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No more excuses! Anyone can write a novel, novelist Mosley advises, and in this book of tips, practical advice, and wisdom, he promises that the writer-in-waiting can finish it in one year. Intended as both inspiration and instruction, the book provides the tools to turn out a first draft painlessly and then revise it into something finer. Mosley tells: how to create a daily writing regimen to fit any writer's needs--and how to stick to it; how to...
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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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As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict. Writers will find it impossible to walk away from this invaluable guide---a veritable fiction-writing workshop---without...
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Perry references her quintet of novels about World War I to demonstrate the various themes which need to be considered when beginning to write. Although writing a book can be like climbing Everest, the advice found here will save some troublesome extra drafts, and give a head start toward an enjoyable writing experience and a successful novel.
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
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[2015]
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Following on from the successful film An Introduction to Writing comes the second in the series, aimed at helping the aspiring writer to navigate the complex world of adding plots within their story so that it carefully reveals certain information needed to build storylines and characters.
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"Allende can spin a yarn with the grace of a poet."-Entertainment Weekly
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH A NEW DEAR READER LETTER
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits, an enthralling and suspenseful coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who must unravel the mysteries of her past in order to save herself.
Nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal grew up in a rambling old house...
9) The lawgiver
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A tale told through correspondence, articles, and text messages traces the efforts of a group of movie makers, including a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father's strict upbringing, to create a movie about the life of Moses.
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Un pasado persiguiéndola
Un futuro aún por construir
Y un cuaderno para escribir toda una vida
«Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve años, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacidaen Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no
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