Style Manuals
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How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
$18.99 Add to cartAmerica’s most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In How to Write Short, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a- Author: Clark, Roy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 0316204323
- Language: English
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The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language
$18.99 Add to cartThe beloved teacher and author of the million-and-a-half copy bestseller Writing Down the Bones reveals a new method of writing in “a priceless distillation of her accumulated wisdom and experience as… [more below]
- Author: Goldberg, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1451641257
- Language: English
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
$17.00 Add to cartComedian 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- Author: Fry, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1592403115
- Language: English
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This Year You Write Your Novel
$18.99 Add to cart“A straightforward, friendly guide for aspiring writers” (Los Angeles Times): No more excuses. With award-winning author Walter Mosley as your guide, you can write a novel now.
“Let the lawn get shagg… [more below]- Author: Mosley, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0316065498
- Language: English
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Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
$20.00 Add to cartIn this inspiring book, based on her twenty years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a wa… [more below]
- Author: DeSalvo, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0807072435
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction
$24.95 Add to cartThe Writers Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction offers a refreshing approach to the craft of fiction writing. It takes a single page from forty contemporary novels and short stories, identifies techni… [more below]
- Author: Noll, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0998518417
- Language: English
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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
$20.00 Add to cartInterested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists.
The country’s most prominent journalists a
- Author: Kramer, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0452287553
- Language: English
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
$17.00 Add to cartThis classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers–and will continue to do so for many years to come.
John Gardn- Author: Gardner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 04 1991
- ISBN10: 0679734031
- Language: English
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Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers, Fifth Edition
$31.50 Add to cartStudents of all levels need to know how to write a well-reasoned, coherent research paper–and for decades Kate L. Turabian’s Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers has helped them to develop this … [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Turabian, Kate L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 28 2019
- ISBN10: 022643026X
- Language: English
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Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
$22.00 Add to cartLearn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows! Amid the hundreds of “how-to” books out there, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Laj
- Author: Egri, Lajos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 15, 1972
- ISBN10: 0671213326
- Language: English
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How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation
$25.00 Add to cartFor anyone who has ever searched for the right word at a crucial moment, the revised third edition of this bestselling guide offers a smart and succinct way to say everything
One million copies sold- Author: Maggio, Rosalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0735204373
- Language: English
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How to Write a Thesis
$22.95 Add to cartThe wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose–now published in English for the first time.
Learn the art of the thesis from a giant o… [more below]- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0262527138
- Language: English
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
$17.00 Add to cartNatalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing that can take you beyond craft to the true source of creative power: The mind that is “raw, full of ener… [more below]
- Author: Goldberg, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0553347756
- Language: English
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Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology
$26.99 Add to cartThis will be the fourth edition of a time-tested resource for students writing papers in the fields of religion and theology. It provides essential guidance for writing assignments typical in graduate
- Author: Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 0310106664
- Language: English
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The Elements of Style
$4.95 Add to cartThe original edition of the most trusted writer’s guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence con… [more below]
- Series: Dover Language Guides
- Author: Strunk, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0486447987
- Language: English
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The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson
$14.00 Add to cartThis all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA… [more below]
- Author: Casagrande, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1607744937
- Language: English
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Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (10th Anniversary Edition)
$17.00 Add to cart“Still Writing offers up a cornucopia of wisdom, insights, and practical lessons gleaned from Dani Shapiro’s long experience as a celebrated writer and teacher of writing. The beneficiaries are beginn… [more below]
- Author: Shapiro, Dani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0802162290
- Language: English
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Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
$15.99 Add to cartThis guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.
Imagine knowing what the brain c- Author: Cron, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 10 2012
- ISBN10: 1607742454
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
$18.00 Add to cart“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” –Booklist
For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approac- Author: Warner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0143133152
- Language: English
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Write Away: One Novelist’s Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
$18.99 Add to cartHere’s what I tell my students on the first day when I teach one of my creative writing courses: You will be published if you possess three qualities–talent, passion, and discipline.
In Write Away, Ne
- Author: George, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: March 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0060560444
- Language: English
