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by Donald Maass (Author)Take your fiction to the next level Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists. Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share - regardles...

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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed - Paperback

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by Donald Maass (Author)Make Your Novel Stand Out from the Crowd Noted literary agent and author Donald Maass has done it again His previous book, Writing the Breakout Novel, offered novelists of all skill levels and genres insider advice on how to make their books rise above the competition and succeed in a crowded marketplace. Now, building on the success of its predecessor, Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook calls that advice into action This powerful book presents the patented techniq...

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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint - Paperback

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by Nancy Kress (Author)Create Complex Characters How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story? Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by award-winning author Nancy Kress answers all of these questions and more This accessible book is filled with interactive exercises and valuable...

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by Ron Rozelle (Author)Build a Believable World How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story? You can find all the answers you need in Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting by author and instructor Ron Rozelle. This nuts-and-bolts guide - complete with practical exercises at the end of each chapter - gives you all th...

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by Brian Kiteley (Author)Discover Just How Good Your Writing Can Be If you write, you know what it's like. Insight and creativity - the desire to push the boundaries of your writing - strike when you least expect it. And you're often in no position to act: in the shower, driving the kids to school...in the middle of the night. The 3 A.M. Epiphany offers more than 200 intriguing writing exercises designed to help you think, write, and revise like never before - without having to wait for creat...

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Writer's Guide to Character Traits - Paperback

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by Linda Edelstein (Author)From Sex to Schizophrenia: Everything You Need to Develop Your Characters What makes a person commit a white-collar crime? Who is a likely candidate to join a cult? Why do children have imaginary friends? How does birth order affect whether or not a person gets married? When does mind over matter become a crippling problem? Writer's Guide to Character Traits, 2nd edition answers all of these questions and many others. With more than 400 easy-to-reference lists of ...

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Children's Writer's Word Book - Paperback

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by Alijandra Mogilner (Author)In this revised and expanded 2nd edition, Children's Writer's Word Book helps you immediately determine if you're using the right vocabulary and language for your audience. With its intuitive organization, you'll easily find appropriate words for children of various ages, and discover substitute words that might work even better. This comprehensive resource keeps you in touch with reading levels for today's kids, and saves you valuable research time by putting al...

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Writing Life Stories: How to Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays and Life Into Literature - Paperback

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by Bill Roorbach (Author)How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers. Writing Life Stories is a classic text that appears on countless creative nonfiction and composition syllabi the world over. This updated 10th anniversary edition gives you the same friendly instructio...

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Fiction Writer's Workshop: The Key Elements of a Writing Workshop: Clear Instruction, Illustrated by Contemporary and Classic Works, Innovative E - Paperback

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by Josip Novakovich (Author)Master the Elements of the Writing Workshop The great paradox of the writing life is that to be a good writer, you must be both interested in the world around you and comfortable working in solitude for hours on end. Fiction Writer's Workshop, Second Edition, is designed to help you foster a strong sense of independence--of being and thinking on your own, of becoming self-evaluative without being self-critical--in order to accomplish what others seek in classroom g...

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The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises - Paperback

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by James Scott Bell (Author)Strategies and Tactics for the Master Novelist Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles. You not only have to work hard to shape memorable characters, develop gripping plots, and craft dazzling dialogue, but you also have to fight against self-doubts and fears. And then there's the challenge of learning to navigate the ever-changing publishing industry. That's why best-selling novelist James Scott Bell, auth...

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Grammatically Correct: The Essential Guide to Spelling, Style, Usage, Grammar, and Punctuation - Paperback

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by Anne Stilman (Author)How does good writing stand out? If its purpose is to convey facts, findings, or instructions, it need be read only once for its content to be clear. If its purpose is to entertain or to provoke thought, it makes readers want to come back for more. Revised and updated, this guide covers four essential aspects of good writing: - Individual words - spelling variations, hyphenation, frequently confused homonyms, frequently misused words and phrases, irregular plurals and...

Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction - Paperback

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by Dinty W. Moore (Author)Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to "the pursuit of mental rabbits"--a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy and antiquated, the truth is that the personal essay is an ever-changing creative medium that provides an ideal vehicle for satisfying the human urge to document truths as we experience them and share ...

90 Days to Your Novel: A Day-By-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book - Paperback

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by Sarah Domet (Author)Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist... Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete. So, what's the trick? Novel writing isn't about inspiration. It's about the time, energy, and discipline to see the project to its finish. With 90 Days To Your Novel at y...

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Story Engineering: Mastering the 6 Core Competencies of Successful Writing - Paperback

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by Larry Brooks (Author)What makes a good story or a screenplay great? The vast majority of writers begin the storytelling process with only a partial understanding where to begin. Some labor their entire lives without ever learning that successful stories are as dependent upon good engineering as they are artistry. But the truth is, unless you are master of the form, function and criteria of successful storytelling, sitting down and pounding out a first draft without planning is an ineffecti...

Marked for Death: Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places - Paperback

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by Terry Gould (Author)Worldwide, nearly three-quarters of journalists who die on assignment are targeted and assassinated for their dogged pursuit of important stories of injustice. In Marked for Death, Terry Gould brings this statistic to life by documenting the lives of seven journalists, in Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia, and Iraq, who had the guts to keep telling the truth in the face of threats from terrorists, corrupt politicians, gangsters, and paramilitary leaders. Gou...

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Now Write! Screenwriting: Exercises by Today's Best Writers and Teachers - Paperback

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by Sherry Ellis (Author), Laurie Lamson (Author)An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, "Lost", "True Blood", "The Shield", and many other hit films and television shows. Now Write! Screenwriting-the latest addition to the Now Write! writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the Oscar-winning Raging Bull, Oscar- nominated ...

Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers Before the Civil War - Paperback

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by Marilyn McAdams Sibley (Author), John H. Murphy (Foreword by)Uncommon men spread the uncommon news of Texas. From the time a press first reached Texas in 1813 until the Civil War, some four hundred newspapers appeared to chronicle the development of a nation, then a state. Most were propaganda or special-purpose sheets that allowed their owners to support or oppose the day's leading figures-including Mirabeau B. Lamar and Sam Houston-or causes-the Texan Revolution, annexation, Know-Nothing...

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The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life - Paperback

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by Julia Cameron (Author)What if everything we have been taught about learning to write was wrong? In The Right to Write, Julia Cameron's most revolutionary book, the author of the bestselling self-help guide The Artist's Way, asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a false doctrine that stifles creativity. With the techniques and anecdotes in The Right to Write, readers learn to make writing a natural, intensely personal part of life. Cameron's instruction and exam...

The School of Journalism in Columbia University: The Book that Transformed Journalism from a Trade into a Profession - Paperback

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by Joseph Pulitzer (Author), Horace White (Author), Michael W. Perry (Foreword by)Joseph Pulitzer founded the Pulitzer Prizes and was one of the most talented publishers in American history. For the last twenty years of his life, he wanted to transform journalism into a profession much like medicine and law. In this book, first published by Columbia University in 1904, Pulitzer explained his vision for university-level schools of journalism. A classic in the history of journalism, it is an ex...

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Public Speaking for Success: The Complete Program, Revised and Updated - Paperback

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by Dale Carnegie (Author)Dale Carnegie, author of the legendary How to Win Friends and Influence People, began his career as the premier "life coach" of the twentieth century by teaching the art of public speaking. Public speaking, as Carnegie saw it, is a vital skill that can be attained through basic and repeated steps. His classic volume on the subject appeared in 1926 and was revised twice-in shortened versions-in 1956 and 1962. This 2006 revision-edited by a longtime consultant to Dale ...

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by Jeffrey Scott (Author)In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation--hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation. The expanding market is luring writers who have an eye toward the future and an eagerness to work in a medium where the only limit is the depth on one's imagination. With ste...

Acting Out: Reader's Theatre Across the Curriculum - Hardcover

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by Chris Gustafson (Author)Contains 66 short plays organized across curriculum areas, for students in grades 5-10. Scripts relate to NCTE, NCTSS, and NSF standards and the Big6 approach to information problem-solving. Increase your students' interest in good books with minimal effort and a minimal amount of preparation Number of Pages: 195 Dimensions: 0.5 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 30, 2002

Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools - Paperback

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by Kaavonia Hinton (Author), Gail Dickinson (Author)Reach students across all cultures with multicultural literature! Help all students learn to read, comprehend, and gain information literacy skills through multicultural literature. Use this book to provide hands-on instruction to help students connect, learn, and achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)! Sample standards-based, integrated lesson plans and curriculum units show teachers how to really integrate multicultural materials in their ...

Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales in the Library and Language Arts Classroom for Grades 3-6 - Paperback

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by Jane Heitman (Author)Use fairy tales in the library and classroom to increase students' proficiency in story structure, reading comprehension, writing, and speaking skills, and to foster collaboration with teachers. Teach core language arts skills using familiar fairy tales in AASL, IRA/NCTE standards-based, ready-to-use lessons. Use materials standard to every library to teach the curriculum, inspire a love of fairy tales, and include English Language Learners (ELL) in meaningful ways. In...

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by Toni Buzzeo (Author)Buzzeo has written the seminal work on collaboration. This concise, heavy-duty, power-packed volume is filled with the information teachers, librarians, and administrators need to increase levels of collaboration in their schools in order to increase student learning and achievement. Step up to the plate and hit one out of the park for collaboration! Read, learn, and apply these strategies to raise the level of collaboration and achievement in your school! - Offers hand...

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Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives - Hardcover

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by Theodore Zeldin (Author)The book that will forever change the way we talk to each other at home, at work and in love DO YOU WANT BETTER CONVERSATIONS with your lover, your colleagues at work, your family, friends or strangers, or yourself? Conversation explains what kind of talk charmed and excited people in the past, and why we talk differently today. It explores the art and the history of conversation and how it can be the key to a happier, more interesting future. It shows how women hav...

Common Errors in English Usage, 3rd Edition - Paperback

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by Paul Brians (Author)The third edition is revised and expanded by 20 percent and remains a useful guide to mixed-up, mangled expressions, foreign language faux pas, confusing terms, and commonly mispronounced words. Number of Pages: 371 Dimensions: 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 01, 2023

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Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice - Paperback

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by Laraine Herring (Author)In this distinctive guide to the craft of writing, author Laraine Herring shows us how to tune into our bodies and connect with our emotions so that our writing becomes an expression of our full beings, rather than just an intellectual exercise. With warmth and wisdom, Herring offers a path to discovering "deep writing"--prose that is unique, expressive, and profoundly authentic. Lessons and imaginative exercises show you how to: stay with your writing when your min...

The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within - Paperback

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by Stephen Fry (Author)Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry. Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. In The Ode Less Travelled, he invites readers to discover the delights of writing poetry for pleasure and provides the tools and confidence to get started. Through enjoyable exercises, witty insights, and simple step-by-...

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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English - Paperback

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by John McWhorter (Author)A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history. Covering such turning points as the little-known Celtic...

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How to Speak Brit: The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases - Hardcover

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by Christopher J. Moore (Author)The quintessential A to Z guide to British English--perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier Oscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." Any visitor to Old Blighty can sympathize with Mr. Wilde. After all, even fluent English speakers can be at sixes and sevens when told to pick up the "dog and bone" or "head to the loo," so they can "spend a penny." Whe...

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Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples - Paperback

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by Isabel L. Beck (Author), Margaret G. McKeown (Author), Linda Kucan (Author)Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to a...