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Author : Jennifer Rozines Roy
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766047280
"Learn the parts of a narrative, the steps in the writing process, and writing examples and ideas"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Jennifer Rozines Roy
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781464603884
Author Jennifer Rozines Roy explains the process of writing various kinds of narratives, including fiction, nonfiction, and personal narrative. She describes a variety of genres, adventure, biography, history, fantasy, and folktales. With suggestions on setting, character, and plot development, she helps the budding writer with the steps of the writing process.
Author : Nikesh Shukla
Publisher : Boxtree
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781761261893
Like a best friend giving you essential advice. I can’t wait to give this to every writer I know.' Candice Carty-Williams Why do stories matter? I tell stories to make sense of the world as I see it. The world I have lived and experienced, read about and heard about, and what I want it to be. I tell stories to make sense of myself. Nikesh Shukla, author, writing mentor and bestselling editor of The Good Immigrant, knows better than most the power that every unique voice has to create change. Whether it's a novel, personal essay, non-fiction work or short story – or even just the formless desire to write something – Your Story Matters will hone your skill and help you along the way. This book includes exercises and prompts that will develop your idea, no matter what genre you're writing in. It is practical, to the point and focused on letting you figure out what you want to write, how you want to write and why this is the best use of your voice. Accessible and thought-provoking, Your Story Matters will inspire you to keep thinking about writing, even when you don't have the time to put pen to paper.
Author : Johannah Haney
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 076603903X
A guide to becoming a better writer.
Author : Jennifer Rozines Roy
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766039056
"Learn what goes into a report, the correct order for your information, and the final touches that make your report look amazing"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Sherri Mabry Gordon
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766039722
Learn what goes into a business letter, the correct order for your information, and the final touches that make your letter look professional.
Author : Catharine Bomhold,Terri Elder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598843927
A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens. For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information—one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas—arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth—the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.
Author : Peter Rubie,Gary Provost
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Drawing on Provost's proven philosophies, Rubie examines every facet of storytelling, from narrative hooks to fulfilling climaxes. Through advice, exercises, and an outstanding array of examples, you'll learn to create gripping narratives powered by strong characters. You'll discover the secrets of sequencing, of weaving subplots into rich stories, of manipulating story pace to increase conflict, tension, and surprise. “Rarely does a writing guide arrive with the authority of HOW TO TELL A STORY.” Publishers Weekly. "HOW TO TELL A STORY is a must for anybody who writes nonfiction or fiction -- television and screenwriters included." - Hugh Wilson, creator of WKRP in Cincinnati, director of The First Wive's Club. "A most useful book that will aid anyone tying to become a writer of fiction. I recommend it highly." - Roderick Thorp, bestselling author of River, Die Hard, and Detective. "Gary Provost was one of the best friends a writer ever had. He knew that all writers face a hard challenge: to take their ideas, aspirations, and vapors of creativity, and make them concrete for the reader. How to do it? Treat writing as a craft, with techniques that can be learned, with tricks that can be taught. In this book, Peter Rubie shows Gary Provost at his best." William Martin, author of Cape Cod and Annapolis. "HOW TO TELL A STORY offers a harvest of time-tested problem-solving techniques that will enrich every writer's art and craft. It's a feast of innovative, clearly stated advice that will nourish a writer's confidence and career. Read it and you will reap its many rewards." - Gerald Gross, author of Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do. "Peter Rubie and Gary Provost have got it right. HOW TO TELL A STORY covers everything a novice writer needs to learn and a professional writer needs to remember. It's earned a permanent place on my desk." - Barbara Shapiro, author of Blind Spot and See No Evil. "In this unique book, the time honored ability of story telling has been dissected, examined carefully and defined in detail for the writer. With a fresh new look at what makes a story exciting and compelling, HOW TO TELL A STORY outlines for the writer all the secrets of dramatic story telling. Every writer should read this book before writing another paragraph." - Keith Wilson, M.D., novelist, and author of Cause of Death: A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder, & Forensic Medicine.
Author : Annie Proulx
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743519809
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News is a vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family. Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, with a “head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair...features as bunched as kissed fingertips,” is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. An aunt convinces Quoyle and his two emotionally disturbed daughters to return with her to the starkly beautiful coastal landscape of their ancestral home in Newfoundland. Here, on desolate Quoyle’s Point, in a house empty except for a few mementos of the family’s unsavory past, the battered members of three generations try to cobble up new lives. Newfoundland is a country of coast and cove where the mercury rarely rises above seventy degrees, the local culinary delicacy is cod cheeks, and it’s easier to travel by boat and snowmobile than on anything with wheels. In this harsh place of cruel storms, a collapsing fishery, and chronic unemployment, the aunt sets up as a yacht upholsterer in nearby Killick-Claw, and Quoyle finds a job reporting the shipping news for the local weekly, the Gammy Bird (a paper that specializes in sexual-abuse stories and grisly photos of car accidents). As the long winter closes its jaws of ice, each of the Quoyles confronts private demons, reels from catastrophe to minor triumph—in the company of the obsequious Mavis Bangs; Diddy Shovel the strongman; drowned Herald Prowse; cane-twirling Beety; Nutbeem, who steals foreign news from the radio; a demented cousin the aunt refuses to recognize; the much-zippered Alvin Yark; silent Wavey; and old Billy Pretty, with his bag of secrets. By the time of the spring storms Quoyle has learned how to gut cod, to escape from a pickle jar, and to tie a true lover’s knot.
Author : Sara Howell
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477729083
Everyone loves a story! A wealth of tips on how to create characters, provide vivid descriptive details, write dialogue, and structure your narrative await in this volume. The advantages of showing instead of telling and using temporal words to make your narrative flow smoothly are highlighted. Suitable for both budding authors and students who struggle with writing.
Author : Genalin Jimenez
Publisher : Genalin Jimenez
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
"Becoming a Master of the Short Story: 12 Tips for Crafting Compelling Narratives" is a concise yet comprehensive guide designed to empower writers in the art of short story creation. With a focus on brevity and impact, this resource offers invaluable advice on character development, plot construction, and thematic resonance. From honing dialogue to mastering pacing, each tip is tailored to help writers captivate readers in the limited space of short fiction. Whether you're a seasoned author or a novice writer, these insightful strategies will elevate your storytelling skills and unlock the potential for creating unforgettable narratives.
Author : Felicia Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195818912X
Author : E.J. Runyon
Publisher : Inspired Quill
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781908600219
Too many books tell you what you need to do during a round of editing...but they very rarely explain why that need exists. Without explanation and examples to help your understanding, craft basics can feel restrictive and unbearable. You might have already begun writing something you’ve had a great idea for. But a great story requires more than the gift of inspiration. Tell Me A Story takes you through the first steps of what you need to know to write well, and how to improve your editing technique. This book lets you learn with Hows and Whys, through writing examples from real novices. This will allow you to jump into storytelling with solid practices for getting your ideas from your mind to the page. Praise for E.J. Runyon "E.J. has done much more than prove to me that writing is a mosaic skill, worthy of a myriad of effort, but also that it is a sharp-bladed pillow from which we all draw a precise dream." - V. Pittsenbargar “E.J’s done exactly what I wanted and been searching for. Help about storytelling and the English language. Not just as in punctuation and grammar, but about the craft. I wanted to get my readers more engaged in my story. In swoops E.J. to save the day.” - D. Chapman “I'm glad I found E.J., she's a wonderful coach. It's like being a kid getting on a bike for the first time, and realizing what the pedals do. The revisions I'm doing now are helping me tell the story that I want to tell.” - C. Murphy
Author : Nikesh Shukla
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781529052367
'Like a best friend giving you essential advice. I can’t wait to give this to every writer I know.' Candice Carty-Williams Why do stories matter? I tell stories to make sense of the world as I see it. The world I have lived and experienced, read about and heard about, and what I want it to be. I tell stories to make sense of myself. Nikesh Shukla, author, writing mentor and bestselling editor of The Good Immigrant, knows better than most the power that every unique voice has to create change. Whether it's a novel, personal essay, non-fiction work or short story – or even just the formless desire to write something – Your Story Matters will hone your skill and help you along the way. This book includes exercises and prompts that will develop your idea, no matter what genre you're writing in. It is practical, to the point and focused on letting you figure out what you want to write, how you want to write and why this is the best use of your voice. Accessible and thought-provoking, Your Story Matters will inspire you to keep thinking about writing, even when you don't have the time to put pen to paper.
Author : Jack Hart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226737089
Jack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prize–winning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has become the definitive guide to crafting narrative nonfiction. This is the book to read to learn the art of storytelling as embodied in the work of writers such as David Grann, Mary Roach, Tracy Kidder, and John McPhee. In this new edition, Hart has expanded the book’s range to delve into podcasting and has incorporated new insights from recent research into storytelling and the brain. He has also added dozens of new examples that illustrate effective narrative nonfiction. This edition of Storycraft is also paired with Wordcraft, a new incarnation of Hart’s earlier book A Writer’s Coach, now also available from Chicago.