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Beyond the first draft : the art of fiction
Casey, John
Paper Book
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...
Mastering the process : from idea to novel
George, Elizabeth
Paper Book
As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful--and prolific--novelists today. In Mastering the Process, George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a subject she knows well, having taught creative writing...
This year you write your novel
Mosley, Walter.
Paper Book
An inspirational guide from the aspiring writer by bestselling author Walter Mosley
The writer within you : a step-by-step guide to writing and publishing in your retirement years
Jacobs, Charles.
Paper Book
Responds to repeated requests by Retirees - both Seniors and Baby Boomers - who long to become published authors and have repeatedly requested a simplified, comprehensive, single-volume guidebook to lead them through the confusing publishing process from initial planning to final success.
Elements of fiction
Mosley, Walter
Paper Book
In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools to write a novel in one year. In this com-plementary follow up, Mosley guides the writer through the elements of not just any fiction writing, but the kind of...
The science of storytelling : why stories make us human and how to tell them better
Storr, Will
Paper Book
The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on the wildly popular creative writing class. Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable...
Description
Wood, Monica.
Paper Book
Description is most powerful when it's visible, aural, tactile. Make your descriptions fresh and they'll move your story forward, imbue your work with atmosphere, create that tang of feeling that editors cry for and readers crave. Monica Wood helps you squeeze the greatest flavor...
The Jane Austen Writers' Club : inspiration and advice from the world's best-loved novelist
Smith, Rebecca
Paper Book
A spirited and useful guide for writers with tips and tricks from Jane Austen, whose novels stand the test of time, by her great great great great grand niece. Pretty much anything anyone needs to know about writing can be learned from Jane Austen. While creative writing...
Writing without rules : how to write & sell a novel without guidelines, experts, or (occasionally) pants
Somers, Jeff
Paper Book
Stop What You're Doing and Write! Yes, You; Write! Most writing guides imply--or outright state--that there's a fixed, specific formula or list of rules you must follow to achieve writing and publishing success. And all of them are phonies. Well, not completely. There are real,...
Pity the reader : on writing with style
Vonnegut, Kurt
Paper Book
Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything...

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