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1) End of story
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Aspiring author Ivy Seidel accepts a part-time position teaching writing to a group of convicted criminals hoping the experience will add depth and darkness to her own work. But in the haunting writings of charismatic inmate Vance Harrow she discovers a talent possibly greater than her own. And in the startling, disturbing stories Harrow has to tell, Ivy finds a dangerous new purpose-and a terrifying temptation that lures her into an inescapable world...
Author
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original insights into the art of writing-and rewriting-fiction. Through anecdotes about other writers' methods and habits (as well as his own) and close readings...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A new teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war--with deadly consequences--in a provocative novel from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Spellman Files series. What do you love? What do you hate? What do you want? It starts with this simple writing prompt from Alex Witt, Stonebridge Academy's new creative writing teacher. When the students' answers raise disturbing questions of their own, Ms. Witt knows there's more going...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with...
10) Unstuck
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Lyla sets out to write the perfect fantasy novel in her creative writing class, but discovers some unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page. Includes twenty-five ways to overcome writer's block.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
New edition.
Language
English
Description
"Inside this resource,...you'll find a combination of exercises, how-to instruction, and motivational passages to keep you moving forward every time you sit down in front of your computer screen. No matter your skill level or genre, Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish will help you set goals and attain tiny wins that keep you motivated along the way to your completed novel."--www.writersdigest.com
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this instructional video, Anne references her quintet of novels about World War I to demonstrate the various themes which need to be considered when you first pick up that pen. Although writing a book can be like climbing Everest, the advice found here will save some troublesome extra drafts, and give viewers a head start toward an enjoyable writing experience and a successful novel.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Anne Perry stands tall not only for earning her place among the world's most widely read mystery writers, but as the author of the longest sustained crime series by a living author. When it comes to literary fiction in the mystery genre, no one does it better than Anne Perry. The New York Times called her writing First rate, and the London Times named her one of the 100 Masters of Crime. With nearly twenty-eight million books in print, she has more...
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The...
Author
Series
Narrativas hispánicas volume 684
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Esta es una novela sobre cuatro artistas de una generación sin suerte que, tras haber perdido los sueños e ideales, se encuentran recluidos en un garaje donde un buen día aparece una extraña criatura que les propone un pacto siniestro. Esta es una novela sobre la vida de un escritor finlandés enamorado de España llamado Folke Ingo, que resulta ser el autor de las andanzas de los cuatro tipos antes mencionados. Esta es una novela sobre...
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