Writing Great Books for Young Adults gives writers the advice they need to tap this incredible market. Topics covered include: Listening to the voices of youth Meeting your young protagonist Developing a writing style Constructing plots Trying on points of view Agent Regina Brooks has developed ...
And so bad writing is cluttered with apologies and hedges and “somewhats” and reviews of the past activity of people in the same line of work as the writer, as opposed to concentrating on something in the world that the writer is trying to get someone else to see with their own eyes....
Strunk, William Jr. & White, E.B. (1999). The elements of style (4th ed.). New York: Longman. Swan, Michael (2005). Practical English usage (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford UP. Troyka, Lynn Quitman (2013). Simon & Schuster handbook for writers (6th Canadian ed.). New York: ...
Photos of the work: Books On Books Collection. These two works by Carrie Mae Weems appear in the second round of the Nazraeli Press subscription series entitled “One Picture Book”. In its statement about the first round, which topped out at 100 books, the publisher explains the series: ...
The article presents recommended books on writing for independent (indie) authors as of April 2014. The titles discussed include "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, "On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction" by William Zinsser, and "Wired for Sto...
Tory’s placement of the indices in the front matter rather than the back matter reflects the gradual development of the anatomy of the book towards the structure that would ultimately be codified in reference works like the Chicago Manual of Style. Paratextual elements like the title page, ...
Unlike the Winternight trilogy, I was completely wrong on this one. I don’t know if it was his writing style or the book hangover I still had from Katherine Arden but either way I hated this book. I got through 3/4 of it before I decided life was too short to have to keep ...
Literary agent and author Paula Munier offers advice of how to breathe life into your words, summon your muse, avoid procrastination, and treat your life’s passion as a top priority. Throughout your voyage, you will develop a distinct voice, create your own style of writing, and hook your...
methods of old-style poetry writing in the society of the Republic of China.They find it difficult to ignore the New Poetry Movement, accuse the abuse of new poetry in the preface, regret the loss of elegance and grace, and create a special chapter i...
A rollicking tale about facing death with verve and style, richly told with great feeling and historical depth... This is the Japanese “Catcher in the Rye” for the twenty-first century... The Good Life Elsewhere This is the hilarious, tragic and grotesque tale of a small village in Mold...