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Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xi, 111 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
No more excuses! Anyone can write a novel, novelist Mosley advises, and in this book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, he promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells: how to create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs--and how to stick to it; how to...
Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Milan Kundera has established himself as one of the great novelists of our time with such books as The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Immortality and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. In Testaments Betrayed, he proves himself a brilliant defender of the moral rights of the artist and the respect due to a work of art and its creator's wishes. The betrayal of both-often by their most passionate proponents-is the principal theme of this extraordinary...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Description
"Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process in a dynamic and accessible way, encouraging kids to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original insights into the art of writing-and rewriting-fiction. Through anecdotes about other writers' methods and habits (as well as his own) and close readings...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xvi, 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
With an 87 percent increase in the number of titles published in the last two years, the young adult market is one of the healthiest segments in the industry. Despite this, little has been written to help authors hone their craft to truly connect with this audience. Writing Great Books for Young Adults gives writers the advice they need to tap this incredible market.
Author
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
xxix, 383 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"The ultimate guide for creating captivating charactersFormer private investigator and New York Times Notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization--from initial inspiration to realization--with special insights into the power...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"This entertaining and informative book will guide a new writer through the step-by-step process of creating a novel. Co-authored by two veterans of the publishing industry they show the basic elements of plot, character development, dialogue, setting, and how to integrate biblical truths with an exciting story." -- Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
For many writers, the biggest challenge is figuring out how to take that earliest glimmer of inspiration and shape it into a full-length novel. In Mastering the Process, award-winning, number-one New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George shows us how she does it. Drawing from her personal photos, early notes, character analyses, and rough drafts, she shows us every stage of how she wrote her novel Careless in Red, from researching location...
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