Curious English Words and Phrases
Max Cryer
Exisle, PB, 9781921966019
Have you ever wondered where terms like "end of your tether", "gets my goat" or "letting ones hair down" come from? Or why we call some people "geezers", "sugar daddies" or "lounge lizards"? Or where the words "eavesdropping", "nickname" and "D-Day" come from? They are just a few of the many words and phrases that language expert Max Cryer examines in ... More/Buy
The Screenwriter Activist: Writing Social Issue Movies
Marilyn Beker
Routledge, PB, 9780415897150
Hotel Rwanda. Philadelphia. Silkwood. Some of the most important films ever made have tackled real-world social issues, from genocide to homophobia to corporate greed. As story-tellers, activist screenwriters recognize that social issues make great stories that can be gut-wrenching, heart-tugging, funny, tragic, and interesting to watch. The Screenwriter Activist helps screenwriters tell those stories in compelling, non-preachy, and inspiring ways. The ... More/Buy
The Writers and Artists Guide to How to Write
Harry Bingham
A&C Black, PB, 9781408157176
It's none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way. Ernest Hemingway This book will tell you how to write novels and narrative non-fiction for publication. It is not a creative writing textbook, but teaches the core skills of story-telling: story, character, prose style, and a whole host of attendant tools ... More/Buy
You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction from Memoir to literary Journalism and everything in Between
Lee Gutkind
DaCapo Press, PB, 9780738215549
In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, the process of researching and writing creative nonfiction is defined and presented as a many faceted puzzle. Throughout the book the pieces of the puzzle will be put in place so that the beginning write - and the professional - will know not only what to do - but why they are doing it. ... More/Buy