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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Language
English
Description
Writing exercises and creativity advice from Barry's pioneering, life-changing workshop The award-winning author Lynda Barry is the creative force behind the genre-defying and bestselling work What It Is. She believes that anyone can be a writer and has set out to prove it. For the past decade, Barry has run a highly popular writing workshop for nonwriters called Writing the Unthinkable, which was featured in The New York Times Magazine. Syllabus:...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Language
English
Description
"Playful and serious, unforgiving and compassionate, Poetry: A Survivor's Guide offers an original take on a subject both loved and feared. In a series of provocative and inspiring propositions, the act of reading a poem is made new, and the act of writing one is made over. Questions of poetry's difficulty, pretension, and relevance are explored with insight and daring. In an age of new media and social networking, this handbook-cum-manifesto provides...
3) The writer's idea thesaurus: an interactive guide for developing ideas for novels and short stories
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Need an idea for a short story or novel? Look no further than The Writer's Idea Thesaurus. It's far more than a collection of simple writing prompts. You'll find a vast treasury of story ideas inside, organized by subject, theme, and situation categories, and listed alphabetically for easy reference, "--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive, experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing."--Provided by publisher.
6) Hamnet
Author
Language
English
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A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she becomes a fiercely protective...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In an elegant but contemporary voice, award-winning author Susan Griffin breaks down the creative process step-by-step, guiding the reader through a practical course in how to begin and end a work of literature, whether fiction or nonfiction, poetry, or prose"--
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this witty "how-to" guide, Wisława Szymborska has nothing but sympathy for the labors of would-be writers generally: "I myself started out with rotten poetry and stories," she confesses in this collection of pieces culled from the advice she gave-anonymously-for many years in the well-known Polish journal Literary Life. She returns time and again to the mundane business of writing poetry properly, that is to say, painstakingly and sparingly....
9) The hero is you: sharpen your focus, conquer your demons, and become the writer you were born to be
Author
Series
Publisher
Conari Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This book helps writers understand and make the most of their creative processes, from getting an idea to producing a finished work. Each chapter explores a single step in the creative process and coaches writers through the challenges in a way that is intuitive and organic"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"Organized into six accessible, easy-to-navigate sections, The Way of the Writer is both a literary reflection on the creative impulse and a utilitarian guide to the writing process. Johnson shares his lessons and exercises from the classroom, starting with word choice, sentence structure, and narrative voice, and delving into the mechanics of scene, dialogue, plot and storytelling before exploring the larger questions at stake for the serious writer....
11) The writer's idea book: how to develop great ideas for fiction, nonfiction, poetry & screenplays
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Where do you get your ideas? It's a question and a quandary that bedevils every writer. And once you've got an idea, what then? ideas without a plan, without a purpose, and no more than pleasant thoughts. This revised, updated, and greatly expanded new edition of The Writer's Idea Book will help you find the answers. With more than 800 thought-provoking prompts and exercises, you'll generate intriguing ideas and plumb their possibilities to turn...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to...
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Whether you're huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It's tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how to move from the kernel of an idea to a completed manuscript. Writing great fiction isn't a gift reserved for the talented few. There is a craft
...Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Guided writing exercises to inspire creativity and healing. A guided tour on the journey back to the self, a mindful exploration through writing. This collection of exercises asks that you be vulnerable and honest, both with yourself and the page.
With three to six blank pages for each exercise, these chapters contain guided writing exercises that will inspire creativity and healing as you go through cathartic self-exploration. The exercises explore...
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Sentences That Create Us provides a roadmap for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing life behind bars — and through walls — drawing on the unique insights of over 50 justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer advice, inspiration and resources.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Bursting with practical tips and tricks, such as creating actual story-finding maps of your neighborhood, this book will help you build confidence and establish good writing habits as you learn to use a journal to snoop out plots full of action and emotion about yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your pets. As Jack shows you hot to shape your rough ideas, organize plots, and polish drafts to shiny perfection, he also shares...
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