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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice-"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."
This new edition, which marks almost twenty years since the original book's publication, includes...
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Before there were workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says author and teacher Prose. Prose invites you on a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the very best writers and discovers why their work has endured. She takes pleasure in the magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; she is moved...
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"This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich approach, Wonderbook energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer. Aimed at aspiring...
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2018.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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"A broad and varied collection of creative pieces resulting from a collaborative experiment: forty-four creators responded to a creative, prompt provided by a co-contributor. Includes contributions by Sherman Alexi, Tom Angleberger, Jessixa Bagley, Tracey Baptiste, Sophie Blackall, Lisa Brown, Peter Brown, Lauren Castillo, Kate DiCamillo, Margarita Engle, Deborah Freedman, Adam Gidwitz, Chris Grabenstein, Jennifer L. Holm, Victoria Jamieson, Travis...
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Millions of Americans want to write about their lives. With this book as the road map for getting started and following through, writers and readers will gain a deeper understanding of their own minds, learn to connect with their senses in order to find the detail and truth that give their written words power and authenticity, and unfold the natural structure of the stories they carry within. Through timed, associative, and meditative exercises, writing...
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©2016
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Lectures on different aspects of mystery and suspense fiction from its very beginnings to the present day. Prof. Schmid focuses on key figures (the private eye, the femme fatale), the defining features and concepts (clues, poetic justice), and the variety of settings. He examines the many varieties of the genre, including hard-boiled crime fiction, police procedurals, and courtroom dramas. He also looks at the global spread of mystery and suspense...