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Forget everything you think you know about writing and get ready to discover a transformational approach for wellbeing, productivity, better relationships and more creative thinking, in just 6 minutes a day.

Rand takes listeners step by step through the writing process, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques along the way. She discusses the psychological aspects of writing and the roles played by the conscious and subconscious mind. She talks about articles and books, explaining how to select a subject and theme, how to identify your audience, and how to write the first draft.

This short book condenses the habits and techniques - your tools - that work most of the time for most of the people who write at work and want to be happier in all parts of their lives: nothing more, nothing less . It is also a true and accurate reflection of my 40 years of writing for business and of teaching writing at two prestigious universities and many professional societies and companies. You can trust that what I'm telling you will improve your abilities to communicate and think, and make you more productive, promotable, and happy.

Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature's most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world's most lauded authors, focused solely on his or her writing process.

«Estas conferencias se titulan Confesiones de un joven novelista, y cabría preguntarse por qué, teniendo en cuenta que ya he cumplido más de setenta años. Pero resulta que publiqué mi primera novela, El nombre de la rosa, en 1980, de modo que empecé mi carrera como novelista hace cosa de treinta años. Me considero, por lo tanto, un novelista muy joven y ciertamente prometedor».

El libro está escrito en primera persona, es la voz siempre del propio poeta la que conversa con él mismo. La voz del narrador debería ser la de un hombre de más-menos 40 años. Deberá ser una voz varonil, profunda, grave. Nunca que lea en tono de declamación, o recitando, debe ser un poco cómo hablaba el poeta. Aquí dejo un video en el que se escucha la voz de Sabines cuándo leyó para su disco Voz Viva de la UNAM. y algo así deberá de ser la voz del narrador.

Over his 30-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of the Princess of Wales to the blazing fury of Mohamed Al-Fayed, his story is also the story of the people who populate the glamorous world of glossy magazines. With relish and astonishing candour, he offers the inside scoop on Tina Brown and Anna Wintour, David Bowie and Philip Green, Kate Moss and Beyonce and a surreal weekend away with Bob Geldof and William Hague.

In Plotting a Fantasy Novel, you’ll discover how to create a novel outline in five easy steps. Fantasies are our secret escape to utopia. And with the right tools and techniques, you can create many more escape gateways by writing compelling fantasy novels…novels your readers will be itching to get their hands on. If you dream of seeing your name among the masters of storytelling, it’s time to learn the secrets.

Why do some books linger in memory long after they are over? Why are some books reread, recommended, shared in the classroom? How can you add your book to this distinguished company? The key is theme, giving your story a dynamic idea that lends it power and purpose. William Bernhardt explains what theme is, how it is best revealed, and how to find the theme that, handled correctly, will distinguish your book from all the others. Plus, in the final chapter, Bernhardt explains how your book can have a positive impact on the world in which you live.

In The Content Fuel Framework, trained journalist and award-winning content marketer Melanie Deziel shows you how to maximize your creativity by systematizing it. No more writer's block. No more asking, "what should I post"? How can you fill all those web pages, social feeds, blogs, and newsletters, every single day? The Content Fuel Framework will challenge you - and enable you - to tell stories in entirely new ways. It's an adaptable and evergreen guide you'll come back to again and again.

Move beyond good writing and reach the human heart. This concise guide shows how to create fiction that’s felt as well as understood. Written by Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr James P. Manning, it reveals how the language of emotions helps writers build believable inner lives, authentic conflict, and empathy that keeps readers engaged. Learn why the body reacts when reading and how to craft scenes that leave a lasting mark.

The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary critics, and an extraordinary stylist in her own right. The thirty-five pieces that Alex Andriesse has gathered here-none previously featured in volumes of Hardwick's work-make it clear that her powers extended far beyond literary criticism.

What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing? Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing, publishing and book selling as well as his affinity for alliteration to highlight the importance of and provide examples of how these seven P's.

This isn't your ordinary "book about writing books." It's real, no-BS advice from someone who's done it—and has learned from the dozens of successes and failures of himself and his clients—from self-help to memoir to business, and everything in between. It demystifies every single step of the book writing process, from ideation to validation to outlining to writing habits, publishing and marketing.

Self-Publishing Simplified is perfect for beginners that want to self-publish on Amazon. It covers all the basics you need to know including: Niche & keyword research, 7 backend keywords, Amazon Ads, publishing your first book, & tips throughout the book. This book is perfect for authors that write kids story books, guide books, how-to books, cookbooks, puzzle books, coloring books, and low content books.

From the Corner of Bad and Ass is a collection of Carrie Schiffler’s memories about growing up in welfare housing to absentee and alcoholic parents. Throughout these heart-wrenching and often-hilarious stories, we cheer her on as she fights to survive domestic violence, sexual abuse, and cycles of poverty and addiction ... all before her 18th birthday. Prepare to laugh at her attempts to earn the attention she craves and prepare to cry over the inappropriate attention she receives.

Published in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969, Indecent Advances investigates how queer men navigated a society that criminalized them and displayed little compassion for the violence they endured. Polchin shows, with masterful insight, how this discrimination was ultimately transformed by activists to help shape the burgeoning gay rights movement in the years leading up to Stonewall.

Have you ever considered writing your first book or book series or pursuing a part - or full-time writing career? Would you like to tell people about your unique experiences, talent, or skillset, and maybe develop a following and become an influencer? There are many creative and professional benefits to freelance writing, plus you can leverage a book into other opportunities, like promoting and enhancing your consulting brand and business, building your influence and authority as a public speaker, and creating additional sources of passive income.

True creativity flows continually throughout life, breaking free of form. In Writing from the Inside Out, author and yogi Stephen Lloyd Webber shares his practice of creative writing as a path for self-realization. This book includes many practical writing exercises and connects listeners with esoteric tantric yoga insights, oral traditions, and Zen storytelling modalities. Using the methods in this book, Stephen was able to put together over 20 book-length creative projects in a year.

The Power of Memoir is a pioneering how-to book that provides a new step-by-step program to use memoir writing as a therapeutic process. By going through these steps, you'll learn how to choose the significant milestones and turning points that make up a coherent story leading to a life-changing epiphany.