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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 CLESummary: 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 NOVSummary: "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 WRIMazer, 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.02 MAZSummary: 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 Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WIFCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Wife 2019Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD WIFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIFSmiley, 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, Call number: 813 SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SMIPalahniuk, 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 PALLevine, Gail Carson
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, Call number: J 803.3 LevCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.3 LEVVanderwarker, 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 VANBell, 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 BELBinchy, Maeve.
Summary: In this warm and inspiring guide, beloved author Maeve Binchy shares her unique insight to how a best selling author writes: from finding a subject and creating good writing habits to sustaining progress and seeking a publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 BINCamenson, 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: 814 MCDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay McDermottBerg, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 BERFforde, Jasper.
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 FFOContents: Introduction / Will Blythe. -- At the point of my pen / Norman Mailer. -- Uncanny the singing that comes from certain husks / Joy Williams. -- Where does writing come from? / Richard Ford. -- A am a ... Genius! / Thom Jones. -- Some for glory, some for praise / James Salter. -- That's what dogs do / Amy Hempel. -- Stories / Pat Conroy. -- Writing and a life lived well: notes on Allan Gurganus /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 WHYHarbach, Chad (EDT)
Summary: "Chad Harbach and contributors map out the "two cultures" of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing. In a widely read essay titled "MFA vs. NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MFAMessner, 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 MESSeidman, 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 SEiSummary: 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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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Mu 2Atwood, Margaret
Summary: What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 ATWBransford, Nathan
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word BransfordGordimer, Nadine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823 GORGrogan, Jake
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