Writing & Publishing

The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to....

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy best seller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work....

An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This 25th anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come....

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track....

Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing....

"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing....

Writing copy that sells without seeming "salesy" can be tough, but is an essential business skill. How to Write Copy That Sells is a step-by-step guide to writing fast, easy-to-read, effective copy....

As much a guide to writing as an exploration of the emotional challenges of being a writer, Bird by Bird offers a candid and often humorous look at how to tackle these varied obstacles....

The five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times best-selling author of Stonewalled and The Smear uncovers how partisan bias and gullibility are destroying American journalism....

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach....

Most people think the way to write a best seller is to have a lot of talent and even more luck. As you will learn, there is a recipe for success, and luck may be the least important ingredient in creating a best seller....

In Joel's Schwartzberg's 10-plus years as a strategic communications trainer, the biggest obstacle he's come across is that most speakers and writers don't have a point....

With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself....

In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it....

As the daughter of a traveling salesman in the Midwest, Attenberg was drawn to a life on the road. Frustrated by quotidian jobs and hungry for inspiration and fresh experiences, her wanderlust led her across the country and eventually on travels around the globe....

Writing advice tends to be full of "rules" and "tips" which are either too broad to be helpful or outright wrong. In On Writing and Worldbuilding, we will discuss specific and applicable ideas to consider....

This is the book that changed America....

There are three kinds of feelings when reading a story: boredom, interest, and wow! To become a successful writer, you must create the wow feeling on as many pages as possible, and this requires writing that engages the reader emotionally....

The Elements of Style has long been a valued and beloved resource for all writers....

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story....

There's a mantra real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. And the secret phrase is this: "Nobody wants to read your shit." Recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional....

Book coach and editor Molly McCowan takes you through the self-editing process in 13 detailed lessons, using a step-by-step method designed to reduce overwhelm and to structure the revision process in the most productive way possible....

In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist Dan Rather celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like....

Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer....

A creative writer's shelf should hold at least three essential books: a dictionary, a style guide, and Writing Fiction. Janet Burroway's best-selling classic is the most widely used creative writing text in America....

SEO copywriting is the art of creating online content loved by both people and search engines. This content will ensure that your business website ranks well on the search engine result pages. If your SEO content is written only for Google, it will sound inauthentic or even robotic. However, if you write content only for the readers, your website may lack essential keywords used by people. Therefore, we understand why this balance can be tricky to maintain. But you need not worry because this book will teach you everything and more about this balance.

Four-time New York Times best seller Wahida Clark has offered her know-how and expertise to hundreds of dedicated fans and fellow writers in an effort to see others succeed in their fields. Through webinars, conferences, and social media outreach, Clark sees time and time again that people have the expertise; they simply lack the blueprint! Start to Finish gives listeners a step-by-step, interactive handbook that will give writers everything they need to finally start and finish their book.

Although there's no shortage of books on writing and publishing, there's none quite like Robert's Rules of Writing. Drawing on his many years of experience as an award-winning journalist, TV writer, and the author of over 20 books, Robert Masello addresses all the issues that confront, and all the problems that beset, writers of all stripes.

In Writing Unbound, Tom Newkirk argues that as a teaching profession, we shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to writing. We fail to take advantage of a huge opportunity that is before us. That opportunity is fiction writing.
 

The Zettelkasten method is the perfect way to harness the power of technology to remember what you read and boost creativity. Invented in the 16th century and practiced to its fullest extent by a German sociologist who wrote 70 books and hundreds of articles, the Zettelkasten method is exploding in popularity. Writers of all types are discovering that digital tools make the method more powerful than ever, turning your digital life into an “external brain” or “bicycle for the mind”.

As the daughter of a traveling salesman in the Midwest, Attenberg was drawn to a life on the road. Frustrated by quotidian jobs and hungry for inspiration and fresh experiences, her wanderlust led her across the country and eventually on travels around the globe. Through it all she grapples with questions of mortality, otherworldliness, and what we leave behind.

Why do we want to write, and what stops us? How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the worry that no one will care or that we will get in trouble? How do we identify and overcome everything that gets in our way so we can start making work? Sunday Times best-selling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle all this and more in Write It All Down, a guide to putting your life on the page. This is a kind, encouraging and stimulating book that explores the nature of memoir writing and offers helpful guidance on how to write your life on paper. 

Learn about the marketing language model used since 2011, to successfully market content in print, audio, and film. The author, Ambassador Professor David K. Ewen, M.Ed., is an award-winning content producer and highly-acclaimed public speaker in the book publishing industry. His expertise has been sought after since 1994, when he launched his publishing company in the Boston area.

Almost two decades ago, Lani Diane Rich signed a two-book deal with Warner Books and panicked. She’d written one story, but had no idea how she wrote it. Right then, she started on a quest to learn everything about stories. Now, 12 novels and thousands of hours analyzing stories later, she’s ready to teach you not only how story works, but how to make it work for you. Whether you’re writing novels, films, comics, or video games, this theory will teach you what you need to know about craft so that you can get out of your own way and let your magic shine.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of fifteen activists who documented it. At the height of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, African Americans filmed and tweeted evidence of fatal police encounters in dozens of US cities - using little more than the device in their pockets. Their urgent dispatches from the frontlines spurred a global debate on excessive police force, which claimed the lives of African American men, women, and children at disproportionate rates.

We go through life searching for what it is we are passionate about. And, when we finally do, we tend to look for ways to earn a living from it. The problem is...it's not easy getting to monetize your passion-driven skills. It's even way harder when it involves making a living from a skill that seems to be as saturated as fiction ghostwriting. But, that's the point; saturated. If you want to stand out, you must act differently. If you're going to stand out, you must write differently. If you must stand out, you must be what no one expects you to be.

Have you ever wanted to write a book to share your knowledge and expertise on a global scale? Maybe you know that in order to become “the one” who people want to work with, you need the extra authority that comes with becoming an author? Writing and publishing a book can seem so confusing. Your Story Starts Here will teach you how to write and release that purpose within you and give you the skills that you need to become an author who truly influences change in the world. Are you ready to unleash your potential and become a magnet with your message?

As hard as the craft of writing is, the greatest challenges writers face are often within ourselves. Author, essayist, and speaker William Kenower knows this struggle firsthand and hears them from writers everywhere he teaches and appears. In this candid and encouraging book, he dismantles the myth that some writers have talent and others don't and shares relatable stories, wisdom, and best practices for reengaging with our passion, following our curiosity, and staying connected to what matters most.