A Writer on Writing - the Building Blocks of Nonfiction

A Writer on Writing - the Building Blocks of Nonfiction
Author: Sylvia Wright
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0557039630

Interested in developing a freelance nonfiction writing career or expanding your business through publication? While other sectors struggle, nonfiction writing remains the "bread and butter" of the publication industry. Wright's instructor approach is designed to identify a niche and its required publication format. As a veteran freelance and business writer, Wright shares the building blocks - strategies and tips that enabled her international publication with media such as the Journal of Systems Management, Your Computer Career and Green Profit magazines as well as her current avocation, environmental. Recognized as a contributing writer and communications instructor, Wright has taught communications for the VA Community College system.

How to Write A Series

How to Write A Series
Author: Sara Rosett
Publisher: Sara Rosett
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Struggling to structure your book series? Learn how to make a series work for you: increase reader engagement and take advantage of the built-in marketing potential a series gives you. Are you unsure which series structure is best for you? Or are you several books into a series, but you’re stuck? Do you want to expand your literary universe but aren’t sure how to do it? Perhaps you have a series languishing in your backlist, and you need ideas on how to market it. Get the knowledge you need to make smart decisions about your series with How to Write a Series. You’ll learn: The three basic types of series The benefits and drawbacks of writing each type of series Tips for extending your series beyond your original plan Ideas for creating spinoffs and expanding your literary universe How to know when it’s time to end a series How to save time writing your series and how to keep track of details How to deal with the problems that result from being locked into a story world How to refresh your interest in a series if you’ve grown bored Creative ways to market your series I’ve been writing for fifteen years as both a hybrid and independent author. I’ve published over twenty-five fiction books in four different series. Everything I’ve learned about writing a series has been through trial and error. I hope my lessons-learned will give you a shortcut when it comes to writing your series plus tips for troubleshooting problems and ideas for promoting your series. Unlock the power of a series in your author career with How To Write a Series.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Nonfiction

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Author: Christina Boufis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 110159828X

Get all the tools you need to craft compelling creative nonfiction prose. This helpful guide gives you everything you need to write real-life characters, compelling plots, natural dialogue, and captivating details.

How to Write a Book

How to Write a Book
Author: David Kadavy
Publisher: Kadavy, Inc. via PublishDrive
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Have you thought about writing a book? Do you just not know where to begin? Do you get writer's block just thinking about writing a book? Best-selling non-fiction author David Kadavy shares his simple process for writing a book. Build confidence, ditch your inner critic, and finally write your book with simple habits you can start today. You can read this short read (~7,000 words) in about 30 minutes, so it won't get in the way of the one thing standing between you and your book: Action! Download today and make the book you've dreamed of a reality. Now includes a free sample chapter of David Kadavy's latest book, The Heart to Start.

Writing Creative Nonfiction

Writing Creative Nonfiction
Author: Theodore Albert Rees Cheney
Publisher: Betterway Books
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

What do writers as diverse as Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson have in common? All are masters of the art of writing creative nonfiction, capable of infusing the most prosaic of topics with wit, poignancy, and style.

The Making of a Story

The Making of a Story
Author: Alice LaPlante
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-12-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0393337081

A Los Angeles Times bestseller: wonderfully lucid and illuminating, Alice LaPlante’s guide to writing fiction “recalls Francine Prose’s bestseller, Reading Like a Writer” (Library Journal). The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing—both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript. It is unique in combing the three main aspects of creative writing instruction: process (finding inspiration, getting ideas on the page), craft (specific techniques like characterization), and anthology (learning by reading masters of the form). Succinct, clear definitions of basic terms of fiction are accompanied by examples, including excerpts from masterpieces of short fiction and essays as well as contemporary novels. A special highlight is Alice LaPlante's systematic debunking of many of the so-called rules of creative writing. This book is perfect for writers working alone as well as for creative writing classes, both introductory and advanced.

The Fuzzy and the Techie

The Fuzzy and the Techie
Author: Scott Hartley
Publisher: Harper Business
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781328915405

A leading venture capitalist offers surprising revelations on who will be driving innovation in the years to come.

Writing Fiction

Writing Fiction
Author: Janet Burroway
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The most widely used and respected book on writing fiction, Writing Fiction guides the writer from first inspiration to final revision. Supported by an abundance exercises, this guide/anthology explores and integrates the elements of fiction while offering practical techniques and concrete examples. A focus on the writing process in its entirety provides a comprehensive guide to writing fiction, approaching distinct elements in separate chapters while building on what has been covered earlier. Topics include free-writing to revision, plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, and point of view. An anthology of diverse and contemporary short stories followed by suggestions for discussion and writing exercises, illustrates concepts while offering variety in pacing and exposure to this increasingly popular form. The book also discusses key issues including writing workshops, using autobiography as a basis for fiction, using action in stories, using dialogue, and maintaining point of view. The sixth edition also features more short short stories than any previous edition and includes quotation boxes that offer advice and inspirational words from established writers on a wide range of topics--such as writing from experience, story structure, openings and endings, and revision. For those interested in developing their creative writing skills.

Writers Read Better: Nonfiction

Writers Read Better: Nonfiction
Author: M. Colleen Cruz
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506344097

When It Comes to Reading, Writers Have an Advantage We know that writing skills reinforce reading skills, but what’s the best way to capitalize on this relationship? By flipping the traditional “reading lesson first, writing lesson second” sequence, Colleen Cruz helps you make the most of the writing-to-reading connection with 50 carefully matched lesson pairs centered around non-fiction texts. Lessons can be implemented either as a complete curriculum or as a supplement to an existing program. Complete with suggestions on adapting the lessons to suit the needs of your classroom and individual students, Writers Reader Better offers a solid foundation for giving your students the advantage of transferable literacy skills.

The Truth of the Matter

The Truth of the Matter
Author: Dinty W. Moore
Publisher: Longman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN: 9780321277619

This introduction to creative nonfiction examines the building blocks of nonfiction prose one by one, delineating how and why these techniques work, then illustrating each technique with clear examples. The Truth of the Matter begins with an overview of creative nonfiction, illustrating how individual voice and narrative strategies distinguish this literary form from conventional nonfiction. The text then presents the basic building blocks of creative nonfiction in a clear sequence, easily grasped by beginning writers. Individual chapters are devoted to detail and description, characterization and scene, distinctive voice, intimate point-of-view, and the various ways in which writers discover the significance or universality of their work.