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"So You Want To Be A Freelance Writer - Writing for Magazines, Newspapers and Beyond does exactly what it says in the title - it shows the reader how to write for the newspaper and magazine industry and how to make it in the world of freelance writing. Deborah Durbin is a qualified journalist and has over 15 year's experience working in print media for national magazines and newspapers as a freelance journalist and features writer. She has written...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (192 pages)
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English
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Detailing the nuts and bolts of the job of script editing, this book looks at what's required and expected, how script editors assess a script, their approach to working with writers and producers, and their input during rewrites and pre-production, up to a project's completion. It also examines the ways in which writers and producers can benefit from working with a professional script editor as they seek to refine and communicate their vision. This...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (192 pages)
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English
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The author of the screenplay for Lore demystifies the screenwriter's art, providing informed advice in a working handbook for writers with stories to tellAddressing the key issues of creativity and craft, this guide aims to connect with our natural understanding of story and to enable fresh, original, and authentic writing. Working on the central premise that drama reflects nature, and screenplays simply echo life as we know it, the areas discussed...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
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A manual for screenwriters and filmmakers, in the form of notes, on how to take your career from amateur writer to proRocliffe Notes is a compendium for screenwriters and filmmakers which brings together tips and opinions from more than 140 film and TV industry professionals, and provides a step-by-step, common-sense guide on how writers and writer-directors can best present themselves to the industry. Including insider insights from award-winning...
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times).
“Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.”...
“Superb writing advice…. Hilarious, helpful, and provocative.”...
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English
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Dorothea Brande's Becoming a Writer remains evergreen decades after it was first, written. Brande believed passionately that although people have varying amounts of talent, anyone can write. She also insists that writing can be both, taught and learned. This is Dorothea Brande's legacy to all those who have ever wanted to express their ideas in written form. A sound, practical, inspirational and charming approach to writing, it fulfills on finding...
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Booktrope
Pub. Date
2013
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1 online resource (172 p.)
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English
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"Write Within Yourself is not a guide, but a companion. A guide will tell you where to go. As a writer, only you can know that. A good companion, however, can remind you that forgetting where you want to go is different from not knowing where you want to go. Author William Kenower believes that what it takes to write the book you most want to write is also what it takes to lead the life you most want to live. This collection of essays serves as a...
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Bill Rayburn
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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English
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When I view the best that the human spirit has to offer, it usually brings me to tears. This, I believe, is a good thing. Genuine kindness and examples of real empathy move me emotionally. As a seasoned cynic and skeptic and a non-believer in God or religion, I remain steadfastly attracted to human kindness, no matter how increasingly rare it may be. My innocence is long gone, yet many of my ideals, though battered by life's experiences, remain as...
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Booktrope
Pub. Date
2010
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1 online resource (120 p.)
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English
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"How stories reveal the essence of our humanity and how authors can infuse their writing with universal appeal Author Brian McDonald shows how sharing stories is essential to human survival and how stories that get at fundamental truth help us share our deepest commonalities."--
12) Castaway
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Bill Rayburn
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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English
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The author contemplates his navel, faces some serious self-critiquing, and assesses where he has been, his current position, and where he needs to go. Islands of serenity dot all of our personal seas, but how long do they stay above water?.--Provided by publisher.
13) Creak
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Bill Rayburn
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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English
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What's the worst part about growing old? Is it the emotional toll or the physical toll, or the mind-numbing combination of the two? The author muses about the inherent unfairness of growing old and then dying.--Provided by publisher.
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Booktrope
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (154 p.)
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English
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"Freeman, an original screenplay, is a western about a former slave living out West with his wife and child, building a new life. Accused of stealing, he is forced to become a fugitive. To evade the posse on his trail, he finds himself using the same tricks he used as a runaway slave. Problem is, Freeman's also being hunted by an expert tracker by the name of Cage - whose former profession? Slave-catcher. And he knows all the tricks. This taut page-turner...
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Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2010
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1 online resource.
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English
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"The best, most comprehensive book for writers is now completely revised and updated to address ongoing changes in publishing. Published in 2005 as Putting Your Passion Into Print, this is the book that's been praised by both industry professionals ("Refreshingly honest, knowledgeable and detailed. . . . An invaluable resource"-Jamie Raab, publisher, Grand Central Publishing) and bestselling authors ("A must-have for every aspiring writer."-Khaled...
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Bill Rayburn
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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English
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What if you could choose what happens to you after you die? Heaven, right? The consensus pick for all of mankind. But what about atheists? The choices become murkier. The author mulls over the relative merits, and drawbacks, of both reincarnation and the much bleaker prospect of death being simply, the end.--Provided by publisher.
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Sky Blue Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource.
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English
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Volume 12 of A Cafe in Space features excerpts from Anais Nin's unpublished diary revealing the truth about the famous "come as your madness" party in 1953, at which Nin's daring costume caused a sensation and where Kenneth Anger got inspiration for his underground classic film "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome." Previously unpublished photos accompany Nin's commentary. In her article, "Political Nin," Kim Krizan unearths previously unknown letters...
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Amal Awad
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource.
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English
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Like any teenager, I had modest career aspirations. In my case, I would take singing lessons in order to develop my somewhat decent singing voice, before proceeding on to an illustrious career in musical theatre. My 'Everest' was to play Christine in Phantom of the Opera, though being the reasonable character that I am, Maria in West Side Story would have kept me equally satisfied. The only real, and I suppose rather significant, dent in the plan...
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Wiley
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English
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Everything aspiring authors need to write, publish, and sell a children's book
Everyone loves a children's book—and many dream about writing one. But is it actually possible for an unpublished writer—armed with a good story idea and a love of kids—to write, sell, publish, and promote a book? Yes, it is!
Clearly and concisely written with straightforward advice and a plethora of specific up-to-date recommendations, Writing
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