What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?

In this surprisingly upbeat book about a usually downbeat subject, The Wall Street Journal's veteran obituary writer, James R. Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who want to have the last word by crafting their own stories in their own voices—with flourish, honesty, and even humor.

Someday, your life story is likely to be boiled down to a few lines. If you leave things to chance, your obituary is almost sure...

Real-world writing advice, minus all the lectures.
You're an aspiring writer. Maybe you've just discovered your love of words and dream of being a novelist someday. Maybe you've been filling notebooks with science-fiction stories since middle school. Maybe you're contemplating a liberal arts degree, but you don't know what the heck you're going to do with it. The last thing you need is another preachy writing manual telling you how you should...

The authoritative guide to the craft and business of writing.
 
Patricia C. Wrede has been a stalwart of the sci-fi/fantasy world for decades, publishing dozens of books across multiple series, storming bestseller lists and corralling accolades from critics and fans alike. Now, with brilliant insight and a sparkling wit, Wrede shows beginning writers the ropes in Wrede on Writing.
 
Wrede tackles all...

Raised to keep her head down and not ask questions, when twelve-year-old Agnes befriends her older anthropologist neighbor, she begins to think--and write--about things from new perspectives.

Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month, has completely revised and expanded his definitive handbook for extreme noveling. Chris pulls from over 15 years of results-oriented writing experience to pack this compendium with new tips and tricks, ranging from week-by-week quick reference guides to encouraging advice from authors, and much more. His motivating mix of fearless optimism and practical...

In this riveting true story, two rival geniuses—one English, one French—embarked on a high-stakes intellectual race to decipher the Rosetta Stone, which, once solved, would open a door that had been locked for 2,000 years.

Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.

A collection of reflections on the nature of what it means to be a writer.

How do you find out what being a writer means to those who really are writers? You ask them. In this book, Adair Lara shares what the ink-stained, carpal-tunneled, slightly dazed, word struck people she knows had to say.

You know you’re a writer when . . .

 . . . You’ll never forgive your parents

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Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who protected their homeland, both officers and enlisted personnel who find strength and courage, and witness unimaginable horror.