Davies, Peter Ho
Summary: "Although revision is essential to writing, readers only see the final draft, leaving the practice shrouded in mystery. Peter Ho Davies addresses this invisibility by examining his own work, alongside classic and contemporary authors, while also reaching beyond literature to film adaptations and retconning. And a story about his father--told and retold across the book--serves as impetus for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 DAVLevine, Gail Carson.
Summary: Have you ever wanted to captivate readers with a great opening, create spectacular and fantastical creatures, make up an entire country, realize a dastardly villain, write an epic love story, or make your characters leap off the page? In this companion to Writing Magic, Gail Carson Levine offers a behind-the-scenes take on writing and teaches you how to become a world-class author. Drawing from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imaginations with their own writing journals, and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BIRGoldberg, Natalie
Summary: A collection of essays in which the author explores methods of writing based on her experience in Zen meditation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 GOLDaynes, Katie
Summary: The creative writer's handbook is divided into sections covering different aspects of the writing process - coming up with ideas, planning, punctuation and grammar - as well as advice on different forms of writing, including stories, blogs, non-fiction and poetry. Throughout, there are helpful tips and suggestions, internet links and quotations from well known authors to illustrate different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2017
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Summary: Do you have something important to say? Are your knowledge and experience unique, valuable, and in demand? Do you want to write a book that changes the way people think and live? By combining his experience as an educator and entrepreneur, author Gregory V. Diehl teaches passionate thinkers how to turn unique messages into profitable books—without sacrificing royalties or creative control to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia, SC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.5 DIEEngle, Margarita
Summary: "Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that's okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary clinic. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. As she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ENGMurakami, Haruki
Summary: "A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MURAKAMI MURPalahniuk, 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 PALContents: Using your writer's handbook -- Steps in the writing process: Prewriting -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Publishing -- Section 1: Prewriting: Getting started -- Be a list keeper -- Choose a topic -- Start thinking -- Organize your ideas -- Section 2: Drafting: What is a first draft? -- Sample first draft -- Time to write fiction: What is fiction? -- Story pieces -- Time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time for Kids Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Words TimeRustad, Martha E. H. (Martha Elizabeth Hillman)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.02 RUSSummary: "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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Summary: "5,000 Writing Prompts is the must-have resource for novelists, short story writers, screenwriters, creative writing teachers, bloggers, memoir writers, playwrights, improv actors, and other creators. It's not only for people with writer's block, but also for people who want to write faster and make their stories richer and better"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Munds Park Publishing] 2019
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Summary: A child struggles to write a story until he finds inspiration outside his window.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOPSchneider, Pat
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 SCHContents: This monkey, my back / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- View of writing fiction from the rear window / Doris Grumbach -- Smallness and invention; or, what I learned at the Iowa Writers' Workshop / Ethan Canin -- Ralston / Stuart Dybek -- Widow speaks / Jayne Anne Phillips -- Not knowing / Fred G. Leebron -- If I could be like Mike / Tom Grimes -- Mr. brain, he want a song / Barry Hannah -- Wise fool /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 ELEBransford, Nathan
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "It's easy to write about your feelings in a journal. It's more difficult, however, to convert personal experiences into stories worthy of publication--fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Filled with engaging exercises, Writing what you know will guide you in identifying story-worthy material and transforming your raw material into finished pieces, through conquering fears associated with personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Words FilesMcCann, Colum
Summary: "From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. A paean to the power of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 MCCPerry, Susan K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 PERCarter, Ally
Summary: Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 808 CARUeland, Brenda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 UELSummary: A charming collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen, and embarrassing misprints, "Just My Typo" celebrates the awful and the sublime mistakes that riddle our feeble human attempts at communication.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.9 JUSSummary: "The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Psychological Assocation 2020