20 книг
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Как писать книги Стивен Кинг
ISBN: 978-5-17-144834-9 Год издания: 2021 Издательство: АСТ Язык: Русский РазвернутьЭто, пожалуй, самая необычная из книг Стивена Кинга. Книга, в которой автобиографические, мемуарные мотивы соседствуют не только с размышлениями о писательском искусстве вообще, но и с самыми настоящими "профессиональными советами тем, кто хочет писать как Стивен Кинг". Как формируется писатель? Каковы главные "секреты" его нелегкого "ремесла"? Что вообще необходимо знать и уметь человеку, чтобы его творения возглавляли международные списки бестселлеров? Вот лишь немногие из вопросов, на которые вы найдете ответы в этой книге. Вы действительно хотите писать как Стивен Кинг? Тогда не пропустите эту книгу.
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Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish Джеймс Скотт Белл
ISBN: 158297294X, 978-1582972947 Год издания: 2004 Издательство: Writer's Digest Books Язык: Английский РазвернутьHow does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone off course? With Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Award-winning author James Scott Bell offers clear, concise information that will help you create a believable and memorable plot, including: • Techniques for crafting strong beginnings, middles, and ends • Easy-to-understand plotting diagrams and charts • Brainstorming techniques for original plot ideas • Thought-provoking exercises at the end…
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Nancy Kress
ISBN: 1582973164 Год издания: 2005 Издательство: Writers Digest Books Язык: Русский The indispensable Write Great Fiction series continues with an in-depth look at three of the most important tools in the writer's craft: character, emotion and viewpoint. With the tips and techniques in this book, readers will learn how to:
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Высокое искусство. Принципы художественного перевода Корней Чуковский
ISBN: 978-5-17-149591-6 Год издания: 2023 Издательство: АСТ Язык: Русский РазвернутьКогда чеховский "Вишневый сад" под пером чудака-переводчика превращается в мистера Черри Орчарда, легко найти ошибку и указать на несоответствие — хуже, если извращены не слова или фразы, а стиль. Стоит притушить жгучий эпитет, где-то уничтожить ритмичность, вытравить теплую краску, — и вот от подлинника ничего не осталось. Причем действовать переводчик может из лучших побуждений: копировать в угоду точности буквального — "рабственного" — перевода чуждый иноязычный синтаксис; или ненамеренно сделать текст худосочным, не осознавая, что девушки бывают не только красивые, но еще и пригожие или хорошенькие, а человек — не только худым, но и…
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Дзен в искусстве написания книг Рэй Брэдбери
ISBN: 978-5-699-98859-4 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Like Book Язык: Русский РазвернутьЭта книга – медитация о том, что такое быть писателем и как писателями становятся. Как рождается сюжет? Как появляется замысел? И вообще — в какой момент человек понимает, что писать книги — и есть его предназначение? Но это отнюдь не скучные и пафосные заметки мэтра. Рэй Брэдбери делится писательской мудростью с легкостью и юмором человека, у которого за плечами несколько десятков книг разных жанров. Уж он-то мастерски владеет искусством написания книг, не сомневайтесь.
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Война за креатив: Как преодолеть внутренние барьеры и начать творить Стивен Прессфилд
ISBN: 978-5-9614-5706-3 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: Альпина Язык: Русский РазвернутьВам знакомо состояние, когда вы готовы заниматься чем угодно — домашней уборкой, расстановкой книг на полках, общением в социальных сетях, беготней по магазинам — лишь бы не решать задачу, не писать письмо, рассказ, диссертацию, не идти в фитнес-клуб или на занятия по иностранному языку? Большинство дел не делается не потому, что они сложны или требуют особых навыков, а потому, что мы не можем преодолеть внутреннее Сопротивление и постоянно все откладываем на завтра, до понедельника, до лучших времен. Сопротивление реально, но этого врага можно и нужно победить. «Война за креатив» рассказывает о том, как справиться с внутренними…
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Как написать книгу, чтобы ее не издали. 200 классических ошибок Говард Миттельмарк
ISBN: 978-5-00146-255-2 Год издания: 2019 Издательство: Манн, Иванов и Фербер Язык: Русский РазвернутьМногие книги дают дельные советы о том, как хорошо писать. Это не одна из таких книг. Напротив, это сборник ужасных, неуклюжих и смехотворно нечитаемых отрывков, которые научат вас, чего следует избегать — любой ценой — если вы хотите, чтобы ваш роман был опубликован. В книге «Как написать книгу, чтобы ее не издали: 200 классических ошибок» авторы Говард Миттельмарк и Сандра Ньюман рассказывают о своем 30-летнем опыте преподавания, редактирования, написания и рецензирования художественной литературы, чтобы дать вам реальные советы с другой стороны письма-запроса. Вместо того чтобы рассказывать, как или что писать, они идентифицируют 200…
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Francine Prose
ISBN: 978-0060777050 Год издания: 2007 Издательство: HarperPerennial Язык: Английский РазвернутьThis book presents an inside look at how the professionals read and write. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says the author. In "Reading Like a Writer", Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov, and discovers why these writers endure. She takes pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breath-taking paragraphs of…
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Characters & Viewpoint (Elements of Writing Fiction ) Orson Scott Card
ISBN: 978-1599632124 Год издания: 2011 Издательство: Memory Makers Язык: Английский Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your imagination. Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative optionsthe choices you'll make in creating fictional people so "real" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families.
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Write Your Novel From The Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between Джеймс Скотт БеллРазвернуть
A powerful secret, and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction! What's the best way to write a "next level" novel? Some writers start at the beginning and let the story unfold without a plan. They are called "pantsers," because they write by the "seat of the pants." Other writers plan and outline and know the ending before they start. These are the "plotters." The two sides never seem to agree with each other on the best approach. But what if it's not the beginning or the end that is the key to a successful book? What if, amazing as it may seem, the place to begin writing your novel is in the very middle of the story?…
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Writing Fiction for All You're Worth: Strategies and Techniques for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level Джеймс Скотт Белл
Язык: Английский РазвернутьGet your fiction to that next level, where agents and editors sit up and take notice––and where readers keep coming back for more. #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell will show you, with nuts and bolts and proven techniques, how you can write fiction that sells. WRITING FICTION FOR ALL YOUR WORTH contains the best of James Scott Bell's articles and blog posts on writing, easily searchable under these headings: The Writing World, The Writing Life, and The Writing Craft. You'll learn about the 6 critical success factors for bestselling fiction, how to write un-put-downable action scenes, and how to capture the…
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Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence Roz Morris
Язык: Английский РазвернутьBy bestselling ghostwriter and book doctor with a top London literary consultancy This book is used by award-winning authors and university creative writing departments. 'A how-to-write book that actually DOES tell you how' 'There are shedloads of books on how to write novels, and a lot of them are longer and considerably less useful' 'I wish I'd had this book a long time ago' 'The author has a proven track record as a writer of fiction, as opposed to writers of "how to write" books' Are you writing a novel? Do you want to make sure you finish? Will you get lost and fizzle out? Will you spend more time reading about how to…
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Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy David Gerrold
Offers advice for would-be science fiction writers, covering such topics as setting, plot, character, and dialogue, as well as the mechanics of grammar, tense, sentence structure, and paragraph transition.
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The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises Джеймс Скотт БеллРазвернуть
Strategies and Tactics for the Master Novelist Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles. You not only have to work hard to shape memorable characters, develop gripping plots, and craft dazzling dialogue, but you also have to fight against self-doubts and fears. And then there's the challenge of learning to navigate the ever-changing publishing industry. That's why best-selling novelist James Scott Bell, author of the Write Great Fiction staples Plot & Structure and Revision & Self-Editing, came up with the ultimate novel-writing battle plan: The Art of War for…
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Writer's Block and How to Use It Victoria Nelson
Год издания: 1987 Издательство: Writer's Digest Books -
Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work Steven Pressfield
ISBN: 978-1936891030 Год издания: 2012 Издательство: Black Irish Entertainment LLC Язык: Английский РазвернутьThe follow-up to his bestseller The War of Art, Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice. "You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind." --Steven Pressfield TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. When we turn pro, we give up a life that we may have become extremely comfortable with. We give up a self that we have come to identify with and to call our own. TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE. The passage from amateur to professional is often achieved via an interior odyssey whose trials are survived only at great cost, emotionally,…
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Beginnings, Middles & Ends Nancy Kress
Год издания: 2011 Издательство: Writer's Digest Books Get Your Readers' Attention—And Keep It—From the First World to the Final Page
Translating that initial flash of inspiration into a complete story requires careful crafting. So how do you keep your story from beginning slowly, floundering midway, and trailing off at the end? Nancy Kress shows you effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of your story—essential lessons for strong start-to-finish storytelling.
Hook readers, agents, and editors in the first three paragraphs.
Make and keep your story's implicit promise to the reader.
Build drama and credibility by controlling your prose.
Consider the price a writer pays for flashbacks.
Reveal character effectively throughout your story.
Get the tools you need to get your story off to an engaging start, keep the middle tight and compelling, and make your conclusion high impact. You'll also find dozens of exercises to help strengthen your short story or novel. Let this resource be your guide to successful stories—from the first word to the last. -
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy Orson Scott Card
Издательство: Writer's Digest Books РазвернутьLearn to write science fiction and fantasy from a master You've always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it's done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You'll learn how to: utilize story elements that define the science fiction and fantasy genres build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore develop the "rules" of time, space and magic that affect your world and its inhabitants construct…
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How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method Рэнди Ингермансон
ISBN: 978-1500574055 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Язык: Английский РазвернутьA Magical Key to Unlock Your Creative Wizard Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written? You’ve heard of “outlining,” but that sounds too rigid for you. You’ve heard of “organic writing,” but that seems a bit squishy to you. Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method—a battle-tested series of ten steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down on paper. In this book, you’ll follow the story of a fictitious novelist as she…
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Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels Gwen HayesРазвернуть
What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book? Writing a well-structured romance isn’t the same as writing any other genre—something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don’t address. The romance arc is made up of its own story beats, and the external plot and theme need to be braided to the romance arc—not the other way around. Told in conversational (and often irreverent) prose, Romancing the Beat can be read like you are sitting down to coffee with romance editor and author Gwen Hayes while she explains story structure. The way she does with her clients. Some of whom are regular inhabitants of the New…
