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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
240 pages cm
Description
"Write for Your Life is a guide for those who don't, won't, or think they can't write, what Anna Quindlen calls "civilians." Using examples past, present and future--from Anne Frank to Toni Morrison to members of her own family--Quindlen makes vivid all the ways in which writing connects us, to ourselves and to those we cherish. From love letters written after World War II to journal reflections from nurses and doctors today, and using her personal...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Presents a not-quite-finished story featuring sketched characters who are surprised by the reader and who attempt to track down their author in the hope of finding a happy ending.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xviii, 291 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot forward in writing prose. Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar, including how to navigate the words he calls 'the confusables,'...
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
viii, 440 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Presents a guide for aspiring writers on all aspects of getting published, including writing the query letter, getting an agent, signing contracts, working with publishers, assisting in prepub publicity and marketing, and doing book tours.
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Newspaper, magazine, and web editors are desperate for new voices, and anyone, in any field, can break in...Over the last two decades, writing professor Susan Shapiro has taught more than 25,000 students of all ages and backgrounds at NYU, Columbia, Temple, the New School, and Harvard University. Now in the BYLINE BIBLE she reveals the wildly popular 'Instant Gratification Takes Too Long" technique she's perfected, sharing how to land impressive...
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