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Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity
by Hal Zina BennettEven dedicated and experienced writers need what author and writing coach Hal Zina Bennett provides: a fresh, fun, surefire place to start. In this handy resource, practiced and aspiring writers alike will find inspiration and initiative in the form of prompts for brief writing exercises, story prompts that set forth dramatic arcs for more lengthy works, readings with exercises that reflect on the art and craft of writing, and quotes from famous authors on the inner processes of successful work. Write Starts facilitates creativity like the perfect seat at a favorite café or a peaceful room of one's own. What's more, it puts you in the congenial company of a wise and expert coach.
The Write Stuff: A Journey into Writing Your Book (The Ins and Outs of Publishing #1)
by Naleighna Kai Mary B. Morrison J. L. Woodson J. L. Campbell Martha Kennerson Shakir Rashaan Stephanie M. Freeman Janice M. Allen Florenza Denise Lee Ehryck F. Gilmore Christine Pauls Aiken Ponder U. M. Hiram Dr Vanessa Howard Marie McKenzie Kadesha Powell Erica B. DavisThe Write Stuff is the book for anyone who wishes to dip their toe into the literary waters. Each author shares their inspiration on getting you started on your writing journey, editing, world building, and even additional insight on writing in the following genres:RomanceRomantic SuspenseMysteryThrillers and ParanormalIf you’re thinking about writing and publishing, this book will help you to do the damn thing!
The Write Stuff Grade 4
by Tracie HeskettDevelop students' writing skills and prepare them for the types of writing they will need for college and career readiness: opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, and narrative writing. The in-depth units in this book provide step-by-step lessons that focus on these specific types of writing styles and provide examples and strategies to work through the writing process from opening sentence to conclusion.
Write That Book Already!: The Tough Love You Need To Get Published Now
by Sam BarryFrom the foreword by Maya Angelou:"[T]he joy they promise in their prose makes me glad that I and other writers have been willing to make good writing our aim, and even great writing our dream.""How do I get my book published?"Good question. Lucky for you, publishing insiders Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark have laid out the blueprint for what you want - your book. From transforming an idea into a manuscript to finding an agent to working with an editor to marketing your book, BookPage's Author Enablers are here to assist you every step of the way. And they've brought some backup with original insight from literary superstars like Stephen King, Amy Tan, Rita Mae Brown, and more.It's everything you would ever want - and need - to know about the industry from the inside out.
Write That Book Already!
by Sam Barry Kathi Kamen GoldmarkFrom the foreword by Maya Angelou:"[T]he joy they promise in their prose makes me glad that I and other writers have been willing to make good writing our aim, and even great writing our dream.""How do I get my book published?"Good question. Lucky for you, publishing insiders Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark have laid out the blueprint for what you want - your book. From transforming an idea into a manuscript to finding an agent to working with an editor to marketing your book, BookPage's Author Enablers are here to assist you every step of the way. And they've brought some backup with original insight from literary superstars like Stephen King, Amy Tan, Rita Mae Brown, and more.It's everything you would ever want - and need - to know about the industry from the inside out.
Write That Book Already!: The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now
by Sam Barry Kathi Kamen GoldmarkFrom the foreword by Maya Angelou: "[T]he joy they promise in their prose makes me glad that I and other writers have been willing to make good writing our aim, and even great writing our dream. " "How do I get my book published?" Good question. Lucky for you, publishing insiders Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark have laid out the blueprint for what you want--your book. From transforming an idea into a manuscript to finding an agent to working with an editor to marketing your book, BookPage's Author Enablers are here to assist you every step of the way. And they've brought some backup with original insight from literary superstars like Stephen King, Amy Tan, Rita Mae Brown, and more. It's everything you would ever want--and need--to know about the industry from the inside out.
Write That Memoir Right Now: Forget "Someday" - Start Today!
by Kim BrittinghamYou want to put your life story down in words, but where do you start? Exactly what story are you hoping to tell? How are you going to fill hundreds of pages? How do you plan it out? Memoirist, blogger, and writing teacher Kim Brittingham shares her insight into getting started with your writing and crafting your memoir. Begin with the basic questions every writer should ask, such as why do you want to write a memoir; what story do you want to tell; what form should your story take; who is the audience; and most importantly, why does anyone care? Kim shares her experience and her wisdom, reviewing key aspects of the writing process, including characterization, plotting, theme, focus, point of view, editing, and revising. Plus she adds quick and handy exercises to prepare yourself for the task at hand. Also included is extra information on the business of getting published and ways to get your story read. So don't delay - start writing your memoir today with this handy guide!
Write the Book You're Meant to Write: A Guide For First Time Authors
by Gail WoodardIt's Time to Write the Book You're Meant to Write!Have you ever thought about writing a book? Or what writing a book can do for you? Then you're not alone. Writing and bringing an exceptional book to the world can be both easy and deeply satisfying, once you know how. Writing a book can help you:• Share your ideas and expertise with others. • Generate leads for your business. • Position yourself as an authority in your field. • Impart your wisdom and experience. :• Enjoy a well-earned sense of accomplishment. Whether you’re writing fiction, nonfiction or memoir, Write the Book You’re Meant to Write: A Guide for First-time Authors provides the critical advice you need for a successful transition from aspiring writer to respected author. Many aspiring authors commit mistakes, but you don't have to, and you don't have to go on this journey alone. Step by step, Gail Woodard helps you explore the different avenues for your book, understand what’s possible and make conscious choices right from the beginning. If you've ever thought about writing a book you can be proud of and that audiences will love, then Write the Book You're Meant to Write can help. It will dispel your fears and build your confidence about the book process, from coming up with the initial idea to selling your book for years to come.So what are you waiting for? Will you start writing the book you're meant to write today?”Woodard's description of the four myths about book publishing alone is worth the price. Ignore them at your peril.”-Brian Jud, How to Make Real Money Selling Books”Whether you recently have felt the call to write a book or have completed a manuscript and are seeking a publisher, make a place on your bookshelf for this all-important book!” - Lynn Wiese Sneyd, award-winning author and owner of LWS Literary Services
Write, Think, Learn: Tapping the Power of Daily Student Writing Across the Content Areas
by Mary K. TedrowFind out how to create the climate and space for everyday student writing. In this new co-publication with MiddleWeb, award-winning teacher Mary Tedrow shows you how to encourage students to integrate daily writing into their lives, leading to improved critical thinking skills, increased knowledge of subject areas, and greater confidence in written expression. This practical guide will help you consider the unique needs of your students, while still meeting state standards. You’ll discover how to… Develop classroom routines and activities that invite creativity and self-expression Teach writing methods that can be used across different grade levels and all content areas Challenge students to examine their own writing processes for thinking and problem solving Evaluate written work in a way that emphasizes growth over grades Many exercises, prompts, and attempts at thinking found in the book can be easily adapted for use both in and out of the classroom. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, Write, Think, Learn will enable you to make writing come alive for all your students.
The Write to Happiness: How to Write Stories That Change Your Brain and Your Life
by Samantha ShadThe author of Write Through the Crisis teaches how to craft better stories and how writing can improve the writer&’s mind and their life.The Write to Happiness is a miraculous tool that helps writers change their lives in the direction they choose. With this book, author Samantha Shad teaches self-help enthusiasts and writers how to create great stories and how writing can change their life for the better, whether it is the main focal point or not. Samantha shows writers how the process for positively changing the brain and the process for writing a great story are the same.The Write to Happiness teaches story structure from the professionals to help writers understand the power of storytelling, while also teaching them:· why gossiping is central to their existence· how forgetting gives meaning· why memory is a myth· what happens in your brain when you read and when you writeNow you will be able to simultaneously change your life and tell your story.Praise for The Write to Happiness&“Put Samantha Shad&’s book at the top of your reading list. Not just because of the masterfully delivered scientific data that demonstrates how the act of writing can provide solace for heart, body, and soul, but especially for the hard-won wisdom that teaches how we can all manifest the confidence to create conscious choice in our lives.&”—Georgia Jeffries, author, screenwriter, and professor, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts &“An intelligent, thoughtful, and thoroughly entertaining presentation of the best strategies and tactics for crafting the best stories.&”—Carl Nordgren, author of Becoming a Creative Genius (again)
Write to Learn (8th edition)
by Donald M. MurraySpeaking writer-to-writer to beginning and more experienced writers, Murray (University of New Hampshire) guides students through every step of the writing process, emphasizing that writing is a journey of discovery. In this eighth edition, there is new emphasis on learning to harvest ideas and connections before sitting down to write. There are new chapters on reviving a dead draft, and on Internet research. Individual, partner, and group activities are included.
The Write to Read: Response Journals That Increase Comprehension
by Lesley J. RoessingUse reader response strategies to help students build understanding of complex literary and informational text, and provide supporting evidence in their writing—all goals of the Common Core.
Write to Shoot: Writing Short Films for Production
by Marilyn BekerWrite to Shoot teaches budding screenwriters and screenwriting filmmakers how to write a short script with production in mind. Beker instructs them how to showcase their strengths, tailor projects to shoestring budgets, resources, and practical production parameters without sacrificing the quality and punch of their screenplays, whether they're creating a sizzle short for an unproduced feature script, an independent creative work, or a soapbox to promote a cause. Write to Shoot: Writing Short Films for Production is a must-have guide for anyone who wants to be sure there will be no surprises on set that come from a script that's not ready for production.
Write to the Point: How to Communicate in Business With Style and Purpose
by Salvatore J. IaconePractical, proven techniques to make writing for business more effective and less stressful.Thanks to e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, pagers, and, of course, the ever-expanding Web, we live in an age of information overload. Although all these wonders were designed to make life and communication easier and faster, speed and efficiency have come with a price. Clear business writing has never been more difficult or stressful.Writers are expected to respond quickly to an endless flow of e-mail messages. Readers complain about an increasing lack of clarity along with an abundance of mechanical errors. Supervisors and managers are bewildered by employees’ inability to simply say what they mean and the lack of appropriate tone and sense of decorum in the written communications they produce.This book presents proven techniques developed in Dr. Iacone’s seminars that will enable greater ease, proficiency, and clarity in writing. The conversational, instructional format walks you through the actual stages of the writing process—from planning and writing the first draft, to editing and proofreading. This invaluable handbook also includes helpful guidelines to correct punctuation, lists of often-confused words, and step-by-step procedures for generating effective e-mail, memos, letters, and reports.
Write to the Point: A Master Class on the Fundamentals of Writing for Any Purpose
by Sam LeithGood writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules—and follow their instincts! Finding the right words, in the right order, matters—whether you’re a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email . . . even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance at a second date. Do it right, and the world is yours. In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don’ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the “Armies of Correctness” and the “Descriptivist Irregulars.” For Leith, knowing not just the rules but also how and when to ignore them—developing an ear for what works best in context—is everything. In this master class, Leith teaches us a skill of paramount importance in this smartphone age, when we all carry a keyboard in our pockets: to write clearly and persuasively for any purpose—to write to the point.
Write to the Point!: Principles of Essay Writing
by William P. MorganThis book is all about writing and contains advice and time-saving strategies for making one's writing clearer, more interesting, and easier to put together.
Write to TV: Out of Your Head and onto the Screen
by Martie CookIn Write to TV (third edition) industry veteran Martie Cook offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. With this book you’ll learn to craft smart, original stories and scripts for a variety of television formats and genres, including comedy, drama, pilots, web series, and subscription video on demand. This new edition has been updated with expanded coverage on writing for global audiences, content creation for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, as well as writing the web series, podcasts and utilizing free platforms such as YouTube. It also features new chapters on writing for niche markets; breaking into the writers’ room; creating binge-worthy series and how to accompany pilot scripts with a series pitch document. Plus, expanded information on creating complex and compelling characters including writing anti-heroes and strong female protagonists and much, much more. Including information directly from studio and network executives, agents, and managers on what they’re looking for in new writers and how to avoid common pitfalls, advice from successful creators and showrunners on creating original content that sells, and tips from new writers on how to get into a writers room and stay there. This book contains information from more than 20 new interviews, access to sample outlines, script pages, checklists, and countless other invaluable resources, and is the ideal book for anyone who wants to break into the TV writing industry.
The Write Track: How to Succeed as a Freelance Writer in Canada Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
by Betty Jane WylieThe Write Track is a personal and practical look at the author’s freelance experience as she tells how she made it from uncertain early days to the growing confidence of a veteran. This guide is packed with the information a freelance writer needs to know, including: a writer’s self-evaluation profits from brainwaves details of the writing life and the writing business a writer’s rights and responsibilities and those important "first steps" into the freelance world If you want to make a living as a freelance writer in Canada, you need to read The Write Track.
Write Traits Student Traitbook
by Vicki Spandel Jeff Hicks Erik Martin Judy Bernheim Alex Culpepper Jim Higgins Mark Dagrossa Scott Van BurenNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Write Type
by Karen E PetersonFitzgerald locked himself in his attic until The Great Gatsby was finished. Hemingway took a more casual approach, writing along the banks of the Seine River. Hawthorne found inspiration while working and living on Brook Farm. Three great writers chose three different methods of writing-each one uniquely suited to the quirks and qualities of the individual artist. Finding your own method-one that makes writing easier, more enjoyable and more productive-can be a challenge. But doing so can revolutionize the writing experience and take your work to a whole new level. The key to great writing is not what you are writing, but how you are writing. In The Write Type, psychologist and novelist Karen Peterson shows you how to identify exactly what kind of writer you are, determine your unique preferences and tendencies, and then use them to create a personalized writing system that gets results. Why wait? Discover your "write" type and start producing the best, most creative work of your life!
The Write Type: Discover Your True Writer's Identity and Create a Customized Writing Plan
by Karen E PetersonA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
The Write Type
by Karen E. PetersonYou can revolutionize your writing experience and take work to a whole new level. The key to great writing is not what you are writing, but how you are writing. In The Write Type, psychologist and novelist Karen E. Peterson shows you how to identify exactly what kind of writer you are, determine your unique preferences and tendencies, and then use them to create a personalized writing system that gets results. Book jacket.
Write Up A Storm with The Polk Street School
by Patricia Reilly GiffDid you ever want to write your own book? Now is your chance. Patricia Reilly Giff, author of the Kids Of The Polk Street School books, tells you just what to do. She shows you the steps she uses to write great stories like The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room and then gives you a turn. To get started all you need are paper, sharp pencil, a comfortable patch of floor, and your best ideas. So why not join Richard Beast Best, Emily Arrow, and all the characters in Patricia Reilly Giff's books and write up a storm.
Write! Write! Write!: Namibia Edition. Your Travel Diary To Write In, Fill Out And Style Yourself For All Countries
by Amy Ludwig VanDerwaterA NCTE Notable Poetry BookTwenty-two poems capture the amazing power of writing and will inspire even the most reluctant writer to begin putting words to paper.Write! Write! Write! is a poetry collection that explores every stage and every aspect of the writing process, from learning the alphabet to the thrilling moment of writing a thought for the first time, from writer's block to finding inspiration, and from revision to stapling your finished work into a book. These poems also celebrate how writing teaches patience, helps express opinions, and allows us to imagine the impossible. This book, brimming with imagination and wonder, will leave readers eager to grab a pen, pencil, or keyboard--and write!
Write Your Book in a Flash: The Paint-by-Numbers System to Write the Book of Your Dreams—Fast!
by Dan JanalWrite your business book without wasting time or money—a &“superb&” guide for executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders (Henry DeVries, author of Persuade with a Story).Write Your Book in a Flash shows how to get focused fast, so you can write your book without tearing your hair out. As with any enterprise, writing a book requires a clear system—or nothing gets finished. Unlike books that show you why you should write a book, this book actually shows you how to write a book! You&’ll discover: How to write a simple outline that makes the writing process faster and easierHow to get stunning testimonials to help sell your bookHow to find and manage beta readers who will share honest feedback before the book is publishedHow to research interesting ideas, stories, and facts so you never run out of ideas or informationHow to overcome &“The Imposter Syndrome&” and other limiting beliefs that stifle nearly every would-be authorClear examples that show you what to do (and what not to do)Empowering exercises that show you how to write better and fasterSimple how-to steps anyone can follow to write a book Business leaders who write books get more clients at higher fees, have more impact, develop more credibility, and have more influence where it matters most: in front of clients, customers, and prospects. This is the perfect book to read if you are a thought leader, entrepreneur or business executive who wants to write a business book to build your personal brand, open doors to new opportunities, and leave a legacy of wisdom to future generations.