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The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction

Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers

by Dinty W. Moore ...

FEATURING ESSAYS FROM: Barrie Jean Borich • Jenny Boully • Norma Elia Cantú • Rigoberto González • Philip Graham • Carol Guess • Jeff Gundy • Robin Hemley • Barbara Hurd • Judith Kitchen •Eric LeMay • Dinah Lenney • Bret Lott • Patrick Madden• Lee Martin • Maggie McKnight • Brenda Miller •Kyle Minor • Aimee Nezhukumatathil • Anne Panning • Lia Purpura • Peggy Shumaker • Sue William Silverman • ... Read more

$9.99 USD

FEATURING ESSAYS FROM: Barrie Jean Borich • Jenny Boully • Norma Elia Cantú • Rigoberto González • Philip Graham • Carol Guess • Jeff Gundy • Robin Hemley • Barbara Hurd • Judith Kitchen •Eric LeMay • Dinah Lenney • Bret Lott • Patrick Madden• Lee Martin • Maggie McKnight • Brenda Miller •Kyle Minor • Aimee Nezhukumatathil • Anne Panning • Lia Purpura • Peggy Shumaker • Sue William Silverman •
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Ten Minute Author

Writers write. Authors Publish. How to write your novel or non-fiction book one step at a time.

by Kevin Partner ...

What turns a writer into an author? Finishing.Do you want to finish your manuscript?Or, do you want to write more words in less time?Ten Minute Author is a concise book describing a beautifully simple but powerful technique for creating a daily writing habit to finish your next manuscript. And the one after that.Aimed at both the complete beginner and published authors who want to write more ... Read more

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What turns a writer into an author? Finishing.Do you want to finish your manuscript?Or, do you want to write more words in less time?Ten Minute Author is a concise book describing a beautifully simple but powerful technique for creating a daily writing habit to finish your next manuscript. And the one after that.Aimed at both the complete beginner and published authors who want to write more
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The Writer's Little Book of Naming

Tips and Tricks for People, Places, and Things

by Marie Brennan ...

Series series Writer's Little Books
Names and terms in a fictional setting should ideally be more than just random sounds thrown together. Award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan leverages her anthropological background and her experience with seven different languages to guide you through the social side of naming: how it can reflect everything from gender to geographical origin, implying a whole three-dimensional world behind ... Read more

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Names and terms in a fictional setting should ideally be more than just random sounds thrown together. Award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan leverages her anthropological background and her experience with seven different languages to guide you through the social side of naming: how it can reflect everything from gender to geographical origin, implying a whole three-dimensional world behind
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Bring Your Characters to Life

Questions and Scenarios to Take Your Characters from Flat to Fabulous

by Tara Tomczyk ...

No matter how good a story’s plot might be, in the long run, it’s the characters who stick with readers. So, why is it that so many books today—even the bestselling ones—seem to forget about character development? Putting your imaginary characters through a few of the more than 100 scenarios contained in this book will bring them to life in your mind—and from there, it’ll be easy to take them ... Read more

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No matter how good a story’s plot might be, in the long run, it’s the characters who stick with readers. So, why is it that so many books today—even the bestselling ones—seem to forget about character development? Putting your imaginary characters through a few of the more than 100 scenarios contained in this book will bring them to life in your mind—and from there, it’ll be easy to take them
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Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters

by Mary Kole ...

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into
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Why Write?

A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

by Mark Edmundson ...

**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be
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A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing

Supporting Inclusive Pedagogy

by Dr Bronwen Tate, Dr John Vigna ...

Grounded in progressive pedagogy, this essential resource leads creative writing instructors through each step of designing, teaching, and trouble-shooting a course. A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing offers applied strategies and innovative insights equally valuable for novice and seasoned instructors. Tate and Vigna share tried and tested approaches to online, in-person, and hybrid ... Read more

$23.09 USD

Grounded in progressive pedagogy, this essential resource leads creative writing instructors through each step of designing, teaching, and trouble-shooting a course. A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing offers applied strategies and innovative insights equally valuable for novice and seasoned instructors. Tate and Vigna share tried and tested approaches to online, in-person, and hybrid
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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

Second Edition

by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...

Series Book 1 - Writers Helping Writers Series
The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries!One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries!One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up
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Plain Style

A Guide to Written English

by Christopher Lasch ...

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in
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Tell It Slant, Third Edition

by Brenda Miller, Suzanne Paola ...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Two award-winning authors reveal everything you need to know to develop your own distinctive voice and craft compelling, creative nonfiction“Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant.”—Emily DickinsonWith these words, ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Two award-winning authors reveal everything you need to know to develop your own distinctive voice and craft compelling, creative nonfiction“Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant.”—Emily DickinsonWith these words,
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Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

by James Scott Bell ...

Series Book 2 - Bell's Knockout Fiction Series
Story loves structure...and so do readers!Super Structure represents over two decades of research on what makes a novel or screenplay entertaining, commercial, original, and irresistible. Contrary to what some may think, structure is not a nasty inhibitor of creativity. Quite the opposite. Properly understood and utilized, structure is what translates story into a form readers are wired to receive ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Story loves structure...and so do readers!Super Structure represents over two decades of research on what makes a novel or screenplay entertaining, commercial, original, and irresistible. Contrary to what some may think, structure is not a nasty inhibitor of creativity. Quite the opposite. Properly understood and utilized, structure is what translates story into a form readers are wired to receive
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Chicago Manual Of Style 18th Edition 2025/2026

A Clear Guide To Writing And Referencing In Academic Settings

by Alica Struth ...

The definitive guide to grammar, usage, and citation—updated for modern writing and publishingTailored for students, researchers, editors, and authors, this edition brings clarity and structure to the most widely used style in publishing, journalism, and academic writing. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic and professional cycle, this manual ensures you stay aligned with the latest style ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The definitive guide to grammar, usage, and citation—updated for modern writing and publishingTailored for students, researchers, editors, and authors, this edition brings clarity and structure to the most widely used style in publishing, journalism, and academic writing. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic and professional cycle, this manual ensures you stay aligned with the latest style
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88 Money-Making Writing Jobs

by Robert Bly ...

THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WRITING!Writers today are no longer just working on books and newspapers. Businesses, advertisers, and hundreds of other outlets are desperate for people who can craft effective messages and persuade people with their words. A strong writer can make $50 to $200 per hour, or even more... if you know where to find the work.Robert Bly is a professional ... Read more

$15.19 USD

THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WRITING!Writers today are no longer just working on books and newspapers. Businesses, advertisers, and hundreds of other outlets are desperate for people who can craft effective messages and persuade people with their words. A strong writer can make $50 to $200 per hour, or even more... if you know where to find the work.Robert Bly is a professional
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A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

by Heather Graves, Roger Graves ...

This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that should be applied uniformly to all writing ... Read more

$36.99 USD

This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that should be applied uniformly to all writing
... Read more
Poetry

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

by Dr Amorak Huey, W. Todd Kaneko ...

Series series Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
Fully revamped and expanded, this second editionoffers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. Mapping out 38 foundational elements of poetry including image, line, point of view, metaphor, movement, and music, authors Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides readers through a range of ... Read more

$22.19 USD

Fully revamped and expanded, this second editionoffers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. Mapping out 38 foundational elements of poetry including image, line, point of view, metaphor, movement, and music, authors Amorak Huey and W. Todd Kaneko use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing prompts. The book guides readers through a range of
... Read more
Advanced Creative Nonfiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

by Dr Sean Prentiss, Jessica Hendry Nelson ...

Series series Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers
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Better Blurb Writing for Authors

by Olivia Atwater ...

Series Book 1 - Atwater's Tools for Authors
Write better blurbs. Get better readers.Writing book descriptions for genre fiction (or blurbs, as some authors call them) requires a completely different skill set from writing full-length novels. For many authors, blurbs are a last distasteful obstacle they must overcome before they’re allowed to sell their book—but it doesn’t have to be that way! Writing blurbs is far easier with a step-by-step ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Write better blurbs. Get better readers.Writing book descriptions for genre fiction (or blurbs, as some authors call them) requires a completely different skill set from writing full-length novels. For many authors, blurbs are a last distasteful obstacle they must overcome before they’re allowed to sell their book—but it doesn’t have to be that way! Writing blurbs is far easier with a step-by-step
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Business Writing for Technical People

The most effective ways to get your message across

by Carrie Marshall ...

Technically-minded people can struggle with business writing and many businesses get it wrong, losing their readers in avalanches of acronyms and jungles of technical jargon. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this book you’ll discover how to give your communication skills an upgrade, exploring the tips and tricks that will enable you to write effectively and persuasively for any audience. You’ll ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Technically-minded people can struggle with business writing and many businesses get it wrong, losing their readers in avalanches of acronyms and jungles of technical jargon. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this book you’ll discover how to give your communication skills an upgrade, exploring the tips and tricks that will enable you to write effectively and persuasively for any audience. You’ll
... Read more
WRITING AN ESSAY

5 Easy Steps To Writing A Professional Essay

by usman khan Yousafzai ...

The book is a helpful guide for students who are struggling in Essay Writing. It provides helpful tips and a new method with which Essay Writing should look to be an easier exercise especially for those students who struggle in competitive exams ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The book is a helpful guide for students who are struggling in Essay Writing. It provides helpful tips and a new method with which Essay Writing should look to be an easier exercise especially for those students who struggle in competitive exams
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Throwing Lead

A Writer's Guide to Firearms (and the People Who Use Them)

by J. Daniel Sawyer, Mary Mason ...

Mystifying. Frightening. The perfect medium for murder, mayhem, martyrdom, and mastery. A research nightmare, a continuity minefield, firearms in fiction spells frustration for writers everywhere.But no more. Written by two veteran shooters, Throwing Lead gives you the low-down on firearms. From the history of hand cannons to far future energy weapons, this rigorously apolitical guide to guns ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mystifying. Frightening. The perfect medium for murder, mayhem, martyrdom, and mastery. A research nightmare, a continuity minefield, firearms in fiction spells frustration for writers everywhere.But no more. Written by two veteran shooters, Throwing Lead gives you the low-down on firearms. From the history of hand cannons to far future energy weapons, this rigorously apolitical guide to guns
... Read more
Activate

a thesaurus of actions & tactics for dynamic genre fiction

by Damon Suede ...

Series series live wire writer guides
Fiction is action. Activate is an author's thesaurus of dramatic possibilities that will galvanize your characterization and dramatization. Verbalizing any narrative requires juicy language with the vibrancy readers crave. This handy writing reference focuses on language's powerhouse: verbs, featuring 5,300 potent options sorted into three useful contexts.ALPHABETICAL: an A-Z catalog of actions ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Fiction is action. Activate is an author's thesaurus of dramatic possibilities that will galvanize your characterization and dramatization. Verbalizing any narrative requires juicy language with the vibrancy readers crave. This handy writing reference focuses on language's powerhouse: verbs, featuring 5,300 potent options sorted into three useful contexts.ALPHABETICAL: an A-Z catalog of actions
... Read more
Penguin Writers' Guides: Improve Your Spelling

by George Davidson ...

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively.From silent, double and capital letters to foreign words, proper ... Read more

$9.89 USD

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively.From silent, double and capital letters to foreign words, proper
... Read more
Narrated by the Author

How to Produce an Audiobook on a Budget

by Renee Conoulty ...

Do you want to be part of the growing audiobook industry? Are you an indie author looking to expand your readership? Learn how to narrate and produce your own professional quality audiobook within a budget.I won’t bore you with a list of my expert qualifications because I don’t have any. I’m not a tech wiz. I’m not an actor. I’m an average person, just like you, and if I can do it, then so can you ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you want to be part of the growing audiobook industry? Are you an indie author looking to expand your readership? Learn how to narrate and produce your own professional quality audiobook within a budget.I won’t bore you with a list of my expert qualifications because I don’t have any. I’m not a tech wiz. I’m not an actor. I’m an average person, just like you, and if I can do it, then so can you
... Read more
Story Grid 101

by Shawn Coyne ...

What are the first principles in writing a story that works?At Story Grid, it's easy to get distracted by the tools, spreadsheets, commandments, macro lense, micro lense, and on and on. However, all of this eventually comes back to five first principles.In Story Grid 101, Story Grid founder Shawn Coyne distills 30 years of experience working with writers to build their stories into five principles ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What are the first principles in writing a story that works?At Story Grid, it's easy to get distracted by the tools, spreadsheets, commandments, macro lense, micro lense, and on and on. However, all of this eventually comes back to five first principles.In Story Grid 101, Story Grid founder Shawn Coyne distills 30 years of experience working with writers to build their stories into five principles
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