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Title: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Author: Stephan King
From the publisher: "Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported near-fatal accident in 1999 -- and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and...
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2002, ISBN: 0743455967
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfic (not bios) |
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Teach Yourself Writing a Novel (Teach Yourself Series)
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Title: Teach Yourself Writing a Novel
Author: Nigel Watts
From the publisher: Writing A Novel takes you through the whole process of writing a novel, from the germ of an idea, through developing plot, character and theme, to preparing it for publication. This fascinating analysis of novel writing will appeal to both new and experienced authors, whether you work through it as you write or dip into it as you go along.
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2003, ISBN: 007142105X
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfic (not bios) |
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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Title: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Author: Anne Lamott
From the publisher: "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'" With this basic instruction always in mind, Anne Lamott returns to offer us a new gift: a step-by-step guide...
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1995, ISBN: 0385480016
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfic (not bios) |
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Story Starters
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Title: Story Starters
Author: Lou Willett Stanek
From the publisher: WHAT IF ...
. . . every classmate passed the bar exam except one?
. . .the killer left a calling card—the ace of spades?
. . .she was a sleeping beauty—
but it wasn't prince's kiss that woke her up?
. . .he had history of obsessive behavior—
and then he developed a passion for. . .
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1998, ISBN: 0380795523
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfic (not bios) |
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The Poisonwood Bible
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Title: The Poinsonwood Bible
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
From the publisher: The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it -- from garden seeds to Scripture -- is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the...
Denise Bogard recommended this book as a great example of how the author changes narrative.
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2003, ISBN: 0060512822
Format: Paperback
Genre: Nonfic (not bios) |
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