Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed (Paperback)

Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed (Paperback)
By Jeff Bollow

Buy new: $19.95
15 used and new from $6.30
Customer Rating:

Customer tags: writing(5), writing process(3), writing skills(3), screenwriting(2), speed writing, dan poynter

Review & Description

Your mind moves at lightning speed. Your writing should, too. Introducing the F.A.S.T. System(tm) approach to writing.

Whether you hate writing, or you're an avid wordsmith, see why Writing FAST has quickly become the must-read book for writers of all levels.

The FAST System(tm) is a simple, systematic, step-by-step approach that will revolutionize the way you write. In this dynamic and passionate book, you'll discover how to see your entire project in two minutes, how to flesh it out quickly and accurately, how to use the Talktation(tm) speedwriting technique to write your project almost as easily as you speak, and how to move step by step through the editing and polishing phases, to avoid the quagmire of re-writing.

Chock full of ideas, tips, techniques and inspiration, this down-to-earth book is easy to read, and even easier to apply.

You've got something to share. This book will help you share it. Get started today. You'll be done in no time. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Something to Declare: Essays (Hardcover)

Something to Declare: Essays (Hardcover)
By Julia Alvarez

Buy new: $20.95
72 used and new from $0.01
Customer Rating:

First tagged by maxies_books
Customer tags: julia alvarez, exile, dominican republic, autobiographical essays, writing, bicultural, essays, alvarez

Review & Description

In her first book of nonfiction, Julia Alvarez takes us behind the scenes and shares the lessons she's learned on her way to becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. In 1960, when Alvarez was ten years old, her family fled the Dominican Republic. Her father participated in a failed coup attempt against the dictator Rafael Trujillo, and exile to the United States was the only way to save his life. The family settled in New York City, where Dr. Alvarez set up a medical practice in the Bronx while his wife and four daughters set about the business of assimilation--a lifelong struggle. Loss of her native land, language, culture, and extended family formed the thematic basis for two of Julia Alvarez's three best-selling novels--HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS and its sequel, YO! Her father's revolutionary ties inspired IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES, her historical novel about one of Trujillo's most infamous atrocities. SOMETHING TO DECLARE offers an extraordinary collection of essays that deal with the two big issues of Alvarez's life--growing up with one foot in each culture and writing. The twelve essays that make up "Customs," the first of two parts, examine the specific effects of exile on this writer. The essays are personal--how her maternal grandfather passed along his love of the arts, how the nuclear family-in-exile snuggled down every year to watch the Miss America contest from the parental bed, how Julia feared her family might disown her upon publication of her first novel. In the second half, "Declarations," are twelve essays about writing that range from confession of Alvarez's means of supporting her writing habit to the gritty details of her actual process. Every one of these essays is warm, open, honest, and generous. SOMETHING TO DECLARE will appeal not only to her many fans, but to students of writing at all levels. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Barron's Writing for the TOEFL iBT: with Audio CD (Paperback)

Barron's Writing for the TOEFL iBT: with Audio CD (Paperback)
By Lin Lougheed

27 used and new from $11.80
Customer Rating:

First tagged by
Customer tags: reader, test preparation, writing, toefl

Review & Description

Updated to reflect the most recent TOEFL iBT exam, this manual prepares students to succeed on the Test of English as a Foreign Language's Independent Task, the all-important essay question, and on the Integrated Task, which combines reading, listening, and writing skills. The author presents a simple three-step program to help students write like a native speaker of English. His coaching entails getting ideas, organizing details, and developing the topic into clear, grammatical written English. He also provides exercises in proof reading and editing to transform the writing for both Tasks into a finished piece. Over 160 model essays and model integrated tasks are included for students to read and analyze. Lectures typical of those presented on actual tests are contained on an audio CD enclosed with the book. Previous editions of this manual were titled How to Prepare for the TOEFL Essay. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Literary Handyman (Kindle Edition)

Literary Handyman (Kindle Edition)
By Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Buy new: $2.99
196 used and new from $2.98

First tagged by Neal Levin
Customer tags: dialogue, authors, writers block, novel writing, self-publishing, creating characters, revision, fiction writing, creative writing, editing, plot, how to write

Review & Description

“Danielle Ackley-McPhail’s take on the craft of writing is intelligent, insightful, and often quite funny—as is the woman, herself. She tackles, with style and skill, everything from the mysteries of dialogue to the vagaries of the modern publishing world.”
—Ty Drago, Author, Editor, Publisher


Have a Dream of Being An Author?
Frustrated with Banging Your Head 
Against the Publishing Wall?
(Let’s Face It...Why Else Would You Be Reading This?)
Don’t Worry. You Are By No Means Alone!

Success in publishing is equal parts skill, determination, knowledge, and pure, dumb luck. If you have the drive, and you have the skill, but you’re missing that little bit of insight into the industry, this book might just be the edge you’re looking for.

(For the luck...you’re on your own.)

Crack the cover to learn more about effective dialogue,
the difference between the major publishers and small press,
self-promoting, naming characters, avoiding procrastination...
and so many other demons that haunt the aspiring author.

The Literary Handyman also includes a series of writing exercises tailored toward helping you to apply the information gained in the book.“Danielle Ackley-McPhail’s take on the craft of writing is intelligent, insightful, and often quite funny—as is the woman, herself. She tackles, with style and skill, everything from the mysteries of dialogue to the vagaries of the modern publishing world.”
—Ty Drago, Author, Editor, Publisher


Have a Dream of Being An Author?
Frustrated with Banging Your Head 
Against the Publishing Wall?
(Let’s Face It...Why Else Would You Be Reading This?)
Don’t Worry. You Are By No Means Alone!

Success in publishing is equal parts skill, determination, knowledge, and pure, dumb luck. If you have the drive, and you have the skill, but you’re missing that little bit of insight into the industry, this book might just be the edge you’re looking for.

(For the luck...you’re on your own.)

Crack the cover to learn more about effective dialogue,
the difference between the major publishers and small press,
self-promoting, naming characters, avoiding procrastination...
and so many other demons that haunt the aspiring author.

The Literary Handyman also includes a series of writing exercises tailored toward helping you to apply the information gained in the book. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Patch Work Memories of the Rogue Valley (A Rogue Community Scrapbook) (Paperback)

Patch Work Memories of the Rogue Valley (A Rogue Community Scrapbook) (Paperback)
By Mary Slayter

4 used and new from $8.01

First tagged by Bookbinding
Customer tags: rogue community college, writing, scrapbooks

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Writing the Natural Way (Paperback)

Writing the Natural Way (Paperback)
By Gabriele Lusser Rico

Buy new: $12.08
90 used and new from $6.97
Customer Rating:

Customer tags: creative writing(9), writing(6), creativity(4), on writing(4), nonfiction(3), journaling(3), writing skills(2), writing book(2), poetry(2), rhythm in language, quilting, image and metaphor

Review & Description

Shows all writers how effective writing can be as natural as telling a story to a friend, and as easy as daydreaming. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon

Avery Flip Back 360 Degree Binder with 1 Inch Ring, White, 1 Binder (17580) (Office Product)

Avery Flip Back 360 Degree Binder with 1 Inch Ring, White, 1 Binder (17580) (Office Product)
By Avery

Buy new: $3.99
Customer Rating:

First tagged by Rob Friedman "px"
Customer tags: binders(4), office supplies(3), binder(2), avery(2), ring binders(2), school(2), ring binder, view binders, college, 3 ring binder, notes, creative

Product Images

Review & Description

Take notes with ease using this Flip Back, 360 degree Binder. Flip open the front cover and fold it under the back cover to create a rigid, flat surface that gives you the power to take notes virtually anywhere. The unique 360 degree ring folds back, so you can flip pages with ease while still adding and removing pages as needed. The tear-resistant spine lets you take advantage of the binder's flat-folding capabilities again and again, and you can design a customized front cover with free templates available at avery website. Read more

Find out More for the best price at Amazon