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Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing--and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher--retired professor Thomas C. Foster guides you through the basics of writing. With How to Write Like a Writer you'll learn how to organize your thoughts, construct first drafts, and (not incidentally) keep you in your chair so that inspiration can come to visit.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Using minimal technical terms and sources ranging from the Bible and Shakespeare to George Orwell and Maggie Nelson, as well as scientific studies of what can best fire the reader's mind, author Joe Moran shows how we...
Author
Language
English
Description
Nikki has spent most of her life distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community. After her father's death she takes a job teaching a creative writing course in the heart of the Punjabi community. When one of the women students brings a book of erotica to class, Nicki use it as the basis for helping these modest women unleash creativity by telling their own stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alpha, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to creative writing, and includes information on crafting meaningful plot, strategies for starting a writer's group, advice on applying for grants, guidance on writing a screenplay, and includes literary examples to help find a niche, and quizzes to challenge creative thinking.
8) Syllabus
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lynda Barry runs wild with her signature densely detailed graphic style. Collaged texts, ballpoint pen doodles, and watercolor washes adorn Syllabus' yellow lined pages, which offer advice on finding a creative voice and using memories to inspire the writing process. Throughout it all, Lynda Barry's voice (as author and teacher-mentor) rings clear, inspiring, and honest.
Publisher
Walker Books, a division of Candelwick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Famous authors and illustrators describe their creative process and present advice for young readers on using imagination and the exploration of everyday things to make their own inspired works.
11) Abdul's story
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Her second place finish in a writing contest for third graders disappoints Emma, a deaf girl, but her best friend Izzie, who did not expect much, is thrilled to finish third, so the girls decide to celebrate together. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Adventures in Dealing with Everyday Struggles, Getting Help, and Doing Just OK Sometimes. Just Peachy is a comic series that explores what the day-to-day is like with depression and/or anxiety. The all-too-real cartoon protagonist gives readers a character to empathize with, and helps explain some of the not often talked about consequences and symptoms of having depression. The comics also explore the themes of heartbreak, finding love, dealing with...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.
"La Srta. Alex ha asignado a la clase de Yasmin la tarea de escribir sobre sus héroes y heroínas. A Yasmin le encanta escribir, pero no sabe qué persona elegir. Después de descartar muchas ideas, ¿podría ser que el héroe o heroína de Yasmin hubiera estado junto a ella todo el tiempo"--
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Writer's Reader is an anthology of essays on the art and life of writing by major writers of the past and present. It draws on the experiences and advice of many of the world's best writers, mainly from Britain and America, but also from Latin America, Asia, and Europe.These essays offer a wealth of insights into the varied ways in which writers approach writing and represent a practical resource as well as a source of inspiration for those who...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Adams Media hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Poetry never goes out of style. An ancient writing form found in civilizations across the world, poetry continues to inform the way we write now, whether we realize it or not--especially in social media--with its focus on brevity and creating the greatest possible impact with the fewest words. Poetry 101 is your companion to the wonderful world of meter and rhyme, and walks you through the basics of poetry. From Shakespeare and Chaucer, to Maya Angelou...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint: It involves persistence. Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint: It involves persistence. A mostly empty page Then another. And still another. There are squiggles. There are doodles. But the words...
19) True notebooks
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the author's first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith's manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context.
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