From the publisher: From the legendary creator of the Writers' Loft in Chicago comes a writing course for those who want to see results now. Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing including manuscript preparation, time management, finding an idea, getting words on a page, staying unblocked, and submitting to agents and publishers.

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From the publisher: From the legendary creator of the Writers' Loft in Chicago comes a writing course for those who want to see results now. Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing including manuscript preparation, time management, finding an idea, getting words on a page, staying unblocked, and submitting to agents and publishers.

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From the Publisher: With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing creatively and well. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft: on writing from "first thoughts" (keep your hand moving, don't cross out, just get it on paper), on listening (writing is ninety percent listening; the deeper you listen, the better you write), on using verbs (verbs provide the energy of the sentence), on overcoming doubts (doubt is torture; don't listen to it) - even on choosing a restaurant in which to write. Goldberg, who has conducted writing...

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From the publisher: Everything you need to know to improve your fiction and increase your chances of getting published, written by a professional editor with more than 40 years of experience. Using an easy-to-reference format, experienced editor Michael Seidman shows you how to approach fiction editing from three angles: "macro editing," style editing and market editing. In the first section, learn to reread your manuscript paying close attention to the continuity of narrative elements, such as point of view, characterization, sequencing and dialogue...

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From the publisher: Your future as a writer is in your hands. Whether you are a newcomer or an accomplished professional, a novelist, story writer, or a writer of nonfiction, you will find in this book a wealth of immediately useful guidance not available anywhere else. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of useable solutions - how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place." You will find one of the great unspoken secrets of craftsmanship in Chapter 5, called "Markers: The Key to Swift..

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From the publisher: You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to retain the book's unique tone, wit, and charm. A new Glossary of the grammatical terms used in the book provides a convenient reference for readers. The discussion of pronoun use is revised to reflect the contemporary concern with sexist language. In addition, there are numerous slight revisions in the book itself which implement this advice. A new Foreword by Charles...

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