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The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writersby Karl IglesiasISBN 1580625509 (1-58062-550-9)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers'Book summary:Aspiring screenwriters don't need another book on how to write a screenplay, says Karl Iglesias. What they need is a book on how to be a screenwriter. Voilà: The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, featuring interviews with 14 screenwriters, arranged by subject. The result reads like a panel discussion, touching on such subjects as collaboration, schmoozing, discipline, Hollywood, and story pitching. The dream of winning a Hollywood jackpot has lured everyone and his gardener into the screenwriting game. Still, despite the unencouraging odds, "all you need to do is write a good script," says Scott Rosenberg (Beautiful Girls). Some of the book's best advice concerns one of the screenwriter's most formidable hurdles: getting a screenplay read. Submit it to film festivals and screenwriting competitions, or follow Tom Schulman's (Dead Poet's Society) advice and hire an entertainment attorney. After all, "most of them know a lot of agents." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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2002 Poet's Market: 1,800 Places to Publish Your Poetryby Nancy BreenISBN 1582970483 (1-58297-048-3)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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2002 Writer's Market: 8,000 Editors Who Buy What You Writeby Kirsten HolmISBN 1582970440 (1-58297-044-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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2004 Writer's Marketby Katie Brogan, Robert Lee BrewerISBN 1582971897 (1-58297-189-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: '2004 Writer's Market'Book summary:Writer's Market is the world's bestselling writing reference. Why? Because more writers get published using Writer's Market than any other resource. Unlike any other reference, the information in Writer's Market is completely updated every single year--guaranteed! From book publishers to script buyers, writers will find the crucial information they need to contact more than 8,000 editors, including what they're looking for, how much they pay, how fast they respond, and more. Quick-reference symbols and indexes make finding the right information easy and fast. An invaluable selection of articles and interviews add even more to the mix, helping readers to break into print and market their work successfully. [via]
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2004 Writer's Market Onlineby Robert Lee Brewer, Katie BroganISBN 1582971900 (1-58297-190-0)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Styleby Matt MaddenISBN 1596090782 (1-59609-078-2)
Softcover, Chamberlain Brothers
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Arco How to Write Poetryby Nancy BogenISBN 0028622073 (0-02-862207-3)
Softcover, Petersons
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The Art & Craft of Playwritingby Jeffrey HatcherISBN 1884910467 (1-884910-46-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Art of Romance Writing: How to Create, Write and Sell Your Contemporary Romance Novelby Valerie ParvISBN 1863734244 (1-86373-424-4)
Softcover, Unwin Hyman
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The Art Of Romance Writing: Practical Advice From An Internationally Bestselling Romance Writerby Valerie ParvISBN 1741143748 (1-74114-374-8)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Beginning Writers Answer Bookby Jane FriedmanISBN 1582973652 (1-58297-365-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Bell Jarby Sylvia Plath, Frances McCulloughISBN 0060573090 (0-06-057309-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bell Jar'Book summary:Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. [via]
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Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Bell Jar: ISBN 0060930187 (0-06-093018-7)
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The Bluebook: A Sixty-Five Year Retrospectiveby Robert C. BerringISBN 1575883767 (1-57588-376-7)
Hardcover, W.S. Hein
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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishingby Tom Ross, Marilyn Heimberg RossISBN 1582970912 (1-58297-091-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing'Book summary:"Self-publishing," say authors Tom and Marilyn Ross, "is a perfect example of the American dream." The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, then, is an aspiring self-publisher's dream. "This isn't a book of fancy theory," as the authors put it; "it's a practical handbook of state-of-the-art specifics." In 521 pages, it lays out everything you need to know to publish your own books, from start-up considerations to the possibility of selling to a big publisher: how to choose a name for your press, how to get an ISBN, what cover designs cost, how to find a reliable printer, how to price your book, where to find lighter-weight shipping envelopes, how to generate working capital. The authors' encyclopedic grasp of the ins and outs of self-publishing is matched by their natural good sense about self-promotion. Turn your signings into events, they recommend; get your books into a variety of venues; use the books as fundraisers for organizations; get online and get reviewed online. The price of this book is negligible considering the cost of proper self-publishing (between $12,000 and $25,000), and, oh, the headaches it will spare you! --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Publishedby Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye SanderISBN 0028623924 (0-02-862392-4)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published'Book summary:Okay, so maybe you aren't a "complete idiot." But if the publishing industry's mysterious ways leave you feeling fairly ignorant, this easy-to-read volume (hey, it's written for idiots) can turn you into a competent insider in no time. If The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published were reduced to one sentence, it would read: The book business is a business--so be businesslike. Don't send a query letter on pink stationery. Don't stalk your editor. Don't bribe the sales reps. That's obvious, but there's more. Between them Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander have sold, publicized, written, packaged, acquired, edited, agented, and published books. They know whence they speak, and they freely impart their well-earned knowledge here.
The first step to being businesslike is learning the business. While Bykofsky and Sander include the usual stuff about query letters, book proposals, agents, and contracts, they also offer assistance on settling on a subject, information on how manuscripts become books and how books get into stores, and advice on keeping your book in the stores once it gets there. They augment their own publishing wisdom with that of their colleagues. When choosing a topic, don't be put off by a seemingly saturated market; Ben Dominitz of Prima Publishing claims that two of the best reasons to publish a book are "one, because no one has published a book on that topic, and two, because everyone has published a book on that topic." Never settle for a first offer from a publisher; says author and former lawyer Tim Perrin, "You should always say, 'Oh? Is that all?' ... It's never failed for me." And lastly, how does one land that coveted appearance on Oprah®? "All you have to do," says La Jolla-based publicist Arielle Ford, "is call ... the Prayer Line." Scoff if you dare, but two of Ford's clients got booked after leaving prayers. The book provides the phone number, as well as other useful ones. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articlesby Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, Lynne RomingerISBN 0028638352 (0-02-863835-2)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Wellby Laurie RozakisISBN 0028636945 (0-02-863694-5)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Creative Writer's Handbook: What to Write, How to Write It, Where to Sell Itby Isabelle Gibson ZieglerISBN 0064634213 (0-06-463421-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Everything Get Published Book: Everything and Everyone You Need to Know to Become a Successfully Published Author!by Peter RubieISBN 1580623158 (1-58062-315-8)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers' Tales from the Hollywood Trenchesby Writers Guild Foundation, Peter Lefcourt, Laura J. Shapiro, William GoldmanISBN 1586480138 (1-58648-013-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Freelance Writing for Magazines and Newspapers: Breaking in Without Selling Outby Marcia YudkinISBN 0062732781 (0-06-273278-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery: Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing Schoolby Alex Steele, Thom DidatoISBN 1582344620 (1-58234-462-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haikuby William J. HigginsonISBN 4770014309 (4-7700-1430-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku'Book summary:The Haiku Handbook is the first book to give the reader everything needed to begin writing or teaching haiku. It presents haiku poets writing in English, Spanish, French, German, and five other languages on an equal footing with Japanese poets. Not only are the four great Japanese masters of the haiku represented (Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki) but also several major Western authors not commonly known to have written haiku.
The book presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the dynamic changes throughout the twentieth century as the haiku has been adapted to suburban and industrial settings. Full chapters are offered on form, the seasons in haiku, and haiku craft, plus background on the Japanese poetic tradition, and the effect of translation on our understanding of haiku.
Other unique features are the lesson plans for both elementary and secondary school use; and lists of haiku publishers and magazines (in several languages). The Handbook concludes with a full reference section of haiku-related terms, bibliography, and a comprehensive season-word list to aid in understanding and appreciating Japanese haiku. [via]More editions of Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku:
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Harriet the Spyby Louise FitzhughISBN 0064403319 (0-06-440331-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harriet the Spy'Book summary:Harriet, would-be writer and avid observer of life, records everything she sees and hears . . . until her notebooks fall into the wrong hands. "Bursts with life . . . a tour de force".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book; New York Times Outstanding Children's Book. [via]
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Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Harriet the Spy: ISBN 0064471659 (0-06-447165-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Harriet the Spy: ISBN 0060219106 (0-06-021910-6)
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How to Solve a Murder: The Forensic Handbookby Michael KurlandISBN 0028604105 (0-02-860410-5)
Softcover, Macmillan General Reference
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Solve a Murder: The Forensic Handbook'Book summary:Michael Kurland takes armchair detectives step by step through the crime lab to find out how today's sleuths solve the most complicated crimes on scraps of evidence. [via]
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How to Write Attention Grabbing Query & Cover Lettersby John WoodISBN 1582970238 (1-58297-023-8)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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How to Write Poetryby Nancy BogenISBN 0134412397 (0-13-441239-7)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall Press
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Idea Catcher: An Inspiring Journal for WritersISBN 1884910203 (1-884910-20-3)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns
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Idea Catcher: An Inspiring Journal for Writersby The Editors of Story PressISBN 1884910416 (1-884910-41-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 1555460208 (1-55546-020-8)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Considered to be cast in a daring rhetorical mode, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the first novel by James Joyce. Originally published as a series, the novel continually interacts with Irish history and culture.
The title, James Joyces A Portrait of Artist As Young Man, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on James Joyces A Portrait of Artist As Young Man through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on James Joyce, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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The Journey from the Center to the Page: Yoga Philosophies and Practices as Muse for Authentic Writingby Jeff DavisISBN 1592401384 (1-59240-138-4)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journey From The Center To The Page: Yoga Philosophies & Practices As A Muse For Authentic Wrinting'Book summary:At once inspirational and instructional, The Journey from the Center to the Page artfully illustrates how yoga philosophies and practices can be an invaluable ally to the writing life.
With wisdom for writers of any level and in any genre, nationally known yoga and writing instructor Jeff Davis shows you how yogas principles and practical tools can deepen your writing process and increase your versatility as a writer. A grounded guide to the body-mind-imagination connection, this book shows ways to:
Re-connect with your deeper intention for writing
Sustain concentration and confidence when writing
Make time to write what matters most to you
Write with an authentic voice
Draft, re-vision, and revise with an embodied writing process
Write with a more visceral style replete with fresh imagery, intimate detail, metaphor, and rhythm
Convert fear and anger into powerful stories and satire
Cultivate compassion for complex characterswhether real or fictional
Create an authentic writers community [via]More editions of The Journey from the Center to the Page: Yoga Philosophies and Practices as Muse for Authentic Writing:
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Less than Words Can Sayby Richard MitchellISBN 1419129724 (1-4191-2972-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Make a Real Living As a Freelance Writer: How to Win Top Writing Assignmentsby Jenna GlatzerISBN 097220265X (0-9722026-5-X)
Softcover, Nomad Pr
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, And Graphic Novelsby Scott McCloudISBN 0060780940 (0-06-078094-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, And Graphic Novels'Book summary:Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics was published in 1993, just as "Comics Aren't Just for Kids Anymore!" articles were starting to appear and graphic novels were making their way into the mainstream, and it quickly gave the newly respectable medium the theoretical and practical manifesto it needed. With his clear-eyed and approachable analysis--done using the same comics tools he was describing--McCloud quickly gave "sequential art" a language to understand itself. McCloud made the simplest of drawing decisions seem deep with artistic potential.
Thirteen years later, following the Internet evangelizing of Reinventing Comics, McCloud has returned with Making Comics.
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Designed as a craftsperson's overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction, Making Comics, like its predecessors, is also an eye-opening trip behind the scenes of art-making, fascinating for anyone reading comics as well as those making them. Get a sense of the range of his lessons by clicking through to the opening pages of his book, including his (illustrated, of course) table of contents (warning: large file, recommended for high-bandwidth users):
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Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8by Ralph J. Fletcher, Joann PortalupiISBN 1571103295 (1-57110-329-5)
Softcover, Stenhouse Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8'Book summary:[via]Writing nonfiction represents a big step for most students. Most young writers are not intimidated by personal narrative, fiction, or even poetry, but when they try to put together a "teaching book," report, or persuasive essay, they often feel anxious and frustrated.
JoAnn Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher believe that young nonfiction writers supply plenty of passion, keen interest, and wonder. Teachers can provide concrete strategies to help students scaffold their ideas as they write in his challenging genre.
Like the authors' best-selling Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8, this book is divided into sections for K-2, 3-4, and middle school (grades 5-8) students. These divisions reflect various differences between emerging, competent, and fluent writers. In each section you'll find a generous collection of craft lessons directed at the genre that's most appropriate for that particular age. In the K-2 section, for example, a number of craft lessons focus on the all-about or concept book. In the 3-4 section there are several lessons on biography. In the 5-8 section a series of lessons addresses expository writing. Throughout the book each of the 80 lessons is presented on a single page in an easy-to-read format.
Every lesson features three teaching guidelines:
- Discussion--A brief look at the reasons for teaching the particular element of craft specifically in a nonfiction context.
- How to Teach It--Concrete language showing exactly how a teacher might bring this craft element to students in writing conferences or a small-group setting.
- Resource Material--Specific book or text referred to in the craft lesson including trade books, or a piece of student writing in the Appendixes.
This book will help students breathe voice into lifeless "dump-truck" writing and improve their nonfiction writing by making it clearer, more authoritative, and more organized. Nonfiction Craft Lessons gives teachers a wealth of practical strategies to help students grow into strong writers as they explore and explain the world around them.
Be sure to look at the When Students Write videotapes too.
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Philosophical Writing: An Introductionby A.P. MartinichISBN 1405131675 (1-4051-3167-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faithby Anne LamottISBN 1594481571 (1-59448-157-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plan B: Further Thoughts On Faith'Book summary:Few people can write about faith, parenting, and relationships as can the talented, irreverent Anne Lamott. With characteristic black humor, ("Everyone has been having a hard time with life this year; not with all of it, just the waking hours") she updates us on the ongoing mayhem of her life since Traveling Mercies, and continues to unfold her spiritual journey.
Plan B finds Lamott wrestling with mid-life hormones and weight gain while parenting Sam, now a teenager with his own set of raging hormones. Her observations cover everything from starting a Sunday school to grief over the death of her beloved dog, Sadie; lamenting the war to bitterness over her relationship with her now-departed mother.
As she tugs and pokes out the knots in a slender gold chain necklace, it becomes a metaphor for letting go and learning to forgive. "&any willingness to let go inevitably comes from pain; and the desire to change changes you, and jiggles the spirit, gets to it somehow, to the deepest, hardest, most ruined parts." Its her willingness to show us the knotted-up, "ruined parts" of her life that make this collection of sometimes uneven essays so compelling.
"Everything feels crazy," writes Lamott, adding, "But on small patches of earth all over, I can see just as much messy mercy and grace as ever&." Lamotts essays will serve as reminders to readers of the patches of messy mercy and grace in a chaotic world.--Cindy Crosby [via]
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Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man And Dublinersby James JoyceISBN 159308031X (1-59308-031-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 1416500316 (1-4165-0031-6)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man'Book summary:Originally published in serial format, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," is the semi-autobiographical portrayal of James Joyce's early upbringing as an Irish Catholic in late 19th century and early 20th century Dublin. At the center of the novel is the protagonist Stephen Dedalus whose life is depicted from its various stages starting in childhood and moving through early adulthood. The language of the novel changes throughout the book to correspond with the artistic development of Stephen Dedalus as he ages and matures. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is a masterful depiction of the process of self-discovery that is indicative of the early stages of everyone's life. [via]
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Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man: ISBN 141762650X (1-4176-2650-X)
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Prentice Hall Handbook for Writersby C. David Mead, Melinda G. Kramer, Glenn H. LeggettISBN 0136952062 (0-13-695206-2)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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Reporting Technical Informationby Thomas E. Pearsall, Kenneth W. HoupISBN 0023572205 (0-02-357220-5)
Softcover, Macmillan
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Revisionby David Michael KaplanISBN 188491019X (1-884910-19-X)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Revision'Book summary:With rousing enthusiasm, David Michael Kaplan introduces you to his unique brand of revision: a process of discovery in which your story's words, structure, even its very meaning may change as it grows stronger. He takes you through every stage of the writing process, providing strategies and criteria to help pinpoint the problems in your work and fix them. In addition to illustrating his points with examples from contemporary writers, Kaplan traces the evolution of three of his own stories from journal entries to first (and subsequent) drafts to finished pieces. He shows the changes he made - from single words to entire characters and story lines - and explains why he made them. [via]
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Rules of Thumbby Jay Silverman, Elaine Hughes, Diana Roberts WienbroerISBN 0070575827 (0-07-057582-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Save The Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Needby Blake SnyderISBN 1932907009 (1-932907-00-9)
Softcover, Michael Wiese Productions
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See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Chick Litby Sarah Mlynowski, Farrin JacobsISBN 1594741158 (1-59474-115-8)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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And heres the guide that will show you how. Bestselling novelist Sarah Mlynowski and veteran chick lit editor Farrin Jacobs cover every stage of developing and selling your soon-to-be bestselling novel, with information on
" developing an idea
" learning the basics of plotting
" deciding on a point of view
" pacing, and conflict
" making your characters likable
" finding an agent
and much more, including humorous tips and advice from scores of established writers (from Meg Cabot and Marian Keyes to Emily Giffin and Sophie Kinsella). If youve got stories to tell, See Jane Write will take care of the rest! [via]More editions of See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Chick Lit:
A Sense Of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, And Inspirationby Michael ShapiroISBN 1932361081 (1-932361-08-1)
Softcover, Travelers' Tales Inc
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Supplies: A Pilot's Guide to Creative Flightby Julia Cameron, Elizabeth Cameron EvansISBN 1585420662 (1-58542-066-2)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficultiesby Julia CameronISBN 1585422126 (1-58542-212-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties'Book summary:In creativity guru Julia Cameron's latest offering, the topic is "psychic dreadnaughts." These are people and experiences that attempt to ground your creative flights of fancy by telling you that your concepts are wrong, crazy, half-baked, or downright stupid. This workbook--an aid to Cameron's bestselling book The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity--gives you the weapons to use in pushing past these common roadblocks.
With humorous, clever language and fanciful line drawings, Cameron describes the dreadnaughts you might encounter on your creative journey, from Worrywarts (who try to put a damper on your enthusiasm) to Bad Fairies (who try to bring you down a peg to their level) to Tokyo Roses (who try to make you doubt yourself). She also details the many situations that can bump you off your flight path, such as the Wall (which you're bound to smash into about two-thirds of the way through a project and which tells you your work is so bad you should just abandon it).
As in her previous works, Cameron provides plenty of exercises to get your creative juices flowing and fight off dreadnaughts. And she again advocates "morning writings"--jotting down three pages of longhand musings each day--to clear your head, keep your creative trajectory in mind, and identify potential obstacles and allies.
If you loved The Artist's Way, you'll find this book to be a delightful companion volume, filled with a vast array of creative and spiritual insights. --Nancy Monson [via]
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They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrasesby Howard RheingoldISBN 1889330469 (1-889330-46-9)
Softcover, Sarabande Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases'Book summary:Which came first: The worldview, or the words to describe it? Very possibly the latter, argues the author of They Have a Word for It. "Finding a name for something," says Howard Rheingold, "is a way of conjuring its existence." While collecting words for this book, Rheingold says he "became sympathetic to the idea that we think and behave the way we do in large part because we have words that make these thoughts and behaviors possible, acceptable, and useful." Rheingold's refusal to pull together words for entertainment value alone--though many of these words, and Rheingold's commentary on them, are highly entertaining--is what has given this book (previously out of print) a kind of cult following.
Hawaiian contributes a word (ho'oponopono) here that means "solving a problem by talking it out"; Japanese, a term (kyoikumama) for a "mother who pushes her children into academic achievement"; Indonesian, a word (kekaku) meaning "to awaken from a nightmare"; and Mayan (some things, it seems, are universal), a concise way to say "stupid in-laws" (bol). While it is the Asian and obscure linguistic groups that seem to come up with the most "powerful" ideas, German wins for packing a whole sentence's worth of meaning into one (albeit long) word. How much happier Strunk and White would rest if we could just say Torschlüsspanik when discussing "the frantic anxiety experienced by unmarried women as they race against the 'biological clock'"; Treppenwitz when referring to the "clever remark that comes to mind when it is too late to utter it"; and Schlimmbesserung when lamenting "a so-called improvement that makes things worse." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The Travel Writer's Handbook: How to Write - And Sell - Your Own Travel Experiencesby Louise Purwin ZobelISBN 1572840447 (1-57284-044-7)
Softcover, Pgw
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Understanding English Grammarby Martha KollnISBN 0023658509 (0-02-365850-9)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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What Would Your Character Do: Personality Quizzes for Analyzing Your Charactersby Eric Maisel, Ann MaiselISBN 1582973725 (1-58297-372-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Write from the Heart: Unleashing the Power of Creativityby Hal Zina BennettISBN 1577311779 (1-57731-177-9)
Softcover, New World Library
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A Writer's Companion: A Handy Compendium of Useful But Hard-to-Find Information on History, Literature, Art, Science, Travel, Philosophy, and Much Moreby Louis D. Rubin, Jerry L. MillsISBN 0062734725 (0-06-273472-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Writer's Companion: A Handy Compendium of Useful But Hard-to-Find Information on History, Literature, Art, Science, Travel, Philosophy, and Much More'Book summary:For years the personal reference shelf has remained fairly static: the dictionary and thesaurus, the atlas and almanac. But Louis Rubin's A Writer's Companion fills perfectly the niche of his own creation; it is a compilation of eclectic and elusive information on everything a writer, editor, teacher, or data-dabbler might want within arm's reach. Dedicated to Charles Dillon Stengel's maxim "You could look it up," Rubin's gift to the reference community features 66 lists and glossaries ranging from travel and transportation to history and politics, architecture and art to religion, literature, and television, plus sports, gastronomy, law, psychoanalysis, and the natural world. [via]
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Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Referenceby Gary Lutz, Diane StevensonISBN 1582973350 (1-58297-335-0)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference'Book summary:The Definitive Source for Clear and Correct Writing
The Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference is the comprehensive resource on grammar and usage, a necessity for every writer's desk. It presents balanced instruction and real-world examples that will ensure professional and flawless work on every occasion.
There are some principles of usage I thought I'd never understand. This book has proven me wrong. Clear, illuminating, and comprehensive–this is a must-have resource for grammarians and laymen, alike."
–Fiona Maazel, managing editor of The Paris Review" [via]More editions of Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference:
Writer's Guide to Queries, Pitches & Proposalsby Moira Anderson Allen, Moira AllenISBN 1581150997 (1-58115-099-7)
Softcover, Allworth Pr
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The Writer's Life: Insights from the Right to Writeby Julia CameronISBN 1585421030 (1-58542-103-0)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Writers Book of Matches: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction, the staff of fresh boiled peanuts, a literary journalISBN 158297411X (1-58297-411-X)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Writing a Book That Makes a Differenceby Philip GerardISBN 1884910564 (1-884910-56-4)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Groupsby Judy ReevesISBN 1577312074 (1-57731-207-4)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Groups'Book summary:The lonely life of a writer need not be. According to this book, there are ways to break that isolation and find encouragement and support within groups of like-minded people. Sections include Writing Practice Groups, Creating Writing Prompts, Group Leadership, and even What to Do with the Bores, Whiners, Control Junkies, and Thugs. Whether the group is oriented toward writing the great American novel or a book of family memories, this useful guide offers an array of effective techniques to help writers achieve their goals.[via]More editions of Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Groups:
Writing below the Belt: Conversations with Erotic Authorsby Michael RoweISBN 1563333635 (1-56333-363-5)
Hardcover, Islamic Texts Society
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Writing Fictionby Gotham Writers' Workshop, Alexander SteeleISBN 1582343306 (1-58234-330-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Fiction'Book summary:Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this book.[via]
Here you'll find:
- The fundamental elements of fiction craft-character, plot, point of view, etc.-explained clearly and completely
- Key concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fiction
- The complete text of "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver-a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the book
- Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writing
Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.
Once you've read-and written-your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels.
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Writing from Start to Finish: A Six-Step Guideby Kate GrenvilleISBN 1865085146 (1-86508-514-6)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing from Start to Finish: A Six-Step Guide'Book summary:Ideal for writing a short story, essay, review, or report, this guide provides beginning writers with the hands-on direction they need to improve their writing techniques and ability. Using a six-step approach to writing, this resource covers brainstorming ideas, choosing a topic, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing. The tone is casual, the advice is straightforward, and the whole approach makes writing a skill that anyone can learn. Illustrations reinforce the ideas visually and help to break up the text into bite-sized chunks. An example section with worked examples of two kinds of writinga creative writing piece and an essaytakes readers through the six steps, so they can watch writing develop from a blank page to a finished piece. Ideal for high school students but also appropriate for writers of all ages, this book also includes tips on user-friendly grammar, a table of different types of text, and a quick night-before-the-exam summary.[via]More editions of Writing from Start to Finish: A Six-Step Guide:
Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century Women Writersby Susan CahillISBN 0060969989 (0-06-096998-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Las asombrosas aventuras de Kavalier Y Clay/ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clayby Michael ChabonISBN 8497932951 (84-9793-295-1)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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Retrato Del Artista Adolescente/ Portrait of the Young Artistby James JoyceISBN 9685270740 (968-5270-74-0)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Retrato Del Artista Adolescente/ Portrait of the Young Artist'Book summary:Este libro hay que leerlo con ojos absolutamente inocentes, dejandose conducir solo por las palabras mediante las cuales se crea como obra de arte. El mismo ha trazado el minucioso, unas veces doloroso, otras alegre, destino de su creador. [via]
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LA Part Des Tenebres/the Dark Halfby Stephen KingISBN 2266047450 (2-266-04745-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Part Des Tenebres/the Dark Half'Book summary:broché poche en bon etat d'occasion - terreur - [via]
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Lezioni Americane: Sei Proposte per Il Prossimo Millennioby Italo CalvinoISBN 881159815X (88-11-59815-X)
Hardcover, Garzanti
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