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Written by Jack Foster, a creative director for various advertising agencies with more than 40 years experience, How to Get Ideas (over 90,000 copies sold and translated into 15 languages) is a fun, accessible, and practical guide that takes the mystery and confusion out of developing new ideas.

In this audiobook, William Bernhardt tackles essential topics that, while smaller in scope, are nonetheless necessary to a contemporary author's survival. How do you create a memorable series character? Should you write in the first person? What does "show, don't tell" really mean? How do you add suspense? He also discusses legal issues confronting writers and marketing concerns, such as the all-important book description for online sales pages.

At least 12 million people listen to Osgood every day on CBS radio, and millions more watch him on CBS News Sunday Morning. All of them would agree that no one delivers quite the way he does the offbeat stories that make listeners stop and pay attention; the commentaries in which he shares his sense of wonder, dismay, or amusement; the well-spun tales of irony that often burst forth into wordplay or even poetry.

How many times have you gone through something and said “I could write a book about this!”? Now is the time to stop doubting and start planning! Just as every great meal starts with a recipe, every epic novel starts with an epic outline. But is an outline really necessary? Can’t you just wing it? Isn’t all that time on an outline better spent on actually writing? And doesn’t an outline just pour water on that spark of creativity? That’s what you may have heard…until now! Writing is like The Hare and the Tortoise. Slow and steady will always beat quick and careless.

In this posthumously published collection of his essays and reviews, acclaimed novelist John Gardner discusses the craft of fiction writing, taking to task some of his best-known contemporaries in the process.

Fifty Years of 60 Minutes shares the secret of what's made the program exceptional for all these years and how it has maintained such high quality to this day: why founder Don Hewitt believed "hearing" a story is more important than seeing it (and thus why he closed his eyes in the screening room), why competition was encouraged to preserve a sense of urgency, why the "small picture" is the best way to illuminate a larger one, and why the most memorable stories are almost always those with a human being at the center.

Art-Write:The Writing Guide for Visual Artists has a single intention: to teach artists how to write about their own artwork. This concise and current career resource is filled with achievable advice on how to write for art promotion and sales. The audiobook offers a step-by-step approach to create a professional artist statement, with thinking and writing exercises to ease the process and develop authentic and clear content.

The $100K Book Strategy is a step-by step guide that will teach you how you can create a six-figure self-publishing business by crafting teachable content into a book format that you can publish with the world. It’s no secret our world has changed dramatically over the last few years, as people worldwide struggle to adapt to our changing environment. Whether it’s to eat healthier, learn to crochet, make money, build confidence, learn to garden, lose weight, or create an online business, people are hungrier than ever to improve their lives.

A Comprehensive Guide To Writing Compelling Dialogue Scenes! This Updated 2023 Edition is an Essential Guide and Powerful Reference Tool to Crafting Realistic Conversations in Fiction. Dialogue is one the most important aspects of fiction writing and a writer needs to know how to compel readers to keep turning the page through riveting character exchanges. This handbook is specifically for fiction writers that want to learn simple techniques on how to create exciting and powerful dialogue scenes that propel the storyline, create instant tension, and reveal characterization. Writers will ...

Kling's autobiographical tales are as enchanting as they are true to life: hopping freight trains, getting hit by lightning, performing his banned play in Czechoslovakia, growing up in Minnesota, and eating things before knowing what they are. In the comical yet poignant title story, Kling straddles the world of the ordinary and one rivaling Dante's inferno as he learns how to use voice-recognition software after a life-threatening motorcycle accident.

This comprehensive toolkit is packed with everything you need to bring your murder mystery to life. From start to finish, we guide you through the crime writing process with easy-to-follow prompts, tips, and techniques. Simply follow along with the story you are building as we take you through a novel outline template.

When you start to write a book, you're doing more than just typing words on a keyboard. You're entering the book business - and like every other business, the book business has many different elements. The author wants you to be 100 percent successful in dealing with all those elements, so he has written this book to share with you his insider's story.

Jump into the captivating world of creativity and entrepreneurial spirit with Creativity for Sale, an inspiring how-to guide by creative director and bestselling author Radim Malinic. Full of tried, tested, and proven insights gained from 20+ years in the creative industry, this book is your personal blueprint to turn your passion into profit.

It's time to take control of your stories...The 24 Laws of Storytelling distills the lessons learned from stories past and present into a practical audiobook that you can use for any story you decide to write. This audiobook will teach you the principles you need to immerse your audience, deliver immensely satisfying drama, and educate better than any textbook or lecture can.

"The Niche Author" is an essential roadmap for writers who wish to transform their passion for writing into a profitable and sustainable career. This comprehensive guide dives deep into the world of niche audience engagement, collaboration, and monetization, offering practical strategies and actionable insights that will empower you to create a thriving author brand and loyal fan base. Explore the art of building strong connections with your readers, master the techniques of collaboration, and learn how to monetize your audience effectively. With step-by-step instructions, real-world ...

Writing Without Bullshit is the first comprehensive guide to writing for today's world: a noisy environment where everyone reads what you write on screens. The average news story now gets only 36 seconds of attention. Unless you change how you write, your emails, reports, and Web copy don't stand a chance.

Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka's novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka's bureaucratized universe. Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the postpsychological novel.

Discover how to create high converting Just Listed & Just Sold postcards that generate more leads. This book reveals my techniques to send effective just listed and just sold postcards, get more business and close more deals, and will help you to stop feeling like you are wasting money on postcards! I'll also give away 75 of my top templates in the appendix of this book! A word of caution: Before I dive in, I want you to know who this book is NOT for: this book is NOT for postcard printing companies, because I reveal in this book why your postcards don’t work and leave the agents feeling ...

If you've ever published an book before, then you know that writing and publishing it is less than half the battle. If you can't get it in the hands of your potential readers, your book will go unread and you make no money. If you haven't published a book, you're scared of this happening. You need a proven, step-by-step system to write, market, and promote your book in order to get customers and make money from your books.

"STORY BY NUMBERS" is an step-by-step, deep dive into story structure that will take your story from an underdeveloped storm of “cool ideas,” to a slick, compelling work with fully dimensional characters. It uses the protagonist’s inner conflict as the guide to developing plot points and meaningful conflicts.