Writing - Composition
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The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know about Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Busin
$29.99 Read moreThe definitive source of information, insight, and advice for creative writers, from the nation’s largest and most trusted organization for writers, Poets & Writers.
For half a century, writers at eve- Author: Larimer, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1982123079
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Workshop: Imitating Your Way to Better Writing
$19.99 Add to cartThe Writer’s Workshop takes an approach to teaching writing that is new only because it is so old.
Today, rhetoric and composition typically proceed by ignoring what was done for 2,500 years in Wester- Author: Roper, Gregory L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: February 15 2007
- ISBN10: 1933859334
- Language: English
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Beautiful Writers: A Journey of Big Dreams and Messy Manuscripts–With Tricks of the Trade from Bestselling Authors
$19.95 Add to cart“I own every writing book ever written, and Linda Sivertsen has done the near-impossible: given writing itself a personality . . . Her stories are cinematic, hilarious, heartfelt, and pitch-perfect–w… [more below]
- Author: Sivertsen, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1637741030
- Language: English
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
$18.99 Read moreCreate 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 y- Series: Write Great Fiction Series
- Author: Kress, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 231
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1582973164
- Language: English
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Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction
$17.99 Read moreAward 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 … [more below]
- Author: Moore, Dinty W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 08 2010
- ISBN10: 1582977968
- Language: English
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Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer’s Guide to Telling Your Story
$25.00 Read moreIn a surprisingly upbeat, heartfelt book about a serious subject, The Wall Street Journal‘s veteran obituary writer, award-winning journalist James R. Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who … [more below]
- Author: Hagerty, James R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0806542071
- Language: English
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20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
$18.99 Read moreGive your story a solid foundation–a plot that engages readers from start to finish!
The best stories linger in the hearts and minds of readers for decades. These tales gain their power through plots- Author: Tobias, Ronald B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 12 2012
- ISBN10: 1599635372
- Language: English
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The Complete Art of World Building
$54.99 Add to cartCreating a unique, immersive setting one world at a time
A guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyists
The Complete Art of World Building brings together volumes 1-3 in The Art of World Building series. Th
- Author: Ellefson, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 802
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1946995401
- Language: English
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The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
$16.00 Read moreA moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat’s The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of
- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Danticat, Edwidge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1555977774
- Language: English
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Elements of Fiction Writing – Scene & Structure
$14.99 Read moreCraft your fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability.
An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which “everything changed…” And the reader is hooked. But whether or not re- Series: Elements of Fiction Writing
- Author: Bickham, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0898799066
- Language: English
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The Complete Art of World Building
$69.99 Add to cartCreating a unique, immersive setting one world at a time
A guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyists
The Complete Art of World Building brings together volumes 1-3 in The Art of World Building series. Th
- Series: Art of World Building
- Author: Ellefson, Randy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 802
- Publish Date: November 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1946995428
- Language: English
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Help! for Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
$21.99 Add to cartThe craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story’s too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer’s block is rearing its ugly head.
In Help! For Writers,- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0316126705
- Language: English
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The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing
$16.99 Add to cartRoy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.
Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Pet- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0316282146
- Language: English
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Elements of Fiction Writing – Characters & Viewpoint: Proven Advice and Timeless Techniques for Creating Compelling Characters by an a Ward-Winning Au
$17.99 Read moreVivid and memorable characters aren’t born they have to be made
This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters- Series: Elements of Fiction Writing
- Author: Card, Orson Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 18, 2011
- ISBN10: 1599632128
- Language: English
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Elements of Fiction Writing – Beginnings, Middles & Ends
$22.00 Add to cartGet Your Readers’ Attention–And Keep It–From the First World to the Final Page
Translating that initial flash of inspiration into a complete story requires careful crafting. So how do you keep your s
- Series: Elements of Fiction Writing
- Author: Kress, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 25 2011
- ISBN10: 1599632195
- Language: English
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The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
$19.99 Add to cartYou’ve just boarded a plane. You’ve loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about somet… [more below]
- Author: Bird, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1440348235
- Language: English
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On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
$17.99 Add to cartThe masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all!
In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell- Author: Castle, Mort
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 18 2006
- ISBN10: 1582974209
- Language: English
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Writing Mysteries
$16.99 Add to cartHere’s your ticket to the greatest mystery-writing workshop ever!
In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can- Author: Grafton, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 22 2002
- ISBN10: 1582971021
- Language: English
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The Writing of Fiction
$15.00 Add to cartA rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains timeless advice on writing and reading well from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize–now with a new introduction… [more below]
- Author: Wharton, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 08 1997
- ISBN10: 0684845318
- Language: English
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Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats
$18.99 Add to cartEnthrall Your Readers
Suspense is one of the most powerful tools a writer has for captivating readers–but it isn’t just for thrillers. From mainstream fiction to memoir, suspense creates the emotio- Author: Cleland, Jane K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2016
- ISBN10: 159963967X
- Language: English
