Cleland, Jane K
Summary: "The key to keeping readers on the edge of their seats is filling your stories--from memoirs to thrillers and stage plays to screenplays--with unexpected twists and turns. By integrating Plot *T*wists, Plot *R*eversals, and Moments of Heightened *D*anger(TRDs) at crucial points, you can captivate your readers with I-can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-next intrigue. The quicker pace and focused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2018
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Summary: Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of making magic with your writing--Publisher-provided summary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 LEVBell, Matt
Summary: "They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done will guide you through every step of the novel writing process, from getting started on those first pages to the last tips for making your final draft even tighter and stronger. From lauded writer and teacher Matt Bell, Refuse to Be Done is encouraging and intensely practical, focusing always on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 BELSummary: "Have you ever wanted to write a story but wondered where to start? The Write your own story book is here to help. It's full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with space for you to write them in, and writing tips to help you on your way."--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 WRISmiley, Jane
Summary: "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SMISummary: Lists publishers, magazines, and other markets that publish fictional works, and offers articles on how to develop one's writing skills and improve the odds of getting published.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 NOVVanderwarker, Tony.
Summary: "The true story of an author mentored by John Grisham in the art of writing a thriller"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VANDERWARKER, TONY VANSantos Donaldson, David
Summary: "A dazzling literary debut novel-within-a-novel, in the vein of The Prophets, about a young author writing about the forbidden love affair between E.M. Forster and Mohammed el Adl--in which Mohammed's story collides with his own, blending fact and fiction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DONMaass, Donald.
Summary: Explains the elements that all breakout novels share & shows readers how to use these elements to write a novel that will stand out within the crowded marketplace. A breakout novel is one that rises out of its category -- such as literary fiction, mystery, romance, or thriller -- and hits the bestseller lists. Maass explains the elements that all breakout novels share and shows readers how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2001
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Summary: Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection in a time-altered Great Britain in which messing with the classics is a punishable offense, sets out to find out who drowned her husband of a month thirty-eight years ago while interacting with classic literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFOMessner, Kate
Summary: Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 808.3 MESSummary: Ruby is trying to write a story, but Max wants to play cowboy! Ruby can't finish her first sentence because Max keeps playing around her. Before long, Ruby realizes that Max has a great idea for her story: cowboys!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WELAyoade, Richard
Summary: "The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AYOSummary: After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIFMurakami, Haruki
Summary: "Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP 895.64 MURMazer, Anne.
Summary: Two fine writers put their heads together and came up with an equally fine guide to their craft for beginners. Avoiding traditional chapters, the coauthors address issues by turns in short personal takes. Mazer speaks to beginnings, for example, while Potter tackles endings; and both have diverting things to say about everything that happens in between.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RB Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rejoin Jessica Fletcher, everyone's favorite mystery writer, back in Cabot Cove, as she continues her quest to find the truth in even the murkiest circumstances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2005
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Summary: "A collection of the true stories that inspired 202 of the world's most famous books"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 808.3 GROCamenson, Blythe.
Summary: Offers a step-by-step guide to the publishing process, including examples of synopses and queries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 CAMMcDermott, Alice
Summary: "A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched "virtuoso of language and image" (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe)"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay McDermottPalahniuk, Chuck
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALAHNIUK, CHUCK PALSeidman, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pomegranate Press,Ltd. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 SEiNovakovich, Josip
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Publisher / Publication Date: Story Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 NOVMosley, Walter.
Summary: No more excuses! Anyone can write a novel, novelist Mosley advises, and in this book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, he promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells: how to create a daily writing regimen to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2007