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Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics, by Phyllis Mentzell Ryder, offers theory and pedagogy to introduce public writing as a complex political and creative action. To w……続きを見る

Early in his career, Len Jenkin identified two qualities that theatre should have: wonder and heart. Imagination creates wonder by transforming nature to suggest more than nature. Love engages the h……続きを見る

Have you ever thought that you might want to write a story but simply couldn't find a way to get started? This book, What's the Story?, just might launch you on the road to writing fiction. It consi……続きを見る

The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources offers the most thorough and up-to-date discussion of plagiarism and the proper use of sources available today. The new edition incorporates th……続きを見る

Writing against the Curriculum responds to the growing popularity of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID) programs in universities and colleges across the United ……続きを見る

Part textbook and part handbook, From "Huh?" to "Hurray!": Righting Your Creative Writing leads creative writers of all levels and all genres through the entire writing process. This accessible guid……続きを見る

Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on jour……続きを見る

Nonfiction_the 'fourth genre' (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)_is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative w……続きを見る

Discover a novelist that Neil Gaiman describes as ‘an astonishingly smart writer’. When a chance meeting with a stranger leads to an offer of a room in exchange for telling her stories, Molly jumps ……続きを見る

‘THE SUN’ EBOOK OF THE WEEK From the brilliant author of ‘Black Boxes’ comes a gritty and heartfelt novella with a twist: 99 Reasons, 11 endings, your pick. Kate isn’t like other 22 year olds. She’s……続きを見る

This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno’s character “Cantinflas,” and in the esquirol of the 1960s Act……続きを見る

Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Time--and with Less Frustration If you’re like me, you know how your screenplay or novel* is going to start and end. Maybe not the exact image or line, b……続きを見る

The Children’s Writer’s Guide examines how you can get started as a writer, create time and space to pursue your craft and deal with lack of motivation and writers block. Topics covered include wher……続きを見る

When I think of the alphabet, I think of Amazing Babysitters, Crazy Dogs, Expressive Flamingos, Gorgeous Hats, Important Janitors, Kind Leopards, Massive Ninjas, Original Packages, Quick Rats, Sarca……続きを見る

Childhood dreams and beliefs are sometimes forgotten, but they are always real. What were yours? What are yours? Here is an sample of what our authors had to share: When I am older, I want to be a g……続きを見る

Have You Ever Had Writer's Block? Do You Want a Book That Could Keep It Away for Good? Writing prompts are questions and hypothetical situations that are able to cure writer's block instantly. This ……続きを見る

Do You Want To Create Rich, Three-Dimensional Characters? These 1,000 Hand-Picked Ideas Are Just What You Need. From the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, this 150,000+ word reference tool c……続きを見る

Has writer's block crippled your creativity? Beat writer's block forever with five books jam-packed with thousands of inspiring creative writing prompts! The 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set h……続きを見る

Business writing can be particularly difficult to get right and far too many people resort to deathly-dull jargon and nonsense buzz words to try to get their point across. In 26 Ways of Looking at a……続きを見る

How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as……続きを見る

From credit crunch to golden parachute barking up the wrong tree to storm in a tea cup in this book Gordon Jarvie explains all you need to know about these and 3 000 other common English idioms. Pac……続きを見る

Figures of speech are everywhere. Popstar or postman, president or paperboy, the chances are you've already used a whole heap of them today without realising it. For business writers, they're pure g……続きを見る

Most of us write linearly but brainstorm in a nonlinear way. If one thinks of writing a book as being similar to putting together a puzzle, this workbook is intended to help writers create key puzzl……続きを見る

Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of crea……続きを見る

Helpful instruction and plenty of practice for your child to master the basics of writing Understanding writing is essential for your child to write with competence and clarity. Practice Makes Perfe……続きを見る

Five stars for Tell It Slant ... An enlightening, comprehensive, and very satisfying text on writing and shaping creative nonfiction." --Sheila Bender, editor and publisher of writingitreal.com and ……続きを見る

Helpful instruction and plenty of practice for your child to understand the basics of writing Understanding writing is essential for your child to write with competence and clarity. Practice Makes P……続きを見る

Write an effective research paper--no sweat! The words “research paper” may send a chill down your spine. You're thinking about the hours of research and the days of writing ahead-and that's after w……続きを見る

Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many……続きを見る

The meaning and value of reminiscence in the lives of elders is beautifully explored. 続きを見る