Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers.
Writing Creative Writing is filled with thoughtful and entertaining essays on...
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Author:Dunlop, Rishma, Scott Tysdal, Daniel Scott, Uppal, PriscilaSummary: -
Author:Ballman, DonnaSummary:One-stop shopping for researching the complexities of all aspects of civil law. Whether one writes mysteries, romance, mainstream, or nonfiction, if the facts are wrong, the book is ruined. Adding some element of the law is also a...
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Author:Price, LynnSummary:The Writer's Essential Tackle Box offers an insider's view that informs and educates writers to key occupations that comprise the publishing industry-how they work, why they work, and pitfalls to avoid. A must-read for the new...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer...
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Author:Potts, RolfSummary:Marco Polo Didn't Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called "Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age." For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel...
- Author:McPhee, JohnSummary:
The long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher Draft No. 4 is an elucidation of the writer's craft by a master practitioner. In a series of playful but expertly wrought essays, John...
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Author:Sawyer, EthanSummary:Writing an amazing college admission essay is easier than you think! So you're a high school senior given the task of writing a 650-word personal statement for your college application. Do you tell the story of your life, or a...
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Author:Page, David W.Summary:Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate...
