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1) Bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life

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Anne Lamott recounts her personal experiences to reveal her writing techniques and how she overcomes obstacles that interfere with the writing flow. She offers concrete suggestions about character, plot, setting, and other topics of interest to writers. She also offers advice about how to navigate through the dark underbelly feelings of self-doubt, inadequacy, and jealousy that are inevitable parts of any writer's experience.

2) The book on writing: the ultimate guide to writing well

Author

LaRocque, Paula, 1937-

Publication Date

c2003

Physical Desc

240 p. ; 23 cm.

3) Writers on writing : volume II: more collected essays from the New York times

Publication Date

2003

Physical Desc

xiv, 265 p. ; 22 cm.

4) Thunder and lightning: cracking open the writer's craft

Author

Goldberg, Natalie

Publication Date

c2000

Physical Desc

xii, 224 p. ; 22 cm.

5) One continuous mistake: four noble truths for writers

Author

Sher, Gail, 1942-

Publication Date

1999

Physical Desc

xv, 204 p. ; 20 cm.

6) The freelance writer's handbook: how to turn your writing skills into a successful business

Author

Crofts, Andrew, 1953-

Publication Date

2007

Physical Desc

232 p. ; 22 cm.

7) Unless it moves the human heart: the craft and art of writing

Author

Rosenblatt, Roger

Publication Date

c2011

Physical Desc

155 p. ; 21 cm.

8) You can write a mystery

Author

Roberts, Gillian, 1939-

Publication Date

c1999

Physical Desc

124 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

9) Writing mysteries: a handbook

Publication Date

c2002

Physical Desc

312 p. ; 23 cm.

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Weaves advice and experience from today's top mystery authors (Michael Connelly, Ann Rule, Lawrence Block, Tess Gerritsen, and more) into a comprehensive mystery writing "how-to" guide.

10) Write on!: the no-nonsense guide to professional writing

Author

Gurdon, Martin

Publication Date

2007

Physical Desc

160 p. ; 21 cm.

11) How to tell a story: the secrets of writing captivating tales

Author

Rubie, Peter

Publication Date

c1998

Physical Desc

234 p. ; 24 cm.

12) Writing the mystery

Author

Hayden, G. Miki

Publication Date

2001

Physical Desc

235 p.

13) The art of creative nonfiction: writing and selling the literature of reality

Author

Gutkind, Lee

Publication Date

c1997

Physical Desc

ix, 211 p. ; 23 cm.

14) In the margins: on the pleasures of reading and writing

Author

Ferrante, Elena

Formats

Book, Large Print, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

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"Here, in these four crisp essays on writing and reading by the internationally bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lying Life of Adults, Ferrante offers a rare look at the origins of her literary powers. She writes about her influences, her struggles, and her formation as both a reader and a writer; she describes the perils of "bad language" and suggests ways in which it has long excluded women's truth; she proposes a choral fusion...

15) Writing screenplays that sell

Author

Hauge, Michael

Publication Date

[2011]

Physical Desc

xxx, 349 pages ; 21 cm

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"For more than twenty years, Writing Screenplays That Sell has been hailed as the most complete guide available on the art, craft, and business of writing for movies and television. Now fully revised and updated to reflect the latest trends and scripts, Hollywood story expert and script consultant Michael Hauge walks readers through every step of writing and selling successful screenplays. If you read only one book on the screenwriter's craft, this...