Composition & Creative Writing 31

Creating characters is an amazing process. Whether you choose to go into great detail with your characters or let them develop themselves as you discover the story, the journey you go on is a very e……続きを見る

This fantasy writing book offers tips to those who want to write fantasy books. It starts out with ideas for your fantasy world. Then it delves into a small example fantasy world. After that we'll l……続きを見る

Cada dia s'escriu més. Gràcies a Internet, dediquem més temps a missatges, correus i informes. L'objectiu principal de tot text és que una altra persona el llegeixi i l'entengui. Cal ser clars. Quan……続きを見る

Cada día se escribe más. Gracias a internet, dedicamos más tiempo a mensajes, correos e informes. El objetivo principal de todo texto es que otra persona lo lea y lo entienda. Hay que ser claros. Cu……続きを見る

You’ve just completed a novel during the National Novel Writing Month challenge! Or maybe you completed part of one. Or signed up with really good intentions and then only wrote a couple of words. E……続きを見る

Not Just Another Technical Manual If you’ve ever been intimidated by Scrivener, set your fears to rest. Scrivener Superpowers is not just another how-to-use-software book. It’s an entertaining, easy……続きを見る

First-Year Writing describes significant language patterns in college writing today, how they are different from expert academic writing, and how to inform teaching and assessment with corpus-based ……続きを見る

This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues of social and political importance. Drawing on a range of texts, themes include post……続きを見る

A classic handbook for anyone who needs to write, Writing With Power speaks to everyone who has wrestled with words while seeking to gain power with them. Here, Peter Elbow emphasizes that the essen……続きを見る

Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he mak……続きを見る

Each year brings a batch of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in the……続きを見る

In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who g……続きを見る

In offices across America, the Masters of Gobbledygook are hard at work. They're bombarding in-boxes with those long, confusing memos that colleagues don't have the patience to read--and bosses don'……続きを見る

Most writing is done under pressure. An executive has to produce a three-page position paper by tomorrow at nine. A department head suddenly has to write a one-page action memo by noon. A graduate s……続きを見る

Have you ever dreamed about writing a romance novel? In this second edition of How to Write a Romance Novel, you’ll learn tips and tricks to getting your story started, completed and ready to submi……続きを見る

Top Chef. America’s Next Top Model. Survivor. Dancing with the Stars. American Idol. Big Brother. The Biggest Loser… Everyone has a guilty reality television pleasure. Curated by Party Girl author A……続きを見る

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From Audrey McClelland, founder of momgenerations.com, and Colleen Padilla, founder of classymommy.com, comes The Digital Mom Handbook. Here is the ultimate guide for work at home moms who want to b……続きを見る

Everyone with a love of words can write a poem, and Crafting Poetry is designed to show how it can be done, and to take the mystique out of the art. Its advice is basic and practical, taking the wri……続きを見る

From the author of The Bad Book Affair comes a witty, personal, and entertaining meditation on the history and significance of paperーan international cultural study and a series of personal reflect……続きを見る

A collection of language-driven, imaginative poetry from the winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series Open Competition. Jennifer Kronovet s poetry is inflected by her fraught, ecstatic relationship……続きを見る

Anyone can write, and anyone can self-publish. That doesn't mean your books will sell or anyone will care about them. How can you change that? I've been self-publishing for more than 2 years and in ……続きを見る

Previously available as "Before You Write a Word", Before You Write Your Novel sets out the essential techniques and approaches that lay the perfect foundation for writing your first novel. This con……続きを見る

First published in 1992, this book focuses on the oeuvre of S. J. Perelman. Taken together, the essays included serve as an introduction to this important humorist’s work, both in terms of the speci……続きを見る

First published in 1953, this book forms the second part of Arnold Kettle’s An Introduction to the English Novel. In this second part, Kettle builds a discussion of the modern English novel around t……続きを見る

First published in 1951 (this edition in 1967), this book forms the first part of Arnold Kettle’s An Introduction to the English Novel. Since the novel, like every other literary form, is a product ……続きを見る

First published in 1985, this bibliography focuses on the works of S. J. Perelman as a humorist, author, and screenwriter. It is divided into two major sections: "Works by S. J. Perelman" and "Criti……続きを見る

Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he mak……続きを見る

Each year brings a batch of new memoirs, ranging from works by former teachers and celebrity has-beens to disillusioned soldiers and bestselling novelists. In addition to becoming bestsellers in the……続きを見る

For the past forty years The Nature of Narrative has been a seminal work for literary students, teachers, writers, and scholars. Countering the tendency to view the novel as the paradigm case of lit……続きを見る