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by (Editor: Chris Allen)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (1993-07-27)
ISBN: 0748604782
EAN: 9780748604784
Paperback: 400 pages
SKU: 050808009
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...ex library book in fair or better good condition. usual library markings..
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Africa Bibliography 1991
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by Donald Newlove
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company (1993-05)
ISBN: 0805025979
EAN: 9780805025972
Dewy Decimal #: 808.02
Paperback: 171 pages
SKU: 081508014
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting.....moderate cover wear..
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Newlove combines human insight, personal taste, and his own crackling talent as a writer to show writers how, with an inspired beginning, a work of genius can be created. The 75 selections here range from works as diverse as Dickens' Bleak House to more contemporary openings from Updike, Joyce, Welty, and Dinesen.
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A Wonderful Appreciation
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-02-21
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I stumbled onto this small volume several years ago quite by accident, never having heard of Donald Newlove. Happily, I found that Mr. Newlove is widely read and has a gift for articulating his thoughtful appreciation of the literature (first paragraphs) that he carefully selects and reviews. He is among the increasingly rare critics who inspire a closer reading of the works reviewed.
I would also recommend his later work "Those Drinking Days: Myself and Other Writers" for its insight and poignancy.
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Energetic and Inspiring!
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-27
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a fine read -- for every great reader or writer. Donald Newlove has gathered from literature some of the finest first paragraphs ever written! The works of authors such as Isak Dinesen, Melville, and Hemingway are looked at in a wonderful way. This book is as energizing and inspiring as a savouring cup of coffee!
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by Beth Joselow
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Story Line Press (1999-04-15)
ISBN: 1885266731
EAN: 9781885266736
Dewy Decimal #: 808.042076
Paperback: 112 pages
SKU: 110908037
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...no markings or highlighting...light shelf wear on cover
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The 60 excercises in Writing Without the Muse are designed to help writers get started on, and stick with, whatever they want to write. Many of these exercises are playful, because much creativity comes from play. Others introduce reliable writing habits that can help fuel the writing process. Some are for poets, some for fiction writers, and some for those who want to record the story of their lives. They are meant to be dipped into at will, shuffled around, altered, and shared with a friend. All have been tested in the kitchens (and studies) of students of writing, people of all ages who, like almost all of us, have something special to say. This new and revised edition also contains a brief introduction and responses from student writers.
Beth Baruch Joselow is a creative writing teacher living in Washington, D.C. She is the author of five books of poetry, including Broad Daylight and excontemporary, as well as two critically acclaimed non-fiction books on divorce.
"The aspiring writer or working writer should never again face 'writer's block' after consulting this handbook."-The Small Press Book Review
"Joselow pulls together an interesting mix for stretching both linear- and nonlinear-thinking students. Judicious use of these exercises could disarm defensive or fearful students and structure the approaches of those with unfocused energy."-The Edge City Review
"Beth Joselow is both a rigorous and supportive teacher. She consistently challenges her students and helps them to do their best. I have often benefited from her suggestions in teaching my own classes."-Nan Fry, Associate Professor, The Corcoran School of Art
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The muse, like any capricious artist, can't always be relied upon to be there when you need her. Teacher and poet Joselow provides a slim but effective volume of 50 exercises designed to jump-start your inspiration and get your imagination kicking on all eight cylinders--or flowing like water freed from a dam. Pick your metaphor: you'll have plenty to choose from once this book gets your writing fingers going.
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A TRUE GEM!
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-22
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Attention writers, teachers and anyone who enjoys the transformation of thoughts and images into appealing written works of art. The exercises in this small but mesmerizing book, stimulate the creative process. I especially liked exercise #38- "The Door In The Wall". If your writing has gotten stale, or your class or writers group is lethargic - I suggest you try these simple techniques. There are 50 exercises as well as sample pieces created by other writers using the techniques. "Writing Without the Muse" is a true gem. Don't wait, read this book and begin your creative journey now. END
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A TRUE GEM!
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-22
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Attention writers, teachers and anyone who enjoys the transformation of thoughts and images into appealing written works of art. The exercises in this small but mesmerizing book, stimulate the creative process. I especially liked exercise #38- "The Door In The Wall". If your writing has gotten stale, or your class or writers group is lethargic - I suggest you try these simple techniques. There are 50 exercises as well as sample pieces created by other writers using the techniques. "Writing Without the Muse" is a true gem. Don't wait, read this book and begin your creative journey now.
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Recommended without reservation....
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-12
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Writing Without the Muse is based on the premise that writers can't wait for Inspiration with a capital "I." Instead, we have to believe that "there is no such thing as having nothing to say." This is an appealing volume, slim, unintimidating, and, yes, quietly inspiring. The exercises work.
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by Blythe Camenson, Marshall J. Cook
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books (1999-08)
ISBN: 1582972567
EAN: 9781582972565
Dewy Decimal #: 070
Paperback: 260 pages
SKU: 090108023
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...no markings or highlighting...minor wear on cover
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The only guide of its kind created just for fiction writers. Drawing upon the insights of experienced authors, editors and agents, it provides writers with crucial information needed to get published in today's rapidly-changing fiction industry. Using examples from real novel proposals, this guide illustrates all the do's and don't of pitching a manuscript, including how to: -target the right publishers
-find a great agent
-network and make important industry contacts
-send a query letter that gets attention
-avoid editors' and agents' "Top 10 submission pet peeves"
-master the elements of a strong synopsis and killer cover letter
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And you thought writing your novel was difficult! Now you have to wade your way through query letters, synopses, outlines, agents, cover letters, proposals, and, with any luck, editors and publishers. There is an etiquette to gaining representation for your novel, and you'd be a fool not to follow it after all the hard work you've put in. Stellar agents are not exactly twiddling their thumbs waiting for the phone to ring or the mail to bring in the next batch of writers' queries; one wrong sentence or mistimed phone call (but you wouldn't really wake a sleeping agent, would you?) can foil your chances completely. Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook, authors and teachers both, have enlisted published writers (Elmore Leonard, Dick Francis, Stephen King), agents, and editors to help them teach us everything there is to know about turning that manuscript into a published novel. "Getting your novel published," they warn, "will take the same sort of creative problem solving, the same determination and persistence, the same refusal to quit that you brought to writing the book." True. Except this time, you have their help. What qualifications should you include in your query letter? How do you portray a whole novel in a one-page synopsis? How long should you expect to wait for a response? Camenson and Cook cover it all. The keyword to success here is professionalism, and, if you follow the advice put forth in this book, you'll learn how to be a professional in this business, from the very first query to the "firing the agent who isn't working out" missive. --Jane Steinberg
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Much Needed Information
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-05
Finally a how-to book for novelists who are writing a book proposal. This book takes you step-by-step through the process and shows you what is necessary to complete an acceptable proposal. The book includes insights from respected agents and editors. Camenson and Cook discuss marketing of your novel from the query through cover letter, synopsis, chapter outline and sample chapters, including many examples that worked for best-selling authors. On page 20 the authors write, "The purpose of the proposal is to get the editor (or agent) to ask for the rest of the manuscript." Then the book goes on to clearly show you each step of developing the proposal and gives many checklists to keep you on track. Highly recommended.
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The world of the author, with laughter instead of tears
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-05-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is wonderful. It made me laugh instead of cry. As a beginner in the publishing world, we often feel frustrated and discouraged. Blythe and Cook make jokes about silly things beginner writers do, turning the whole breaking-the-ice game into laughter. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and even though I am still back at the same place with query letters and the rest, at least now, I feel like I am bit smarter and a bit happier. Thanks for this great book.
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Sent me back to the drawing board
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-20
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I thought I knew how to write proposals; and I did. For non-fiction. The whole approach for fiction is very different and this book guided me through the processes, but more important, through how to think about it. It's "thump you in the forehead" writing that permits no excuses, no evasions. The title says what it's about and it certainly is. Steps, examples and overriding principles. Examples of queries and synopses from their flawed first drafts to their polished conclusions. A great lot of information broken into tidy chunks. Written transparently and synpathetically.
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helpful but not miracle working
Rating (4)
Date: 2005-07-10
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Bad news: It didn't help me get my novel published, although I followed all the steps.
Good news: It taught me some things I didn't know, but that would be true of almost any book on writing I've come across.
What I found the most useful was sample synopsis, something that can be extremely difficult for a novice to the book-submitting game to develop.
I also admire the upbeat and encouraging tone. I wouldn't hesitate to give it as a gift to a writer, but I would warn them not to expect miracles or instant publication.
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A book that will take you to a world of hope
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-08-18
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The writer is a lonely creature that crafts its work until his mind cannot budge anymore. But after he finished his masterpiece comes the real world: to publish it. That's where this fine book may be of great help. It shows you how to enter this world of hope where one may get published. A must for those who wish to see their work published one happy day.
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