally personable book shows us how to undo that cultural abuse."--Carol Bly, author of Beyond the Writer's Workshop and My Lord Bag of Rice: New and Selected Stories"Honesty is creative oxygen. Generosity is creative fire. Pat Schneider is a fuse lighter. Her work is gentle, playful, brilliant, and revolutionary. She is the real animal."--Julia Cameron, author of The Right to Write and The Artist's Way"For anyone who wants to write, Writing Alone and with Others is heartening and practical. It unfolds as the story of one writer's journey, and invites the aspiring writer along with a rich variety of anecdote, exercise and advice, celebrating both difference and difficulty as the gifts they are."--Janet Burroway, author of Raw Silk and Writing Fiction"Schneider can help you find your genius. She encourages without ever condescending. She is guide, cheerleader, and advocate. 'What you see, write it,' she counsels. 'Surprise yourself.' You'll find exercises here that will help you do it. The second part of the book, focusing on 'writing with others,' can help the workshop leader or teacher create the kind of atmosphere in which 'images pass in silence from mind to mind,' as writers are affirmed and energized by experiencing creativity, their own and others'."--Marshall J. Cook, author and editor of Creativity Connection"An entertaining and enlightening book...should prove invaluable to poets, writers, teachers, and workshop devotees of all backgrounds and creative denominations."-- Mindy Kronenberg, poet and teacher, author of Dismantling the Playground and editor of Book/Mark Small Press Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsContents ; Foreword by Peter Elbow ; Acknowledgments ; How to Use This Book ; Introduction: A Writer Is Someone Who Writes ; Part I: The Writer Alone ; 1. "Feeling and Facing Fear" ; 2. "Getting Started (Again)" ; 3. "Toward a Disciplined Writing Life" ; 4. "Writing Practice: The Journal" ; 5. "Writing Practice: Developing Craft" ; 6. "Voice" ; 7. "Growing as a Writer" ; 8. "The Form Your Writing Takes" ; 9. "The Ethical Questions: Spirituality, Privacy, and Politics" ; Part II: Writing With Others ; Introduction: Writing With Others ; 10. "Basic Principles of a Healthy Workshop" ; 11. "Writing in a Classroom" ; 12. "Creating Your Own Workshop or Writing Group" ; 13. "Using Writing to Empower the Silenced" ; Part III: Additional Exercises ; Afterword ; List of Exercises ; Recommended Resources and Reading List ; Credits ; Index
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Taylor & Francis The Futures of the Present New Directions in American Literature
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Taylor & Francis Collaborative Poetry Translation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Narrative Design The Craft of Writing for Games
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Thinking Creative Writing Critique from the international New Writing journal
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Taylor & Francis Situated Writing as Theory and Method
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Spoken Word in the UK
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creative Writing Scholars on the Publishing Trade
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Creative Writing to Second Language Learners
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Creative Writing to Second Language Learners
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Depersonalization and Creative Writing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Comics A Postcolonial Perspective Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd War Comics
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Taylor & Francis Poetry in Pedagogy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Poetry in Pedagogy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Career Construction Theory and Life Writing Narrative and Autobiographical Thinking across the Professions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Loving Writing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Creative Writing in Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Forms of Emotion
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Taylor & Francis Digital Reading and Writing in Composition Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The MiniCycle Routledge New Textual Studies in Literature
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