Psychotherapist Dr. Rachel Ballon teaches writers how to use the principles of psychology to understand their characters better than they ever thought possible. Through a mix of instruction, examples from film and fiction, and writing and visualization exercises, readers learn how to tap into their own stories and emotions to create realistic, complex characters.
This scarce antiquarian book will be of special interest to anyone writing historical mysteries or interested in the evolution of mystery writing.
Flogging the Quill is a one-book remedy for a host of beginning novelist ailments, a tune-up for published authors, and a resource for editors. Rich with advice and coaching from editor/author Ray Rhamey, Flogging the Quills primary focus is to lift a novel manuscript to a publishable, professional level. The books sections cover storytelling, determining what drives a plot, the six vital story ingredients, and tools for spotting shortcomings in a narrative. Writers also learn experiential description, how to handle the tricky character-description hurdle, staging, and overwriting. The when to tell, how to show lesson has been praised by literary agents and college teachers. If any one book can help you lift your novel to professional and publishable, this is it.
Compiled by a successful photographer and former teacher of English, this collection of black-and-white photographs is accompanied by a wide variety of inventive writing prompts to motivate students. In addition to the author's own suggestions for using photography in the classroom, the guide shares more than two dozen ideas from real teachers across the country who have successfully used photography in the teaching of writing. The book also includes a CD-ROM so that teachers can use a video projector to display the photographs and writing prompts.
Carol Denbow's new and informative book offers genuine and useful resources to help you get on the right track and down the road to your ultimate goal, your book in print. This easy-to-read, follow and comprehend book takes the reader through a step-by-step process never previously compiled into one book alone. A short, 128 page writer s dream book with up-to-date resources and endless confidence building knowledge explores the traditional, self-publishing and print-on-demand options available to every author as well as numerous unique and proven methods to sell your book.
Looking for ideas? This book of ten-minute writing exercises gives you 100 exercises with ten different variables for 1,000 prompts. You'll learn to play around with starting phrases, the last sentence of the story, locations and more. It only takes ten minutes to open up your writing to boundless possibilities!
In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power. Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh? James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carré, and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.
Completely revised and updated for 2010, this acclaimed companion provides you with the most current and reliable information on the writing industry. From pinpointing contacts in a wide range of publishing houses and literary agencies to information on writing courses in your area; from screenwriting, TV, radio and newspapers to local literary festivals and grants, The Writer's Handbook 2010 is an accurate, practical and easy-to-use resource for all writers. It offers invaluable advice and insight from experts, with articles on book fairs, and branding, as well as discussion on key markets and market trends, and useful hints on approaching a literary agent. Whether you are an aspiring or established writer, or a publishing professional, this is the book that no-one in the writing industry should be without.
Compelling stories have the power to generate infinite wonder: It’s nearly impossible to imagine how the author began, and yet we sense there’s much more beyond the final word. It’s this mystery—a combination of inspiration and craft, smoke and mirrors—that makes writing feel momentous. But it can also feel overwhelming, causing us to become small, scared, not quite ready for the “big” rides, such as finishing that story, that novel, and finding the courage to share it with the world. In You Must Be This Tall to Ride, you’ll find 20 works of fiction and nonfiction by acclaimed contemporary authors, each offering fresh perspective on “coming of age” (a story to which we can all relate), as well as exclusive personal essays and practical exercises. In their own words, these writers grant you a guided tour of craft with unparalleled access to the process behind their creation.
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