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Author:
Ayn Rand
Reader:
Marguerite Gavin
Format: 6
CDs
(Unabridged)
Learn about crafting a superior tale from a woman who has enthralled millions. She shows writers how to combine abstract ideas with concrete action and description to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization, and style, the four essential elements of fiction.
Item #: E6B884
ISBN: 9780786188840
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Author:
Ayn Rand
Reader:
Marguerite Gavin
Format: 6
CDs
(Unabridged)
This highly-respected author takes listeners step by step through the process of writing non-fiction, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques. She discusses the psychological aspects of writing and the roles played by the conscious and subconscious. She explains how to select a subject and theme, how to identify your audience, and how to write the first draft.
Item #: E6B885
ISBN: 9780786188857
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National Public Radio
Format: 1
Cassette
(Audio Orig)
*Gain a unique glimpse of some of the world's best known creative talents as they discuss their achievements, motivation, and wildest ideas. Features Anne Lamott, Norman Maclean, Joan Didion, Sharon Olds, Walter Mosley, Roddy Doyle, and others.
Item #: 134486
ISBN: 9781570426421
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Author/Readers:
Lynne Truss and others
Format: 1
CD
(Audio Orig)
Sticklers, unite! Join this entertaining and frustrated grammarian in the original BBC Radio 4 program that inspired the runaway bestseller. You'll laugh, clench your fists, and grit your teeth as you bemoan the current sad and often ridiculous state of the language. Audie Award finalist. "The brainy and charming presentation elicits a surprising abundance of laugh-out-loud moments."—Booklist
Item #: E1X082
ISBN: 9780142800829
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Author:
William Stanek
Reader:
Ron Knowles
Format:
Playaway
(Unabridged)
Whether we like it or not, writing is a part of our every day lives and to get by you need an edge. This is the down-in-the-trenches writing resource you need to be successful. Use this concise guide to help you write essays, papers, and dissertations; create reports and presentations; develop articles, stories, and novels; and publish online and CD-ROM.
Item #: EP5723
ISBN: 9781605145723
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Author/Reader:
Roy Peter Clark
Roy Peter Clark
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
Grammar and glamour once meant the same thing: the power to charm. In this entertaining – and OK, charming – approach to grammar, listeners learn everything from the different parts of speech to why effective writers prefer concrete nouns and active verbs. Learn to live inside the language, and discover just how glamourous grammar can be. "Entertaining... extremely enjoyable."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E6W522
ISBN: 9781596595224
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Author:
June Casagrande
Reader:
Shelly Frasier
Format: 5
CDs
(Unabridged)
If you couldn't care less about the difference between the past progressive and the pluperfect, this laugh-out-loud collection is for you. Includes anecdotes and essays on grammar and punctuation, as well as hilarious critiques of the language snobs. "Thanks to Frasier's sharp comic timing, you'll get the full effect of the author's self-effacing exposé of grammatical crimes."—AudioFile
Item #: E5X218
ISBN: 9781400102181
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Author:
Janet Evanovich, with Ina Yalof
Reader:
Janet Evanovich
Format: 3
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
In a witty Q & A format, this entertaining writer shares her secrets. She talks about plotting, characterization, researching, the writer's life – and more. If you're interested in writing or publishing, this audiobook is perfect. You'll delight in "her inimitable voice [and] behind-the-scenes info about the Plum novels."—Booklist
Item #: E4U947
ISBN: 9781593979478
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Author:
Brenda Ueland
Reader:
Pat Carroll
Format:
Playaway
(Unabridged)
"Everybody is talented, original, and has something important to say." So begins this inspiring treatise on art, independence, and spirit. Carl Sandburg called it the best book on writing he'd ever read, but it's much more than that. Listen and see!
Item #: EP7207
ISBN: 9781607757207
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Author:
Jerrold R. Jenkins, with Mardi Link
Reader:
Jerrold Jenkins
Format: 2
Cassettes
(Abridged)
*Ever dream of writing a bestseller? Here's the scoop on ordinary people who overcame rejection and persisted, eventually to become bestselling authors. Includes James Redfield of The Celestine Prophecy and the saga of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Item #: E2J1367
ISBN: 9781574531367
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Author/Reader:
Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg
Format: 2
CDs
(Unabridged)
Share your vital memories! Learn how to gather and record them from the author of Writing Down the Bones. She offers essential practices for sharing the story of our lives – a complete program on memoir writing, retrieving and writing about the people, places, and events we carry only in memory, drawn from her national workshops over the past 25 years. "Comes alive with ideas and inspiration... spontaneous and inviting."—AudioFile
Item #: E2X959
ISBN: 9781564559593
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Author/Reader:
William K. Zinsser
William K. Zinsser
Format: 3
CDs
(Abridged)
Two classics from this highly listenable former Yale professor, good writing's biggest fan. On Writing Well is for anyone who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day. How to Write a Memoir tells you how to write the story of your life. He explains how to do it, and do it well.
Item #: E3H611
ISBN: 9780060586119
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Author:
Sol Stein
Reader:
Christopher Lane
Format: 9
CDs
(Unabridged)
Hooking the reader isn't easy, but this master editor shows you how – with these can't-lose professional secrets. Superior craft techniques and strategies for creating interesting writing, from a veteran novelist and editor of some of the most successful writers of our time, including James Baldwin, W.H. Auden, and Lionel Trilling. "Stimulating... a banquet of savvy advice."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: E9B140
ISBN: 9780786191499
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Author/Reader:
Robert McKee
Robert McKee
Format: 5
CDs
(Abridged)
The world's premier screenwriting instructor shares his secrets and award-winning strategies. Packed with examples from such film classics as Casablanca and Chinatown, analyzed scene by sequence by act. [His] advice is very aptand given in an interesting way: as though he is on a spot-lit stage delivering a well-polished presentation to a group of aspiring writers."—AudioFile
Item #: E5H618
ISBN: 9780060856182
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Lecturer:
Tom Wolfe
Format: 1
Cassette
(Audio Orig)
*In this lively interview at the Smithsonian Institution. the author of the #1 bestsellers A Man in Full, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Right Stuff delivers colorfully entertaining anecdotes about his unique approach to writing. Wolfe, who coined such phrases as "Radical Chic" and "the Me Decade," also discusses "New Journalism," which he brought into existence with his landmark nonfiction stories, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby and The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Item #: E1X0653
ISBN: 9781575110653
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Author:
Kim Brittingham
Reader:
Susan Boyce
Format: 5
CDs
(Audio Orig)
If you want to put your life story down in words, where do you start? Exactly what story are you hoping to tell? How are you going to fill hundreds of pages? How do you plan it out? Memoirist, blogger, and writing teacher Kim Brittingham shares her insight into getting started with your writing and crafting your memoir.
Item #: L4K747
ISBN: 9781620647479
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Author/Reader:
Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg
Format: 6
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
*Free the writer within yourself. The audience continues to grow for this splendid combination of Zen wisdom and down-to-earth advice about writing. Offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft.
Item #: E6X668
ISBN: 9781564556684
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Author/Readers:
Natalie Goldberg and Dosho Port
Natalie Goldberg and Dosho Port
Format: 2
CDs
(Audio Orig)
Howl silently at the moon that isn't there – and write about it. The bestselling author of Writing Down the Bones joins Zen teacher Port to explore the natural (and sometimes unnatural) connections between writing and Zen. Theydiscuss resistance, the four Zen structures and how to assimilate them into your writing practice, how to recognize "first thoughts," and much more. Rich with teachings and exercises.
Item #: E2X051
ISBN: 9781591790518
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