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This writer's guide is packed full of insightful lessons on writing well. Gleaned from years of teaching writing workshops and crafting his own stories, Christopher Hawke teaches these lessons in a clear and concise way. While The Elements of Style and the Chicago Manual of Style are important for any author, this series is geared more toward the heart of writing—what makes a story really work and why.

Are you a wellness provider, coach, or healer with a message to share? You have the power to heal and inspire people for generations to come, while leaving your footprint on the world. Writing your book will make you the undisputed authority in your niche and draw the right clients to you. But what if you don't consider yourself a writer, don't have much time, or feel totally overwhelmed and confused?

Are you ready to raise your writing game? Discover advanced creative writing techniques to take your fiction, drama, and poetry to a new level! Dramatic techniques are all about bold, clear, high-impact writing. Once you discover the craft concepts used by screen and stage writers to bring stories to life, you’ll never look back. This practical guide to dramatic concepts will give you confidence in structure, plotting and character, and may even blow your mind. At the very least, you’ll kick yourself for not discovering them sooner.

It’s time to take your authorship to the next level. Navigate the intricacies of self-publishing and book marketing using the same methods clients pay her tens of thousands of dollars for. Get Self-Promote and Succeed and let this writer’s guide to promoting, marketing, and selling your nonfiction book be the reason your journey heads toward success.

An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor, and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has devoted his life to creative pursuit. His 1990 National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage is a modern classic, revered as much for its daring plot as its philosophical underpinnings. For 33 years, Johnson taught and mentored students in the art and craft of creative writing. The Way of the Writer is his record of those years and the coda to a kaleidoscopic, boundary-shattering career.

You need two things to write great stories. Craft. And magic--real magic, meaning access to the mysterium. Are you called to write? Do you have stories that need to be told? Do you feel the magic in great writing and desire to harness that same power and energy? Do you re-read what you've written and wish it were more shiny? Do you worry that you should have studied writing with better teachers? If this is what you feel, then we offer you "Craft and Current," everything you need in one neat package about the size of a bank bag--affordable, accessible, activating, altering.

This fun and exciting guide shows you how to write an autobiography or biography that will bring your story to life. It begins by introducing you to all the different forms a life story can take, from journals to blogs to magazine articles to complete memoirs. Then, it helps you organize your story into either chronological, thematic, or anecdotal form. You'll receive a powerful set of writing tools, and learn how to use story structure, viewpoint, dialogue, and settings to make your story clear and vivid.

At last, a how-to book that explains the nuts-and-bolts of writing solid, entertaining, commercial fiction, written by someone who's been there. Practical, filled with examples and no-nonsense, take-'em-to-the-bank nuggets, Fiction Writing Demystified shows how the imperatives of effective storytelling translate readily to narrative fiction, genre or literary, screenwriting, even to nonfiction, poetry, sermons, or business documents - techniques that will make anyone's writing come alive!

Curious about AI but unsure where to start? Feeling overwhelmed by the rapid pace of AI advancements and left behind with every new trend? You’re not alone. Many aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs share your concerns—seeking a way to leverage AI for productivity and creativity without diving into technical complexities or compromising their values. Conversational Brilliance with ChatGPT is your definitive guide to mastering AI with confidence and ease. This book demystifies artificial intelligence, showing you how to seamlessly integrate it into your life and work.

Whether you simply want to jot down family folklore to share with future generations or wish to try your hand at writing a best-selling novel, Just Write! provides gentle yet realistic guidance for those who want to write their first book. With her humorous—yet realistic—explanations of the writing process, Lauren Bingham is here to help you make your first book become a reality. You’ll receive the encouragement you’ve been craving, as well as the empathy a new writer needs.

Whether you’re new to freelance life, thinking of taking the leap, or more experienced, the messiness and challenges of self-employment can trip you up if you’re not prepared. Survival Skills for Freelancers is your secret weapon to help you do what you love and love what you do.

The business of book marketing has changed! The traditional rules longer apply, and a new era of marketing books is upon us - an approach in which authors are authentically engaging their audiences. But where do you start? Today's mega-success authors are not only writers but entrepreneurs who expertly work a strategy that leverages the power of social media, search engine optimization, advertising, speaking, bookstore signings, and a combination of other programs that are incredibly rewarding to the author.

Ein Hoerbuch auf Audible zu veroeffentlichen ist mehr als nur ein technischer Schritt –es ist die Kroenung deines Buchprojekts und der sichtbare Beweis fuer Qualitaet.Dieses Hoerbuch zeigt dir, wie du dein Werk einfach, sicher und professionell veroeffentlichst –ohne Studio, ohne komplizierte Technik und ohne Umwege.

If you're a creative writer interested in a freelance income stream, want to work from home, and need help selling your skills to small business, this inspiring book will get you launched with confidence. Ideal for creative writers, journalists, students and bloggers with great writing skills. Get these gold tips and strategies, and hit the ground running!

Regina Martínez was no stranger to retaliation. A journalist out of Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, Regina's stories for the magazine Proceso laid out the corruption and abuse underlying Mexican politics. She was barred from press conferences, and copies of Proceso often disappeared before they made the newsstands. In 2012, shortly after Proceso published an article on corruption and two Veracruz politicians, and the magazine went missing once again, she was bludgeoned to death in her bathroom. The message was clear: No journalist in Mexico was safe.

All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their audiences' experiences, and by resonating within their own works. In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.

In terms of writing a novella, as long as success is the end result, the methodologies utilized to reach fruition are not important. In other words, there is no strict set of guidelines mandatory for one to follow in order to wow the pundits. Traditional techniques are splendid. Unorthodox skills are fine, too. You must stand out as an author. There has to be certain things that distinguish your work from every other writer far and wide, whether they be well known or a completely random average Joe from who knows where, U.S.A.

Kim Scaravelli has been writing online content for over 20 years. Over that time, she has helped hundreds of organizations build authority, communicate effectively, and develop meaningful connections with people. In this practical guide, she walks you through the process of writing, from setting up your writing space to researching, crafting first drafts, editing, and mastering the long game. Because success isn't about being able to write one piece of content. It's about being able to create content whenever you need to and enjoying the feeling of making words work.

For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over 200 active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced. The Leader's Bookshelf synthesizes their responses to identify the top 50 books that can help virtually anyone become a better leader.

This wide ranging collection of essays allows the contemporary reader to grasp the extraordinary variety and depth of the statesman's mature thoughts on questions, both grave and gay, facing modern man. Churchill begins by asking what it would be like to live your life over again and ends by describing his love affair with painting. In between he touches on subjects as diverse as spies, cartoons, submarines, elections, flying, and the future.