Writing
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100 Successful College Application Essays: Third Edition
$15.00 Add to cartThe Largest Collection of Successful College Application Essays Available in One Volume
These are the essays that helped their authors gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Wellesley, Pomo- Author: The Harvard Independent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0451417615
- Language: English
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Cite Right, Third Edition: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles–Mla, Apa, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More
$30.00 Read moreCite Right is the perfect guide for anyone who needs to learn a new citation style or who needs an easy reference to Chicago, MLA, APA, AMA, and other styles. Each chapter serves as a quick guide that… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Lipson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 022643110X
- Language: English
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The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing
$18.99 Add to cart“A splendid book for journalists (new or old), fiction writers, essayists, and critics. But it could also be of great use to the intelligent common reader, the man or woman who wonders why it’s imposs
- Author: Flaherty, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0061689157
- Language: English
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How to Write a Book: Step by Step Guide
$15.98 Add to cartIf you’ve ever set out to write a book, you may have realized it wasn’t as easy as it may seem. It can be even more difficult to find advice if you’re busy.
How to Write a Book: A Step by Step Guide is
- Author: Vincent, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: October 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1087810809
- Language: English
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Comedy Writing Self-Taught: The Professional Skill-Building Course in Writing Stand-Up, Sketch, and Situation Comedy
$16.95 Add to cartComedy writing is an acquired skill. No one is born a comedy writer. The desire may be there from an early age, but the techniques must be learned, developed, and honed. Fortunately, the best teachers… [more below]
- Author: Perret, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: January 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1610352203
- 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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Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar
$16.99 Read moreLearn the rules of the English language with this easy and engaging style guide.
Grammar is complicated. But many textbooks and style guides are often so long and tedious that even English teachers us- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Sears, Kathleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1507203594
- 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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Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
$17.99 Add to cartDeceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity–six words at a time.
One Life. Six Words. What’s Yours?
When Hemingway famously wrote, “F
- Author: Smith, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 05 2008
- ISBN10: 0061374059
- Language: English
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Lichtenbergianism: procrastination as a creative strategy
$19.99 Add to cartAre you a creative genius? No, only Mozart is a creative genius, and you are not him. But you are creative–yes, you are, admit it–and you want to overcome your fears and your bad habits so that you
- Author: Lyles, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0692965963
- Language: English
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Crime Scenes
$9.99 Add to cartWant to create believable crime scenes and establish the facts that crack your case? Too many authors cut corners or ignore procedure when finding the evidence in their stories. This guide offers an a
- Series: Forensics for Fiction
- Author: Symon, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 194504313X
- Language: English
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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers
$18.00 Add to cart“The Forest for the Trees should become a permanent part of any writer’s or editor’s personal library.“ –The Seattle Times
Quickly established as an essential and enduring companion for aspiring write- Author: Lerner, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 05 2010
- ISBN10: 159448483X
- Language: English
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World-Building
$16.99 Add to cartThis book is designed to give science fiction writers the solid grounding they need in real science to make their fictions read like fact. World Building is a blueprint in words, calculations, tables … [more below]
- Series: Science Fiction Writing
- Author: Gillett, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: August 01 2001
- ISBN10: 158297134X
- 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 Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr’s Fresh Air
$16.99 Add to cartThis engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America’s best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and
- Author: Nunberg, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0618116036
- Language: English
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone who enjoys reading memoirs–or is thinking about writing one–this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors, including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and others.
The … [more below]
- Author: Baker, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395901502
- Language: English
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Writing Alone and with Others
$23.99 Add to cartFor more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds–the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silence… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 019516573X
- Language: English
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The Black Automaton
$17.00 Read more“Douglas Kearney’s innovative new collection makes me tremble like a ‘mouth and mind full of fish hooks.’ . . . These poems literally vibrate with Kearney’s precocious intellect and passion. They hum,
- Series: National Poetry Series Books (Paperback)
- Author: Kearney, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 95
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 193420028X
- Language: English
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Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style
$25.95 Add to cartAmitava Kumar’s Every Day I Write the Book is for academic writers what Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life and Stephen King’s On Writing are for creative writers. Alongside Kumar’s interviews with an ar… [more below]
- Author: Kumar, Amitava
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1478006277
- Language: English
