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In Writing Poetry from the Inside Out, poet and national poetry workshop leader, Sandford Lyne, offers the writing exercises, guidance, and encouragement you need to find the poet inside you. Lyne's techniques, which he developed through twenty years of teaching poetry workshops, flow from an understanding that poetry is an art form open to everyone. We all can-and should-write poetry. In this enchanting and inspiring volume, Lyne will introduce you...
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English
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How to Bulid a Great Screenplay is a definitive guide on the mechanics of screenwriting-filled with examples-from the author of The Tools of Screenwriting.
Acclaimed USC screenwriting teacher David Howard has guided hundreds of students to careers in writing for film and television. Drawing on decades of practical experience and savvy, How to Build a Great Screenplay deconstructs the craft of screenwriting and carefully reveals how to build a good...
85) Daphne's book
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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As author Jessica and artist Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh-grade English class contest, Jessica becomes aware of conditions in Daphne's home life that seem to threaten her health and safety.
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Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2011
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1 online resource (272 p.)
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English
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"Book View Cafe's members include international bestselling authors and winners of the National Book Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and many others. Most have sold multiple novels to major publishers. Many have taught writing at workshops around the world. The knowledge of these professional authors is gathered into a volume that will help both new and experienced writers cope with the creative challenges and the nuts-and-bolts business...
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Book View Cafe
Pub. Date
2012
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1 online resource (80 p.)
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English
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"Writing is a craft. Publishing is a business. Today's world requires you to understand both." A year's worth of first-hand advice from the popular "Practical Meerkat" series, including:*Knowing When Not to Complain (and how to do it)*Bar Schmoozing with the Big Dogs (even if you don't drink)*Dealing with a Difficult Editor/Agentand 49 more!."--
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English
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Even 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...
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"I have held you at night for ten years and I didn't even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house. Who are you? Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she'd do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. And she might just have got away with it, if it weren't for her husband's job. Leo is an obituary writer; Emma a well-known marine biologist. When she suffers a serious illness,...
90) The other story
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"Vacationing at a luxurious Tuscan island resort, Nicolas Duhamel is hopeful that the ghosts of his past have finally been put to rest... Now a bestselling author, when he was twenty-four years old, he stumbled upon a troubling secret about his family - a secret that was carefully concealed. In shock, Nicholas embarked on a journey to uncover the truth that took him from the Basque coast to St. Petersburg - but the answers wouldn't come easily. In...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"The author gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences and stories about your family, your pets, and your friends into poems. He offers tips, advice, and secrets about writing and provides some fun exercises to help you get started (or unstuck). You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients of some of his most popular poems."--From publisher description.
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University of New South Wales Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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English
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'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is workflow?', 'How to write 10,000 words in a day' and 'The best apps for writers'. How to Be a Writer is a kick-ass writing guide with a tough-love approach,...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 90 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color.
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English
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This program teaches highlighting the good parts and trouble spots, research, visualizing and dramatization, non-fiction vs. fiction, the echo effect, online reasearch vs. physical, changing directions, genre material, staying fresh and externalizing characters' thoughts. Subjects covered include:--What to include. --How to avoid the 200 page screenplay. --How faithful should you be to the original? --Is it easier to adapt fiction or non-fiction,...
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English
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Miss Wright is a writer. She enjoys her work. Each day she sits at her desk and writes stories with marvelous characters who live exciting lives. But, except for the click-click-click of the keyboard, it is quiet in Miss Wright's office. Too quiet. And too lonely. So Miss Wright decides she needs a pet to keep her company. But finding the perfect pet may not be as easy as it sounds. A mynah bird is too quiet, a cat makes her sleepy, and a hamster...
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Barry Clayton mysteries volume 2
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages)
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English
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The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit has guided and inspired mystery writers -- veterans as well as beginners -- for nearly a decade. Here William G. Tapply, with more than 20 popular mystery and suspense novels under his belt, isolates the crucial "elements" of the mystery novels that publishers want to publish and readers want to read -- original plots, clever clues, sympathetic sleuths, memorable villains, multi-dimensional...
97) The book bible: how to sell your manuscript--no matter what genre--without going broke or insane
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English
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"In 'The Book Bible,' New York times bestseller and Manhattan writing professor Susan Shapiro reveals the best and fastest ways to break into a mainstream publishing house. Unlike most writing manuals that stick to only one genre, Shapiro maps out the rules of all the sought-after, sellable categories: novels, memoirs, biography, how-to, essay collections, anthologies, humor, mystery, crime, poetry, picture books, young adult and middle grade, fiction...
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Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
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"An accessible yet comprehensive guide aimed at those with a keen interest in writing feature film screenplays Using case studies, creative exercises, and interviews from the industry, this book will guide readers through the necessary stages of writing a screenplay, from finding and developing ideas to creating and executing characters to shaping structure and constructing scenes. It will also consider how a screenplay might be sold, or used to raise...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ready to build a picture book? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing and showing stories like a pro!
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Library mouse books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library's Authors and Illustrators Club.
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