If You Want To Write

Author : Brenda Ueland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781627932011

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If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland Pdf

Brenda Ueland was a journalist, editor, freelance writer, and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write, that everyone is talented, original, and has something important to say. In this book she explains how find that spark that will make you a great writer. Carl Sandburg called this book the best book ever written about how to write. Join the millions of others who've found inspiration and unlocked their own talent.

Author : Marge Piercy,Ira Wood
Publisher : Piatkus Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-23
Category : Creative writing
ISBN : 0749923784

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So You Want to Write by Marge Piercy,Ira Wood Pdf

Here is self help book for aspiring writers which has been written by an acclaimed author and a publisher. In So You Want to Write Marge Piercy teams up with novelist and publisher Ira Wood to offer a comprehensive and inspiring guide. Marge has been writing for 45 years and Ira for 25, and for the last ten years they have co-taught two popular master classes on how to write fiction. Their book offers excellent specific and highly motivating advice on how to: Begin a piece by seducing your reader; Create characters that are fully formed and intriguing; Master the elements of plotting fiction; Create a strategy for telling the story of your life; Write about painful material without coming off as a victim; Deal with continual rejection - and learn about agents, work habits and how much writers really earn

Author : Mike Bunn
Publisher : The Saylor Foundation
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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How to Read Like a Writer by Mike Bunn Pdf

When you Read Like a Writer (RLW) you work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own writing. The idea is to carefully examine the things you read, looking at the writerly techniques in the text in order to decide if you might want to adopt similar (or the same) techniques in your writing. You are reading to learn about writing. Instead of reading for content or to better understand the ideas in the writing (which you will automatically do to some degree anyway), you are trying to understand how the piece of writing was put together by the author and what you can learn about writing by reading a particular text. As you read in this way, you think about how the choices the author made and the techniques that he/she used are influencing your own responses as a reader. What is it about the way this text is written that makes you feel and respond the way you do?

Author : Lou W. Stanek
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780380776887

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So You Want to Write a Novel by Lou W. Stanek Pdf

You know there is a novel locked inside of you -- chock-fullof conflict, humor, irony, enthralling events and fascinatingcharacters. What you don't know is how to set it free.Practical Advice, Hands-On HelpRespected author and professional writing instructorLou Willett Stanek's New York workshops have enabledscores of aspiring novelists to realize their dreams ofcompleting credible and compelling manuscripts. Here, ina positive, "user-friendly" format, she offers not onlyencouragement and motivation, but Clear, Step-By-Step Instructions To Accomplish Your Goal -- from original conception through final draft.Learn How To: Set up and stick to a writing schedule Create unforgettable characters Follow strong plotting and solid structure guidelines Choose a viewpoint and develop conflict Handle flashbacks and transitions Not Just Philosophy Or A Simple Motivational Tool, This Is The Book That Tells You How To Succeed

Author : Austin Kleon
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780761181361

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Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon Pdf

In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known. Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive. In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781913724269

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Why I Write by George Orwell Pdf

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher : Union Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781908526144

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Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose Pdf

DIV In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart – to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O’Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Brontë’s structural nuance and Charles Dickens’s deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading. /div

Author : Sarah Burton,Jem Poster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781316513446

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The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write by Sarah Burton,Jem Poster Pdf

An indispensable, jargon-free handbook for any author who wants to fulfil their potential in writing a novel or short story.

Author : Cheryl Strayed
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307949332

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Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Author : Patrick J. McGinnis
Publisher : Portfolio
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781591848097

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The 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick J. McGinnis Pdf

"What if there was a way to combine the stability of a day job with the excitement of a startup? All of the benefits of entrepreneurship with none of the pitfalls? In the 10% Entrepreneur, Patrick McGinnis show you how, by investing just 10% of your time and resources, you can become an entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck."-- front flap

Author : Ann McIndoo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 9781599320229

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So, You Want to Write! by Ann McIndoo Pdf

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 1627152849

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On Writing by Stephen King Pdf

Author : Abbie Emmons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 173397332X

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100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons Pdf

When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile...and no legs. Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has one condition -- no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can't see him, she treats him with contempt: screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it's the most amazing feeling: to be treated like a normal person, not just a sob story. So he comes back. Again and again and again. Tessa spurns Weston's "obnoxious optimism", convinced that he has no idea what she's going through. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. As Tessa grows closer to Weston, she finds it harder and harder to imagine life without him -- and Weston can't imagine life without her. But he still hasn't told her the truth, and when Tessa's sight returns he'll have to make the hardest decision of his life: vanish from Tessa's world...or overcome his fear of being seen. 100 Days of Sunlight is a poignant and heartfelt novel by author Abbie Emmons. If you like sweet contemporary romance and strong family themes then you'll love this touching story of hope, healing, and getting back up when life knocks you down.

Author : Vicki Hambleton,Cathleen Greenwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781582703534

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So, You Want to Be a Writer? by Vicki Hambleton,Cathleen Greenwood Pdf

A comprehensive guide to becoming a published author outlines step-by-step guidelines for everything from generating ideas and improving technique to getting published and promoting one's work, in a reference complemented by tips from such famous writers as Michael Crichton and Amanda Hocking. Simultaneous.

Author : Chantia Singleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153488176X

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The Little Girl With the Big Hair by Chantia Singleton Pdf

The Little Girl With the Big Hair is a children's book about a little girl with natural hair. Her hair keeps getting bigger and bigger with every activity she does. When her mom blow dries it, it becomes even bigger. The little girl is frustrated and finally takes matters into her own hands. Can be used to teach synonyms for big, can also be used for social emotional teachings, fostering independence and retelling the story (literacy skill.)Watch her as she learns how to manage her own hair for the first time.back cover photo by:jaxonphotogroup.com