The Portable MFA in Creative Writing
10 best books like The Portable MFA in Creative Writing (The New York Writers Workshop): No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, Sprig Muslin, How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Scene & Structure, Description, Writing the Paranormal Novel: Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story., Plot, The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises, Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time and Place in Your Fiction
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
| Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| ISBN | 1328661598 |
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts—always adroit, often acerbic—on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.
Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now...
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
| ISBN | 0099476355 |
Sir Gareth Ludlow was a sought-after bachelor in London high society -- wealthy, noble, handsome... and brokenhearted since the death of his true love many years ago. Resigned to remarry, Sir Gareth decides to request the hand of a woman he respects and admires -- Lady Hester Thealer. But fate takes...
Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done. Your readers are curious and want you to take them beyond ""The Fields We Know,"" to help them explore the infinite boundaries of the worlds you create.
Here, science fiction great Orson Scott...
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
| Author | Jeff VanderMeer |
| ISBN | 1419704427 |
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...
| Author | Jack M. Bickham |
| ISBN | 0898799066 |
Craft your fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability. An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which "everything changed..."
And the reader is hooked. But whether or not readers will stay on for the entire wild ride will depend on how well the writer structures...
| Author | Monica Wood |
| ISBN | 0898799082 |
Description is most powerful when it's visible, aural, tactile. Make your descriptions fresh and they'll move your story forward, imbue your work with atmosphere, create that tang of feeling that editors cry for and readers crave.
Monica Wood helps you squeeze the greatest flavor from the...
| Author | Steven Harper |
| ISBN | 1599633019 |
Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! Writing a paranormal novel takes more than casting an alluring vampire or arming your hero with a magic wand. It takes an original idea, believable characters, a compelling plot, and surprising twists, not to mention great writing.
This helpful...
| Author | Ansen Dibell |
| ISBN | 0898799465 |
"There are ways to create, fix, steer and discover plots--ways which, over a writing life, you'd eventually puzzle out for yourself," writes Ansen Dibell. "They aren't laws. They're an array of choices, things to try, once you've put a name to the particular problem you're facing now."
That's...
| Author | James Scott Bell |
| ISBN | 1582975906 |
Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles - against the page, against one's own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate...
| Author | Jack M. Bickham |
| ISBN | 0898796350 |
Even with great characters, a gripping plot and outstanding dialogue, a story isn't complete without the appropriate setting-the unifying element in most fiction. Jack Bickham shows how to use sensual detail, vivid language and keen observations to craft settings which help tell credible, interesting...
Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
| Author | Paula Polk Lillard |
| ISBN | 0805211128 |
What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of hands-on learning and self-discovery relate to the youngest infants? This authoritative and accessible book answers these and many other questions. Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's...
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
| Author | Jill Heinerth |
| ISBN | 0062691546 |
From one of the world’s most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth’s final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet
More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep...
