MB - Composition & Creative Writing 1

Write personal and professional communications with clarity, confidence, and style. How to Write It is the essential resource for eloquent personal and professional self-expression. Award-winning jo……続きを見る

When Patti Smith was plagued with writer’s block ー “scattered and stymied, surrounded by unfinished songs and abandoned poems” ー playwright Sam Shepard advised her, “When you hit a wall, just kick……続きを見る

In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-……続きを見る

This powerful and deeply inspirational handbook is for anyone coping with serious illness or injury-be it theirs or that of a loved one-who wants and needs to help themselves through the healing pro……続きを見る

24 themed chapters. Each with 10 numbered paragraphs. Each paragraph with precisely 120 words. The sum of a life. In his beautiful and haunting new book, Charles Lambert explores the fragmentary nat……続きを見る

The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is att……続きを見る

Julio Camba no creía en la inspiración, ni en las facultades de Periodismo, ni el poder evocador de la naturaleza Sabía que la columna de periódico es la medida de todas las cosas, y que todo lo que……続きを見る

Do you love to write, but struggle to do so ? If so, this is the book for you! Packed with amazing tips and tricks, to get you unstuck from ‘writer’s block’ and to improve your writing in dozens of ……続きを見る

Think Like a Writer will corral your writing ideasーand saddle up the stories you’ve always wanted to write. Do you love language, and how words work to thrill, convince, dazzle, excite? Every write……続きを見る

In The Center Will Hold, Pemberton and Kinkead have compiled a major volume of essays on the signal issues of scholarship that have established the writing center field and that the field must succe……続きを見る

Vous voulez écrire de la fiction ? Roman, nouvelle, récit, histoire, conte, récit de vie... Vous êtes animateur ou participant à un atelier d'écriture ; vous voulez, pour vos études ou votre plaisir……続きを見る

Le choc du rire, le poids de l'humour Il est juste, noble et bon d’écrire comique. Car notre époque n’est guère réjouissante : chômage, peur, insécurité, guerres, mondialisation, pollution, affairis……続きを見る

Rien, mieux que le style, ne désigne un auteur. Le style est son identité, sa marque, son empreinte. Les histoires passent, mais reste le style. Alors, refait-on son style ? Si on ne peut en effet l……続きを見る

If language is, as Tom puts it, "a bright bird, uncatchable, but worth every attempt," this book is the lovingly prepared gilded cage, the single perfect feather caught in the net. If you have wonde……続きを見る

Sulla scia del successo ottenuto da Anna Todd, il social network per eccellenza della scrittura ha avuto una vera propria esplosione. Pare che se ogni storia pubblicata su Wattpad venisse stampata, ……続きを見る

"Writing is structure," William Goldman said, but too often aspiring writers plunge into their work without grasping this fundamental principle. Story structure is one of the most important concepts……続きを見る

All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt, despite what you might have heard elsewhere. If your characters don't interest readers, even the most exciting plots will fail. "Acti……続きを見る

Is it okay to write about people of other genders, races and identities? And how do I do this responsibly? Whether you are working in fiction, poetry, drama or creative non-fiction, becoming conscio……続きを見る

Many people are intimidated by poetry, thinking it difficult and high-brow and not for them. But it is still considered an essential part of art and literature. RE:Verse asks; Why and How should we ……続きを見る

Sizzling Style is what distinguishes a spellbinding book from an ordinary one. The writer who understands the fundamentals of fictional writing style knows how to capture readers and never let them ……続きを見る

Why do some books attract readers while others don't? What are the essential qualities of an irresistible read, a story people can't wait to start? And what's the secret to attracting a literary age……続きを見る

Seventeen Authors Share Advice for Crafting, Publishing and Promoting Your Writing Ask the Authors is the ultimate writer's reference, with tips and advice on craft, publishing and marketing. Sevent……続きを見る

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. When you look at the classic questions journalists ask,……続きを見る

Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. You want to evoke a feeling of WHEN and WHERE that will……続きを見る

Do you want to write a stronger story? Would you like to worry less about plot holes and weak characters? Some writers shy away from outlining, believing it their worst nightmare, and state that tim……続きを見る

Academic Writing with Corpora offers a step-by-step accessible guide to using concordancers and aims to help introduce data-driven learning into the academic English classroom. Addressing the challe……続きを見る

Four new short plays inspired by the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta by internationally renowned playwrights Howard Brenton, Anders Lustgarten, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Sally Woodcock. RANSOM……続きを見る

Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to have been at the centre of British playwriting for several generations from the late 1950s on. To h……続きを見る

You're a writer with 1,001 questions about how to fix your manuscript and you want answers. It's hard to see your whole story in enough detail to find all the problems, much less craft the best solu……続きを見る

Storying Relationships explores the sexual lives of young British Muslims in their own words and through their own stories. It finds engaging and surprising stories in a variety of settings: when yo……続きを見る