Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Writing - Composition

The masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all

In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many others tell you everything you need to know to successfully write and publish horror novels and short stories.

Edited by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), a worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature, On Writing Horror includes exclusive information and guidance from 58 of the...

Hone Your Writing Skills for Success in College and in Life

Every student knows that writing a successful college paper is no small undertaking. To make the grade, you need to express your ideas clearly and concisely. So how do you do it? In Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond, you'll learn down-to-earth strategies for organizing your thoughts, researching the right sources, getting it down on paper...and earning an A.

• Write any type of college paper: Techniques for writing term papers, essays, creative assignments, and more.
• Improve your writing:...

Quieres saber cómo escribir los diálogos de tus historias correctamente? Necesitas aprender a manejar las intervenciones del narrador durante los diálogos, a encontrar la voz de tus personajes? Te gustaría aprender a crear esquemas para construir mejores diálogos? Te preguntas cómo representar un diálogo entre muchos personajes, o cómo manejar el tiempo en el diálogo?

A lo largo de los siete capítulos de este libro quiero ayudarte a comprender todos los secretos del diálogo para que puedas construir conversaciones...

Craft an Engaging Plot

How does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone off course?

With Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Award-winning author James Scott Bell offers clear, concise information that will help you create a believable and memorable plot, including:

• Techniques for crafting strong beginnings, middles, and ends
• Easy-to-understand plotting diagrams and...

Compelling stories have the power to generate infinite wonder: It's nearly impossible to imagine how the author began, and yet we sense there's much more beyond the final word. It's this mystery–a combination of inspiration and craft, smoke and mirrors–that makes writing feel momentous. But it can also feel overwhelming, causing us to become small, scared, not quite ready for the "big" rides, such as finishing that story, that novel, and finding the courage to share it with the world.

In You Must Be This Tall to Ride, you'll find 20 works of fiction and nonfiction by...

Write vibrant scenes and essential summaries

"Show--don't tell." How many times have you heard this standard bit of writing advice? It's so common in writing courses and critiques that it has become a cliche. Writers are often told to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary--but it's misguided advice. The truth is good writing almost always requires both showing and telling. The trick is finding the right balance of scene and summary--the two basic components of creative prose.

Showing and Telling shows you how to employ each of these essential...

• Hundreds of updated one-liners, anecdotes, and bits from...