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You've seen their names on the shelves of the local bookstore: Francine Rivers, Beth Moore, Tom Clancy, Rick Warren, Tim LeHaye, etc. You've seen biographies about D.L. Moody, Corrie Ten Boom, and the Hudson Twins. Slowly but surely, a dream forms in your own mind; A dream that becomes a quietly entertained heart-felt longing to see your own name on a book one day; to have your own story in print. With advances in technology and drastic changes in...
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"I can't write with the kids!" Does that sound familiar? It's tough to write when you're a parent, but there's hope. Author Connie B. Dowell had two kids in less than two years. Just a few months after the second birth, she and her family fled her home during Hurricane Harvey. Between caring for two little ones and dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster, she wondered if her writing days were done.
But with hard work, she found a way.
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Avez-vous déjà rêvé d'écrire un roman d'amour ? Dans cette deuxième édition de Comment écrire un roman d'amour, vous apprendrez des trucs et astuces pour commencer votre histoire, la terminer et la soumettre à un éditeur ou un agent. Vous apprendrez comment trouver des idées pour des histoires, comment planifier votre roman, l'importance des trois premiers chapitres, comment créer une intrigue, comment augmenter l'émotion dans votre histoire,...
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Telling Life's Tales is a comprehensive guide to writing life stories. It helps writers and non-writers to decide what they want to tell of their lives and how they want to tell it. Giving practical advice and information, the reader will learn story structure, key elements of writing, how to plot and plan, and how to check all their facts.
Everyone has a tale to tell and this book will help those tales come alive. Whether you are 22 or 82, Telling...
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The fangs of terror have struck. Perhaps you were the one thrown out of the house. Your ex took all of your money, drained your resources, burned your clothing, slashed your tires, called your relatives and friends telling them you are a dog, sent letters of complaint to your boss, stood up in church proclaiming you as wicked and even had the audacity to poison your cat.The first and most lasting advice is to do everything you can to avoid this train...
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A complete guide to the art and craft of creative nonfiction-from one of its pioneer practitioners
The challenge of creative nonfiction is to write the truth in a style that is as accurate and informative as reportage, yet as personal, provocative, and dramatic as fiction.
In this one-of-a-kind guide, it gives you concise, pointed advice on every aspect of writing and selling your work, including:
* Guidelines for choosing provocative-and salable-topics
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This simple, fun, easy-to-read self-help title will give writers in all stages of their careers the tools needed to keep following their dreams. Learn how to create a writer's roadmap so you're always on track, find ways to escape procrastinating, and ultimately, check and evaluate whether you're still heading towards realizing your dreams.
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Part textbook and part handbook, From 'Huh?' to 'Hurray!': Righting Your Creative Writing leads creative writers of all levels and all genres through the entire writing process. This accessible guide offers helpful suggestions to prompt and encourage even the most blocked writers to explore and develop their written word. Whether readers are working independently, with a class, or in a writers' group, the easy exercises contained within are created...
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¿Alguna vez has querido escribir un ahistoria pero no sabes sobre qué escribir? Sugerencias de Escritura e Ideas es tu guía ideal, llena de ideas para comenzar. Gana muchas ideas para comenzar tu historia. Con doce capítulos llenos de fragmentos de historias y escenarios nunca jamás te faltarán las ideas. Nunca mires una página en blanco o un cursor parpadeante de nuevo. ¿Sueles sentarte y mirar una página en blanco o un cursor parpadeando...
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À la fois pourvoyeur de fonds, emprunteur, investisseur, employeur et commerçant, l'État est un acteur économique omniprésent. Comment décide-t-on des finances publiques? L'auteur de ce livre explique les éléments les plus déterminants des politiques de financement de l'État.
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These days, your readers want series. That chance to revisit their favorite characters over and over, to see where their lives are going next. Television has spoiled them for long arcs of story spanning seasons, rather than episodes. You need to adapt to this new world. Learn to write in series, expanding your stories into greater and greater tales.
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Mastering the craft and understanding the mechanics of writing self-help and how-to books is the key to getting publishers to take notice of your work. Now, in the first guide to writing self-help and how-to books, Jean Stine offers an insider's view of this growing genre. Her easy-to-follow program takes you step-by-step through the complete writing process. You'll learn the importance of:
* Structure and Style
* Clear, easy-to-understand exercises
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A step-by-step guide through the process of proposing a book to a publisher, this straightforward and accessible work helps aspiring authors get their nonfiction work published quickly. Packed with specific examples of proposals, query letters, publishing contracts, and more, this reference addresses the many questions authors have in this digital age. Written by a seasoned editor and used in publishing classes at numerous universities, the book is...
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The material contained in this eBook is formatted to be a working guide. The contents will challenge you to explore profile characteristics in your partnership or marriage that may not be readily obvious.Understanding the character traits and core values of our partner permits us to create an effective yardstick to gauge the strength of our union. Useful tools will permit us to measure where we are in the growth of our oneness and where we are headed.How...
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All sorts of different people want to learn how to do different things getting a personal make-over, surviving health scares, business or career advice, self-help and improvement, travelling, living and working abroad, acquiring social skills, developing a hobby, creative writing the list is endless. And if anyone has ever asked for your advice, then you have a skill to write about. How-to writing can run from an article on how-to organise a successful...
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You have a story you want to tell and have organised the time to do it. As you begin, your pen or fingers on the keyboard falter, like a little cough to clear your voice, and there's that nagging doubt that plagues you: Who am I to tell this story? What have I got to say? Dr. Amanda Apthorpe guides you in finding your authentic, dynamic voice using the successful techniques she has shared with hundreds of her writing students. This easy-to-follow...
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Aprenda cómo
Evitar las trampas comunes al escribir cuentos
Los escritores principiantes a menudo cometen errores comunes que pueden ser corregidos o evitados con un poco de conocimiento.
Cree la trama perfecta para tu cuento.
En La elaboración de cuentos aprenderá la principal diferencia entre tramar un cuento y una novela y cómo puede aumentar sus probabilidades de publicar su historia.
Cree personajes que sus lectores amarán.
Es vital...
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