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  • The 10% Solution

    Self-editing for the Modern Writer

    by Ken Rand ...
    Originally published in 1998 as a saddle-stapled chapbook, this 20 Year Anniversary edition is a MUST for fans of Ken Rand's amazing reference book on self-editing. With exciting new cover art and expanded references, it is not to be missed. This concise book is jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 299 conseils pour mieux écrire

    Libérez votre créativité et devenez l'auteur que vous avez toujours voulu être

    299 conseils pour mieux écrire est un guide pratique qui vous permettra de concrétiser votre désir d’écrire et d’oser concrétiser votre projet d’écriture en cours.Vous restez bloqué car vous manquez de méthode ? Vous vous sentez isolé dans votre pratique d’écriture ou dans l’écriture de votre livre ? Vous ne savez plus comment faire pour commencer à écrire ou finaliser votre projet en cours ?Ce ... Read more

    $11.87 USD

  • Relativity

    Stories and Essays

    Robert J. Sawyer established his reputation as a fine novelist when he burst on the science fiction scene with Golden Fleece in 1991. More quietly, he has built an impressive body of short fiction, essays, articles, and speeches. Relativity is his first collection of these.This Aurora Award-winning collection gives you a chance to read a selection of Sawyer's speeches, including his acceptance of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • How to Outline a Cozy Mystery

    Workbook

    by Sara Rosett ...
    Series Book 1 - Genre Fiction How To
    Do you want to write a cozy mystery but don’t know how to get started? Use this companion workbook to learn how to create a framework so that you can begin writing your cozy.Do you want to know the basic building blocks of a cozy mystery? Do you wonder why cozy readers devour these mysteries voraciously? Are you fuzzy on how the structure of a cozy mystery fits into the classic plot structure? Do ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

    Now, learn the master key for writing great short stories, and the strategies for using them to advance your writing career!As most writers will tell you, the hardest fiction form to master is the short story. To be successful, a short story needs to have "emotional wallop," and in under 7,000 words.Not easy to do.In this book, #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell explains the essential ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Fear Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to What Holds Characters Back

    Series Book 11 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Fear is a primal force, a built-in warning system alerting characters to danger. It can push them to protect themselves or trap them, making their deepest insecurities and past trauma loom larger than life. It’s also the underlying current fueling plot and arc—a struggle that must be faced and subdued for characters to reach their goals.PULL READERS IN BY TAPPING INTO DEEP HUMAN FEARSInside this ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 英文寫作指南 English Mechanics

    A Writing Guide

    本書由淺至深,逐一詳細引導學習者寫作英文。本書先從各英文標點符號之使用規則切入,再引導學習者熟悉應用各英文標點符號、對等連接詞之用法、從屬連接詞、轉折字與片語及相關連接詞; 並掌握造句、段落 及整篇文章之寫作技巧。此外,本書詳述英文個人信件及商業信件之寫作注意事項。實例及例句豐富。500題錯誤句型訂正練習。 Sample of Common Chinese Learner Errors 1. I have had worked in the business company. Ans.: I have worked in the business sector. 要嘛就完成式have + Ved,要嘛就過去完成式had + Ved,不能混在一起用 2. It can touch our interest. Ans.: It can draw (attract) our interest. ... Read more

    $1.30 USD

  • A Writer’s Creativity

    How to Explore and Expand Authentic Creativity in Your Writing Life

    by Kate Krake ...
    Series Book 7 - The Creative Writing Life
    Every writer has a spark. It’s that deep, undeniable urge to create. That creativity is not a hobby or a luxury or a skill, but a fundamental part of who you are.In A Writer’s Creativity, author and creative mentor Kate Krake invites you to explore the origins of your creative drive and learn how to nurture it into a lifelong, fulfilling practice. Drawing from essays originally published on The ... Read more

    Was $4.99 USD Now $0.99 USD

  • LETTERS FROM GHANA

    A MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL GUIDE TO PUBLIC DISCOURSE

    The book series “Letters from Ghana” is a moral and intellectual guide to public discourse. This book - Issue No. 3 - comprises 54 peer-reviewed papers. These papers were first published on the blog www.writersghana.com from July to December 2019. The blog, owned by Writers & Shakespeares Ghana Limited, is dedicated to independent scholarship and publication of peer reviewed papers only. The ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles (Volume 2)

    Series Book 9 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    A story where the character gets exactly what they want doesn’t make for good reading. But add villainous clashes, lost advantages, power struggles, and menacing threats…well, now we have the makings of a page-turner. Conflict is the golden thread that binds plot to arc, providing the complications, setbacks, and derailments that make the character’s inner and outer journeys dynamic.Inside Volume ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • MANIFEST YOUR SCHOLARSHIP WITH THESE 24 WRITING RECIPES

    “If you completed school, but do not read daily, then you’re functionally illiterate,” my mentor observed recently when we met to discuss our usual stuff. For you to be excellent at writing scholarly material you have to read - read anything and everything. After all there is now a host of voice typing software online, but does that make your speech to text content scholarly? The theory and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

    Second Edition

    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 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

    $0.99 USD

  • The Science of Science Fiction Writing

    by James Gunn ...
    Written by one of the leading authorities on writing, publishing and teaching science fiction, The Science of Science Fiction Writing offers the opportunity to share in the knowledge James Gunn has acquired over the past forty years. He reflects on the fiction-writing process and how to teach it, and the ideas he has shared with his students about how to do it effectively and how to get it ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS

    GOLD EDITION

    by Bryn Donovan ...
    Write faster…write more.Get the expanded edition of the bookthat went viral on social media!Used by thousands of writers around the world—including bestselling authors and screenwriters—MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS is back and better than ever. The 10th anniversary GOLD EDITION is the ultimate brainstorming tool for storytellers at all experience levels, and it’s the perfect gift for any write... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • 作文十九問

    by 王鼎鈞 ...
    Series series 王鼎鈞作品集
    **  當代華語世界最重要的散文大家王鼎鈞  影響四十年,寫給年輕人、一生受用的寫作教養書  作家、高中教師、大學教授一致推崇  執筆之人,不容錯過!****  舉凡練字,修辭,結構安排,意象經營,甚至是古文辭類、詩法詩格,無所不問,問無不答。如今新版重出,無論為試或為情為文,都值得一觀。——祁立峰  《作文十九問》的對答形式,更能深切感受到一位經驗老道的前輩,極有耐心又循循善誘的教導,以年輕人可理解的方式來體會文學讀寫之奧妙。——李欣倫  《作文十九問》全新修訂典藏版,由王鼎鈞親自撰寫一篇新序,並且補充修訂內容。  ◎活潑的問答體,解答學習作文的疑惑**  散文大家王鼎鈞,完成《作文七巧》後,寫出《作文十九問》作為《作文七巧》的補述。他追求文體的變化,《作文十九問》採用問答體,虛構一位提問者,問答之間,教你如何煉字,如何審題,如何立意、如何安排結構……,解答了寫作可能遇到的問題。**   ... Read more

    $8.45 USD

  • 文學種籽

    by 王鼎鈞 ...
    Series series 王鼎鈞作品集
    「寫作是有中生有,以範文樣本為教材,可以教也可以學。」  文學創作可不可教、能不能學?一直爭論不休。  王鼎鈞說:「我強調寫作是拳不離手,曲不離口。寫作是師父領進門,修行在個人。誇誇其談誤寫作,知而不行誤寫作,食而不化也誤寫作。一個學習者,如果他對《作文七巧》和《作文十九問》裡的那些建議,像學提琴那樣照著琴譜反覆拉過,像學畫即樣照著靜物一再畫過,應該可以順利進入《文學種籽》所設的軌道,至於能走多遠,能登多高,那要看天分,環境,機遇,主要的還是要看他的心志。」**  ◎本書正式進入寫作的天地,以通俗語言展示文學術語:意象、體裁、題材、人生等內涵,並且重新闡釋寫作六要,為作家都要修習的基本功夫。  ◎《文學種籽》全新修訂典藏版,由王鼎鈞撰寫新序並補充修訂內容,刪去附錄,新增兩篇文章。****  ◎精彩摘錄**  意象意象加意象,好的意象寫得好,把最好的意象放在最適當的位置,這就是文學。—— ... Read more

    $8.45 USD

  • How to Write Dazzling Dialogue

    The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

    Series Book 5 - Bell's Knockout Fiction Series
    There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp and full of tension it immediately grabs the reader. And if that reader is an agent or editor, sharp dialogue ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Dramaturgy of Form

    Performing Verse in Contemporary Theatre

    by Kasia Lech ...
    Series series Focus on Dramaturgy
    Dramaturgy of Form examines verse in twenty-first-century theatre practice across different languages, cultures, and media. Through interdisciplinary engagement, Kasia Lech offers a new method for verse analysis in the performance context.The book traces the dramaturgical operation of verse in new writings, musicals, devised performances, multilingual dramas, Hip Hop theatre, films, digital ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • HOW TO WRITE AND SELL EROTICA

    TIPS OF THE TRADE FROM A LITERARY STREETWALKER

    by M.CHRISTIAN ...
    "Want to write erotica and GET PUBLISHED? Then do yourself a favor and buy this book!" -Marilyn Jaye Lewis, author, founder The Erotic Authors Association.No one knows more about writing and selling erotica, from inspiration to publication, than M. Christian. The author of over three hundred stories, eight collections of his own shorter work, five novels, and the editor of over two dozen ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws

    Series Book 2 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. Not only does a well-drawn protagonist need positive attributes to help him succeed, he must also have flaws that humanize him and give him something to overcome. The same is true of villains and the rest of the story’s supporting cast. So how can writers figure ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • El trabajo de fin de grado y de máster. Redacción, defensa y publicación

    Este libro nos proporciona una guía para la redacción de proyectos de investigación que puede ser de gran ayuda tanto para la realización de trabajos finales de grado o máster, como para estudiantes de doctorado que inician su trabajo de investigación. Se trata de una obra muy bien organizada que puede constituir un excelente material docente para las asignaturas relacionadas con los trabajos ... Read more

    $8.29 USD

  • Writing the Fiction Synopsis

    A Step by Step Approach, 3rd Edition

    Master the Most Feared Part of Writing—Without Losing Your MindWriting a synopsis shouldn’t feel harder than writing the book itself. With Writing the Fiction Synopsis, you’ll finally have a simple, repeatable system that takes the panic out of the process and replaces it with clarity, confidence, and maybe even a laugh or two.A Proven Step-By-Step MethodUsing popular movies as easy-to-understand ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Plotman to the Rescue

    A Troubleshooting Guide to Fixing Your Toughest Plot Problems

    "Help! My plot drags, sags, and has no heart!"This looks like a job for Plotman!Yes, solving your plot problems is why the superhero of story came to Earth. His mission? To give practical, easy-to-apply answers to the most vexing plot questions writers face, such as:• How do I plan a plot if I'm not a plot planner?• Does my plot need a prologue?• What if I hit a plot wall?• What if my plot is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD