Internal Journey of a Writer

Internal Journey of a Writer
Author: Alysia Seymour
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1982238399

This book is unlike any other writing book you have read. Instead of talking about all the things you “should” do to write your novel, or “how-to” write your novel, Internal Journey of a Writer explores just that—the inner journey one must take if they want to find true wealth and success as an author. What does this look like? It’s a deeply spiritual journey that takes you within where you will discover the limitations you place on yourself—not only as a writer, but as a human-being—and how to break free from those limitations so that you can begin to see yourself as the author you want to be, RIGHT NOW. This book is a guide for those who have tried using tools and methods, no matter how great, to write their novel, only to find themselves spinning their wheels and never writing the book. Here, you will find no tools or checklists, but a clear understanding that everything you need to write your novel is within you already . . . and that’s exactly what this book will guide you in doing—writing your novel from the inside, out.

All the Love

All the Love
Author: Kim Hooper
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1684425581

“The tumultuous feelings that accompany pregnancy loss are hard to describe, and women who experience this often feel terribly alone in their grief. But All the Love, written by three wise and compassionate women, offers much-needed understanding, consolation, wisdom, and hope. Its heartfelt and caring message will provide solace and guidance to those who have lost babies as well as those who seek to support them.” –Christine Gross-Loh Author, Parenting Without Borders and co-author, The Path All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss is a book dedicated to supporting and empowering women and their partners through miscarriage, stillbirth, and other types of pregnancy loss. The book is part memoir, part therapy session; combining the personal story of Kim Hooper, who endured four losses, with therapeutic insights from Meredith Resnick (a licensed social worker) and Dr. Huong Diep (a board-certified psychologist). It is our hope that reading this book feels like sitting and chatting with someone about their experience, while therapist-friends listen in to provide clarity and comfort. All the Love is the most in-depth book available to console women and partners in the wake of pregnancy loss. Topics include how to navigate the medical part of pregnancy loss, the emotional rollercoaster of grief, connecting with your partner, returning to “normal” life, rediscovering yourself, deciding whether to try again and having a baby after a loss. The book touches on considerations for LGBTQ+ couples and people facing racial, cultural, or socioeconomic issues that compound their grief. For a loss that is so common, each woman’s story is beautifully unique. We want each woman to feel seen in this book. We want her to feel validated and hopeful as she steps into what’s next on her journey.

Bob

Bob
Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250166632

It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house. It turns out she’s right. Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember who—or what—he is, where he came from, or if he even has a family. But five years ago Livy promised she would help him find his way back home. Now it’s time to keep that promise. Clue by clue, Livy and Bob will unravel the mystery of where Bob comes from, and discover the kind of magic that lasts forever. Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, two masterminds of classic, middle-grade fiction come together to craft this magical story about the enduring power of friendship. This title has Common Core connections.

Seesaw Girl

Seesaw Girl
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 90
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0395915147

Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in Korea during the seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.

The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing

The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing
Author: Debbie Lisle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113946096X

To what extent do best-selling travel books, such as those by Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Bruce Chatwin and Michael Palin, tell us as much about world politics as newspaper articles, policy documents and press releases? Debbie Lisle argues that the formulations of genre, identity, geopolitics and history at work in contemporary travel writing are increasingly at odds with a cosmopolitan and multicultural world in which 'everybody travels'. Despite the forces of globalization, common stereotypes about 'foreignness' continue to shape the experience of modern travel. The Global Politics of Contemporary Travel Writing is concerned with the way contemporary travelogues engage with, and try to resolve, familiar struggles about global politics such as the protection of human rights, the promotion of democracy, the management of equality within multiculturalism and the reduction of inequality. This is a thoroughly interdisciplinary book that draws from international relations, literary theory, political theory, geography, anthropology and history.

Wayfinding and Critical Autoethnography

Wayfinding and Critical Autoethnography
Author: Fetaui Iosefo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000220427

Wayfinding and Critical Autoethnography is the first critical autoethnography compilation from the global south, bringing together indigenous, non-indigenous, Pasifika, and other diverse voices which expand established understandings of autoethnography as a critical, creative methodology. The book centres around the traditional practice of ‘wayfinding’ as a Pacific indigenous way of being and knowing, and this volume manifests traditional knowledges, genealogies, and intercultural activist voices through critical autoethnography. The chapters in the collection reflect critical autoethnographic journeys that explore key issues such as space/place belonging, decolonizing the academy, institutional racism, neoliberalism, gender inequity, activism, and education reform. This book will be a valuable teaching and research resource for researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines and contexts. For those interested in expanding their cultural, personal, and scholarly knowledge of the global south, this volume foregrounds the vast array of traditional knowledges and the ways in which they are changing academic spaces and knowledge creation through braiding old and new. This volume is unique and timely in its ability to highlight the ways in which indigenous and allied voices from the diverse global south demonstrate the ways in which the onto-epistemologies of diverse cultures, and the work of critical autoethnography, function as parallel, and mutually informing, projects.

How to Write Brilliant Beginnings

How to Write Brilliant Beginnings
Author: Shane Millar
Publisher: Tagline Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2022-06-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1915192110

Struggling with how to start your novel? Discover a simple, 9-step system for writing brilliant beginnings that will hook readers and convince them to buy your books! Are you a new author writing your first novel, but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re an experienced author who’s hit a writing block a few chapters in, and can’t figure out how to get past it? Maybe you need to sell more books, and you’re worried your sample pages aren’t pulling their weight? Packed to the brim with useful tips and examples from fiction, How to Write Brilliant Beginnings introduces you to 9 Building Blocks that will help you write sensational starts that hook readers and keep them flipping pages into the early hours. In How to Write Brilliant Beginnings, you’ll discover: - How to construct an opening sentence readers can’t resist - Why you need to create a page-worthy main character readers can relate to - How to breathe life into a realistic villain - Why tension and conflict are non-negotiable for sensational starts - How to deploy a literary grenade with devastating effect - And more… How to Write Brilliant Beginnings is the tool you need to kick your novels off with a bang and keep readers engaged in your stories. If you like practical advice, real-world examples, and a sprinkling of cheeky humour in your writing guides, then you’ll love this powerful book for writing intriguing openings guaranteed to delight readers. Scroll up and click buy now to write brilliant beginnings today!

Travel Writing

Travel Writing
Author: Casey Blanton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136745645

Blanton follows the development of travel writing from classical times to the present, focusing in particular on Anglo-American travel writing since the eighteenth century. He identifies significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, and also examines key texts by James Boswell, Mary Kingsley, Graham Greene, Peter Mathiessen, V.S. Naipaul, and Bruce Chatwin.

Writing for the Screen

Writing for the Screen
Author: Craig Batty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-04-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1352006030

This revised and refreshed edition guides the contemporary screenwriter through a variety of creative and critical approaches to a deeper understanding of how to tell stories for the screen. With a renewed focus on theme and structure, the book is an essential guide for writers, script developers and teachers to help develop ideas into rich dynamic projects, and craft compelling, resonating screenplays. Combining creative tools and approaches with critical and contextual underpinnings, the book is ideal for screenwriting students who are looking to expand their skills and reflect on practices to add greater depth to their scripts. It will also inspire experienced writers and developers to find fresh ways of working and consider how new technology is affecting storytelling voices. Comprehensive and engaging, this book considers key narrative questions of today and offers a range of exercises to address them. Integrating creative guidance with rigorous scholarship, this is the perfect companion for undergraduate students taking courses in screenwriting. Encouraging and pragmatic, it will provide a wealth of inspiration for those wishing to work in the industry or deepen their study of the practice. New to this Edition: - Refreshed and revised edition to meet the demands of contemporary screenwriting - New case studies, models, tools and approaches to writing for the screen - Updated areas of industry practice, including web series, transmedia, VR and long-form storytelling - Includes practical approaches and creative exercises that can be used in the classroom

Hungry Authors

Hungry Authors
Author: Liz Morrow
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538187337

In this primer that Publishers Weekly says, "aspiring authors will want to study," prospective nonfiction authors will learn insight and advice from industry insiders. So many people want to write a book. They dream of holding their work in their hands, seeing their name on the spine. They feel passionate and invigorated, ready to take action. They know it won’t be easy; it takes grit, initiative, and commitment. But with the right mindset and the right plan, publishing a book is within every writer’s reach. In Hungry Authors:The Indispensable Guide to Planning, Writing, and Publishing a Nonfiction Book, writers and publishing experts Liz Morrow and Ariel Curry offer aspiring authors an engaging, hands-on resource that includes: Hope and optimism about the publishing landscape A fresh and humorous perspective on the work and business of being a writer A practical roadmap for ideating, planning, writing, and publishing a book Tips and tricks for how to get an agent or publisher’s attention, even without a huge platform Access to dozens of extra resources on the accompanying website, www.hungryauthors.com Good books don’t happen by accident. They happen because the author has a plan every step of the way, from their book’s structure to the publishing path that’s best for them. Any author with a great idea and a boatload of gumption can write and publish an impactful nonfiction book, and Hungry Authors is the tool every writer needs to make that happen.