The Scottish novelist Alistair MacLean didn't speak English until he was six, but he went on to become one of the world's best-selling authors (over 150 million copies sold) and Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter.
Grief Work as Autotheory is an interdisciplinary, narrative non-fiction book that tests the boundaries between experimental autobiography and life writing scholarship.
Grief Work as Autotheory is an interdisciplinary, narrative non-fiction book that tests the boundaries between experimental autobiography and life writing scholarship.
This book provides an important exploration of empathetic practices and approaches in and to creative writing – both as a guide to the practice itself and to the teaching of creative writing.
This book provides an important exploration of empathetic practices and approaches in and to creative writing – both as a guide to the practice itself and to the teaching of creative writing.
Because school history often relies on reading and writing and has its own discipline-specific challenges, it is important to understand the language demands of this content area, the typical writing requirements, and the language expectations of historical discourse.
El Abecé de redacción es una guía esencial para quienes desean mejorar su comunicación escrita, ya sean estudiantes, docentes o cualquier persona interesada en escribir con claridad, precisión y soltura.
La única verdad es la ficción, propone Julia Coria y da vuelta el debate sobre la literatura del yo: lo único que está más en boga que la autoficción es criticarla.
Y ni siquiera soy el mismo cuando escribo podría ser un ensayo más sobre el oficio del escritor, una suerte de decálogo para escritores —con digresiones, eso sí—, un manual para solitarios; o mejor, podría ser el diálogo que un escritor mantiene consigo mismo, o con su sombra, frente a un espejo en un lugar deshabitado: una posible explicación literaria o bien una confesión sincera, libre de culpa y cargo, acerca de cómo, qué y para qué hurgar en un depósito de cosas inservibles para, por fin, después de muchos años, rescatar algo.
«La idea fructífera bien puede surgir de algo percibido por el rabillo del ojo, tal vez un lugar, tal vez una persona, tal vez una situación sugerida por un comentario oído al azar…»La obra de May Sarton, poeta, novelista y ensayista, inspira estas esclarecedoras reflexiones sobre la creación literaria, que sirven a la autora (tras señalar que ella no es crítica, salvo de su propia obra) para abordar cuestiones que han atormentado su práctica creativa, como los conceptos de «tensión y equilibrio»: equilibrar pasado y presente, idea e imagen.
Poetry Projects to Make and Do, edited by Deborah Alma, The Emergency Poet, is a 'how to' handbook of essays, prompts, advice, and ideas designed to help both aspiring and established poets find new ways not only to create new poetry, but to share and take it out into the world through collaboration, projects, performances - and more.
This book offers a bold alternative to conventional screenwriting guides, empowering neurodiverse writers - and anyone seeking a fresh perspective - to rethink the rules of mainstream storytelling and unleash their creativity to craft authentic, groundbreaking stories.
From an inaugural winner of the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers comes a funny, energetic coming-of-age story that isn't quite like any other book you'll read this year.
This book offers a bold alternative to conventional screenwriting guides, empowering neurodiverse writers - and anyone seeking a fresh perspective - to rethink the rules of mainstream storytelling and unleash their creativity to craft authentic, groundbreaking stories.
Diamond Dean's How to Write All Kinds of Comedy Jokes, Volume 3:How to Write Like Famous ComediansEver wish you could channel the cleverness of Woody Allen, the absurd brilliance of Steve Martin, the relatable hilarity of Brian Regan, or the lightning-fast punches of Mitch Hedberg?
Diamond Dean's How to Write All Kinds of Comedy Jokes, Volume 2: Types of Jokes & Humor TechniquesFrom Absurdity to Zeugmas(That's Not to Say I Don't Mention Aardvarks and ZZ-Top)This is the one you want.
This edited book includes chapters written by English Language Arts (ELA) teacher educators and practicing secondary teachers who examine their classroom experiences through an arts-based habit of mind.
This edited book includes chapters written by English Language Arts (ELA) teacher educators and practicing secondary teachers who examine their classroom experiences through an arts-based habit of mind.
This edited book includes chapters written by English Language Arts (ELA) teacher educators and practicing secondary teachers who examine their classroom experiences through an arts-based habit of mind.
What we intend to do in this book is to explain, and exemplify, in a nuts-and-bolts way, what we are calling Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) writing.
Because school history often relies on reading and writing and has its own discipline-specific challenges, it is important to understand the language demands of this content area, the typical writing requirements, and the language expectations of historical discourse.
What we intend to do in this book is to explain, and exemplify, in a nuts-and-bolts way, what we are calling Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) writing.
Because school history often relies on reading and writing and has its own discipline-specific challenges, it is important to understand the language demands of this content area, the typical writing requirements, and the language expectations of historical discourse.
What we intend to do in this book is to explain, and exemplify, in a nuts-and-bolts way, what we are calling Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) writing.
AI and Creative Writing explores the transformations, risks, and possibilities that are brought about by the interaction of artificial intelligence and creative writing.
AI and Creative Writing explores the transformations, risks, and possibilities that are brought about by the interaction of artificial intelligence and creative writing.
This book is not just a practical guide to self-publishing — it's your personal roadmap to modern authorship, where creative inspiration meets technology.
