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Authorship
- Author:Summary:
- Author:Richards, David AdamsSummary:
In this provocative essay, David Adams Richards brings together his ideas about writing -- how great works of literature are created, the writer's essential position as an outsider, and the difficulties writers experience in the pursuit...
- Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:
Argues that each individual's life is a never-ending story, and uses the elements of a story to show readers how to understand their lives better, showcasing the "big picture" God writes in each person's story.
- Author:Marche, StephenSummary:
Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have...
- Author:Kennedy, A.L.Summary:
On Writing features missives from A. L. Kennedy's hugely popular Guardian blog. Readers and aspiring writers will have almost everything they need to know about the complexities of researching, writing, and publishing fiction from...
- Author:Anders, Charlie JaneSummary:
From Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night , this is one of the most practical guides to storytelling that you will ever read. The world is on...
- Author:Blatt, Ben.Summary:
A statistician and journalist applies data analysis to the literary canon to discover trends in the works of famous writers. Examines authors' favorite words, whether men and women write differently, use of clichés, opening sentences,...
- Author:Rylant, CynthiaSummary:
During a big snow, Mr. Putter decides to write a mystery novel, but what he ends up with is entirely different.
- Author:Crummey, MichaelSummary:
Most of What Follows Is True is an examination of the complex relationship between fact and fiction, between the "real world" and the stories we tell to explain the world to ourselves. Drawing on his own experience appropriating...
- Author:Ferguson, MelissaSummary:
You've Got Mail meets Attachments in Melissa Ferguson's latest sweet rom-com.
- Author:Brent, Bill, Biel, JoeSummary:
This new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine making is updated to address zine making in today's digital-and-social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, this book also hits on more advanced...
- Author:Devaux, NadègeSummary:
“Guide de l’écrivain et du scénariste” s’adresse à tous, quel que soit votre niveau de scolarité. Le futur écrivain ou la future écrivaine découvrira les règles d’or de la rédaction d’un roman ou d’un scénario. Comment aiguiser votre...
- Author:Canty, DanielSummary:
Écrivain touche-à-tout et artiste multidisciplinaire, Daniel Canty, né en 1972, se mue cette fois en autobiographe précoce et livresque. Entre l'essai et le récit, il revisite dans La Société des grands fonds une série de chroniques...
- Author:Mbougar Sarr, MohamedSummary:
En 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, jeune écrivain sénégalais, découvre à Paris un livre mythique, paru en 1938 : Le Labyrinthe de l'inhumain. On a perdu la trace de son auteur, qualifié en son temps de « Rimbaud nègre », depuis...
- Author:Lenore BlegvadSummary:
In 1892, eight-year-old Kitty learns about writing and the world beyond her Dummerston, Vermont, home when she befriends her new neighbors, author Rudyard Kipling and his family, who have recently arrived from England.
- Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:
At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their...
- Author:Baptist, Kelly J.Summary:
A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's journal. Adapted from a story that first appeared in Flying Lessons & Other Stories and perfect for fans of The Parker Inheritance...
- Author:Funke, Cornelia CarolineSummary:
Imagine it were possible to bring the characters from a book to life. Not like when you listen to an audiobook with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump off the pages and into your bedroom ... but for real. Imagine they...
- Author:Whitehead, JoshuaSummary:
Evolving from a conversation between Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and travelling through the library of his...
- Author:Gary, AmySummary:
Drawing on newly discovered personal letters and diaries, Amy Gary reveals the eccentric and exceptional life of Margaret Wise Brown, author of the popular children's books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.