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Writing & Publishing Audiobooks

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    The Writing Revolution

    A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

    by Judith C. Hochman, Natalie Wexler ...
    Narrated by Margaret Strom ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 24 min

    The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback. Insurmountable as the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    On Writing

    A Memoir of the Craft

    by Stephen King ...
    Narrated by Stephen King ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    Not since Dickens has a writer had so many readers by the throat . . . King's imagination is vast. He knows how to engage the deepest sympathies of his readers . . . It is part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer. In the final chapters, King tells, in graphic details, the story of his recent accident . . . a bizarre and absorbing story, told brillinatly by one of the great ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Let me tell you a story

    Introducing Kobo Audiobooks

    by Rakuten Kobo ...
    Narrated by Jim Dale ...

    Unabridged

    3 min

    Let me tell you a story. Do you remember when you first fell in love with reading? Well you weren't really reading, were you? No, your passion for books began quite another way. It was listening, wasn't it? To a story. Yes; your love of reading got started when you were being read to. Could there be any six words that have more anticipation behind them than: "Let me tell you a story."Introducing ... Read more

    Free

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    The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

    by Noah Lukeman ...
    Narrated by Angus Freathy ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU.Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that ... Read more

    Free

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    The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better

    by Will Storr ...
    Narrated by Will Storr ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 27 min

    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book’ Sunday Times‘The best book on the craft of storytelling I’ve ever read’ Matt Haig‘Rarely has a book engrossed me more, and forced me to question everything I’ve ever read, seen or written. A masterpiece’ Adam RutherfordWhy stories make us human and how to tell them better.... ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    On Writing and Worldbuilding

    Volume I

    by Timothy Hickson ...
    Narrated by Larissa Thompson, Merphy Napier ...
    Audiobook 1 - On Writing and Worldbuilding

    Unabridged

    8 hours 20 min

    Writing advice tends to be full of 'rules' and 'tips' which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and World building, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider, from effective methods of delivering exposition and foreshadowing, to how communication, commerce, and control play into the fall of an empire.ON WRITINGPart I: ProloguesPart II: The First ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

    The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

    by Jessica Brody ...
    Narrated by Jessica Brody ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Successful Author Mindset

    A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey

    by Joanna Penn ...
    Narrated by Caroline Holroyd ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 55 min

    Being a writer is not just about typing. It’s also about surviving the roller-coaster of the creative journey.Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer’s block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you’re going through these things, it can feel like you’re alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Story Genius

    How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

    by Lisa Cron ...
    Narrated by Brittany Pressley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Emotional Craft of Fiction

    How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

    by Donald Maass ...
    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 36 min

    Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you. That's where The Emotional Craft of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Audio For Authors

    Audiobooks, Podcasting, And Voice Technologies

    by Joanna Penn ...
    Narrated by Joanna Penn ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    Do you want to create, publish and market your audiobooks? Are you ready to use podcasting to grow your author brand and reach more readers with your books?Audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing with double-digit growth in markets across the world. Podcasting has gone mainstream with listeners consuming audio on mobile phones and in-car devices, as well as through smart speakers. ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How to Write a Novel

    by Ernesto Holmes ...
    Narrated by Jack Smit ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 37 min

    Author address to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of characters, the formation of plots, and a host of other points. Although no school could turn out novelists to order there is yet enough common material in all art-work to be mapped out in a course of lessons. Two great requisites of novel-writing are (1) a good story ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Chokepoint Capitalism

    How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

    by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 56 min

    A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Successful Self-Publishing

    How to Self-Publish and Market Your Book

    by Joanna Penn ...
    Narrated by Joanna Penn ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    Do you want to successfully self-publish in ebook, print or audiobook formats?There are thousands of new books being published every day, but many self-published books quickly sink to the bottom of the pile. Many authors are frustrated because there are so many options for self-publishing, and they don't know which one to choose or what will be best for their book. Others spend thousands of ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Several Short Sentences about Writing

    by Verlyn Klinkenborg ...
    Narrated by Verlyn Klinkenborg ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 26 min

    Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that will change the way you work and think. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Seven Basic Plots

    Why We Tell Stories

    by Christopher Booker ...
    Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

    Unabridged

    38 hours 58 min

    This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of "basic stories" in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    They Say, I Say

    The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

    by Cathy Birkenstein, Gerald Graff ...
    Narrated by Tony Craine, Cyndee Maxwell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 28 min

    The best-selling book on academic writing-in use at more than 1,500 schools. “They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Pity the Reader

    On Writing With Style

    by Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell ...
    Narrated by Karen White ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 1 min

    The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Everything You'll Ever Need

    You Can Find Within Yourself

    by Charlotte Freeman ...
    Narrated by Kate Marcin ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 11 min

    Everything You'll Ever Need (You Can Find Within Yourself) is Charlotte Freeman's first book and was written from the most vulnerable places of the heart. This book is open and honest, written to resonate with those who need it the most.Full of messages we all sometimes need, that often come at just the right time, this book is your reminder that everything you'll ever need, you can find within ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How to Write a Novel

    From Idea to Book

    by Joanna Penn ...
    Narrated by Joanna Penn ...
    Audiobook 14 - Books For Writers

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    Writing a novel will change your life.It might not be in the way that you expect, but when you hold your book in your hand and say, “I made this,” something will shift.The process of getting to that point will light a spark in your creative soul and help you discover unexpected aspects of yourself. It will be one of the things you are most proud of in your life.I’m Joanna (J.F.) Penn, award ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Hero's 2 Journeys

    by Michael Hauge, Christopher Vogler ...
    Narrated by Michael Hauge, Christopher Vogler ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    Making Your Story Better is the subject of this original audio workshop. Michael Hauge and Christopher Vogler, two superstar screenwriting teachers, conduct a point/counterpoint discussion of what makes a great story tick, presenting their unique approaches to story structure, character arc and how to give your story greater commercial appeal. ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Write No Matter What

    Advice for Academics

    by Joli Jensen ...
    Narrated by Pam Ward ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 29 min

    With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book-or even steady journal articles-may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it really is possible to write happily and productively in academe. Jensen begins by busting the myth that universities are supportive writing environments. She ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Insights on Stephen King’s On Writing

    by Swift Reads ...
    Narrated by Gary Middleton ...

    Unabridged

    27 min

    Download now to get key insights from this book in 15 minutes.Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Bear Woman

    The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors

    by Karolina Ramqvist ...
    Narrated by Sophie Aldred ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    For fans of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors, in which she examines motherhood and the female experience.A French noblewoman is left abandoned on a small island north of Nova Scotia. She has a crossbow, arquebuses and gunpowder. The island is populated only by wild beasts. She may be pregnant ... Read more

    $61.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial