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  • Let the Crazy Child Write!

    Finding Your Creative Writing Voice

    by Clive Matson ...
    Let the Crazy Child Write! grew out of hundreds of creative writing workshops that Clive Matson has led during his career as poet and writer. Here he guides readers — as individuals or in groups — through twelve seminars designed to overcome inhibitions, locate hidden originality, and find a true creative writing voice. Let the Crazy Child Write! links the playful energy of the creative ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

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    Learn to use Setting to quickly anchor the reader into the world of your story.Use Setting as movement through space effectively.Explore Setting in a series.Learn the most common Setting pitfalls.Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but Setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story ... Read more

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  • Trough of Hell

    How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with Maximum Impact

    by H. R. D'Costa ...
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    Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Time--and with Less FrustrationIf you’re like me, you know how your screenplay or novel* is going to start and end. Maybe not the exact image or line, but you’ve got a rough idea of what you’re going to write. So you begin writing your story with lots of enthusiasm...until you reach the middle, aka Act Two.That’s where you get stuck. Suddenly, all of ... Read more

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  • Stealing Fire from the Gods

    The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers

    by James Bonnet ...
    A revised and expanded sequel to Stealing Fire from the Gods, this 2nd edition includes important new revelations concerning the ultimate source of unity, the structures of the whole story passage, the anti-hero's journey, the high-concept great idea, the ... Read more

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  • Crafting Titles

    Find a unique title that captures the essence of your novel and makes a lasting impression.

    by Elizabeth Lyon ...
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  • How to Write almost Anything Better and Faster

    by Arthur Herzog ...
    Arthur Herzog teaches a practical approach to writing based on his belief that at least 75% of the writing process is proper preparation. "Discipline is half the battle," The concise painless method Herzog has patterned leads the neophyte or the pro through five steps to better writing. The ability to write is imperative to a life fulfilled. A person who can not write is going to be ever more ... Read more

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  • The Story You Need to Tell

    Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss

    by Sandra Marinella ...
    A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting true stories illustrate Marinella’s methods for understanding, telling, and editing personal stories in ways that ... Read more

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  • Telling True Stories

    Navigating the challenges of writing narrative non-fiction

    by Matthew Ricketson ...
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  • Naming What We Know

    Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies

    by Linda Adler-Kassner, Elizabeth Wardle ...
    Naming What We Know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. The first part of the book defines and describes thirty-seven threshold concepts of the discipline in entries written by some of the field’s most active researchers and teachers, all ... Read more

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  • Beyond Writing Prompts / A Better Way / Hundreds of Memory List Questions

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    by Denis Ledoux ...
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    Why Writing Prompts Don't Work"Write about when you were 16," the writing prompt urges, but you wonder, "What about when I was 16?" You feel no insistence. Instead, you turn to How to Go Beyond Writing Prompts and peruse its suggestions. You find in the Teen Years section, "How did you describe 'best friend' then? Did you have one? Describe this person and state what it was like to be with this ... Read more

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  • Vernacular Eloquence

    What Speech Can Bring to Writing

    by Peter Elbow ...
    Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital new contribution to both practice and theory. The core idea is simple: we can enlist virtues from the language activity most people find easiest-speaking-for the language activity most people ... Read more

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  • Exploring Composition Studies

    Sites, Issues, Perspectives

    Edited by Associate Professor Kelly Ritter, BA, MFA, PhD, Associate Professor Paul Kei Matsuda ...
    Kelly Ritter and Paul Kei Matsuda have created an essential introduction to the field of composition studies for graduate students and instructors new to the study of writing. The book offers a careful exploration of this diverse field, focusing specifically on scholarship of writing and composing. Within this territory, the authors draw the boundaries broadly, to include allied sites of research ... Read more

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