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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Write for Your Life is a guide for those who don't, won't, or think they can't write, what Anna Quindlen calls "civilians." Using examples past, present and future--from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison to members of her own family--Quindlen makes vivid all the ways in which writing connects us, to ourselves and to those we cherish. From love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today, and using her personal...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
5) Basket case
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Former investigative reporter Jack Tagger gets his chance to escape the doldrums of obituary writing as he investigates the suspicious "accidental" death of rock star Jimmy Stoma, the infamous leader of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies.
6) The plot
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Plot is a psychologically suspenseful novel about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written-let alone published-anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student,...
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the last two decades, writing professor Susan Shapiro has taught more than 25,000 students of all ages and backgrounds at NYU, Columbia, Temple, the New School, and Harvard University. Now she reveals the wildly popular 'Instant Gratification Takes Too Long" technique she's perfected, sharing how to land impressive clips to start or re-launch your career. The author walks you through every stage of crafting and selling short nonfiction pieces....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot forward in writing prose. Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar, including how to navigate the words he calls 'the confusables,'...
Author
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide to writing, publishing, and launching your book-- and monetizing your content. This resource is for authors seeking a smarter way to get the most out of publishing.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
207 p.; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU.
Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an inprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Writing is a truly amazing invention that enables us to communicate knowledge and ideas across vast distances in space and time. This book tells the story of writing from the very beginning: how it developed in ancient civilizations, and how it progressed from printing presses to digital text." --Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wounded in combat and honorably discharged nine years ago, Jack Daley still suffers nightmares from when he served his country as a sniper, racking up sixteen confirmed kills. Now a struggling author, Jack accepts an offer to write a near-future novel about a serial killer, based on a Hollywood script outline. It's an opportunity to build his writing career, and a future with his girlfriend, Kit Majors. But Jack's other talent is also in demand....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arthur has to write a story as a homework assignment and keeps changing his idea of what to write as he talks to his friends.
19) Mr. Fox
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently.
