Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Teaching Creative Writing written by Graeme Harper and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a collection of twelve teaching-focused essays, this work includes an introduction to the subject of creative writing by Graeme Harper. Each chapter draws on key points about the nature of teaching and learning creative writing, and covers vario

Download or read book The Portable MFA in Creative Writing written by New York Writers Workshop and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition. Have you always wanted to get an MFA, but couldn't because of the cost, time commitment, or admission requirements? Well now you can fulfill that dream without having to devote tons of money or time. The Portable MFA gives you all of the essential information you would learn in the MFA program in one book. Covering fiction, memoirs, personal essays, magazine articles, poetry, and playwriting, this book provides you with: • Inspiration and tips on revision, stamina, and productivity • Clear instruction on the craft behind the art • Detailed reading lists to expand your literary horizons • Exercises to improve your writing endeavors By heeding the advice in The Portable MFA, you will gain the wisdom and experience of some of today's greatest teachers, all for just the price of a book.

Download or read book Creating Writers written by James Carter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and comprehensive text offers an original approach to teaching creative writing by exploring ideas, giving advice, and explaining workshop activities and has many contributors from some of today's most popular children's authors including: Jacqueline Wilson, Roger McGough, Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman and David Almond.Creating Writers is a practical writing manual for teachers to use with upper primary and lower secondary level pupils that covers poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

Download or read book Stretched Marks written by Oskar Niburski and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An independent poetry book by Oskar Niburski charting his messy transition into adulthood by verse. Poems deal with expulsion, prestige, suicide, and a girl who wears racoon gloves.

Download or read book A Creative Writing Handbook written by Bill Greenwell and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2009 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with stimulating writing exercises, numerous quotes and over 30 extracts from literature across a wide variety of genres, this book will both inspire and assist anyone interested in creative writing. The book can be followed as a complete course or dipped into as desired.

Download or read book Topline Bottom Line A Simple Brief Comprehensive and Irreverent Writing Guide for Professionals written by Robert Levine and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topline, Bottom Line opens by stressing the importance of good writing to business in the Information Age. Part One devotes a chapter each to grammar, spelling, punctuation, accuracy of word choice, the impact of word choice on writing's tone or style, structuring sentences and paragraphs, organizing documents, and the composition process. Part Two presents strategies for the most common types of business writing: resumés and cover letters, other correspondence, company newsletter articles, descriptive writing like instructions and job descriptions, expository writing such as project reports and employee reviews, and persuasive writing like proposals. The conclusion asserts that words convey information as definitively as numbers, requiring an equal level of precision in their use; it also counsels that writing is an art, not a science, because only the unique circumstances of each writing situation determine what works best for that situation.

Download or read book Naming the Unnamable written by Tom Dobson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting upon his own prior experiences as Writer, PhD Student embarks on an ethnographic research project which seeks to explain the relationship between Boys’ creative writing and identity. A view of identity as performance is adopted, a main cast of year 6 Boys is assembled, and the stage of the year 6 primary classroom and the secondary school is set. Undertaking participant observation, PhD Student sends his reflections as emails to PhD Supervisor but as their dialogue takes hold, questions relating to the problematic nature of research and representation proliferate. Which identity is PhD Student performing in the classroom: himself, Mr Dobson, Writer or Tom? Is self-reflexivity enough? To what extent can the Boys’ identities ever be known? Rather than silencing these problems, PhD Student looks for a form of writing which lays bare the messiness of research. He rejects the linearity of the traditional form and writes his thesis as a self-conscious fiction: a dialogue on a train between himself, a post/structuralist academic, and You, a humanist non-academic. As PhD Student’s data is analysed, critiqued and deconstructed from both essentialist and interpretivist perspectives, the impossibility of objective representation is explored. Within its own frame of reference, PhD Student’s analysis of the Boys’ writing offers a theoretical framework for thinking about creative writing in terms of identity and agency. However, the thesis-script itself is primarily a methodological critique: one that shows that no matter what is written on pages, between the words, between the letters, there will always be the Unnamable.

Download or read book Resources for Teaching Creative Writing written by Johnnie Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource book is designed to engage students in the process of creative writing. Using ideas and activities he has put into practice himself, Johnnie Young guides the teacher through a series of creative lessons designed to stimulate creative thinking. Each activity is supported by lesson notes, including ideas for starters, pleanaries and follow up work as well as a photocopiable worksheet.

Download or read book The Artist s Way Morning Pages Journal written by Julia Cameron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegantly repackaged, The Morning Pages Journal is one of The Artist's Way's most effective tools for cultivating creativity, personal growth, and change. Now more compact and featuring spiral binding to make for easier use, these Morning Pages invite you to do three pages daily of longhand writing, strictly stream-of-consciousness, which provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize, and synchronize the day at hand. This daily writing, coupled with the twelve-week program outlined in The Artist's Way, will help you discover and recover your personal creativity, artistic confidence, and productivity. The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal includes an introduction by Julia Cameron, complete instructions on how to use the Morning Pages and benefit fully from their daily use, and inspiring quotations that will guide you through the process.

Download or read book In Their Own Words written by Bill DeMain and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interviews included in this fascinating collection of discussions with popular songwriters focus on the craft itself—and as such, they are of interest to both music fans and to budding songwriters. What inspires songwriters? Where do their songs come from? What is their process? What do they do when they get stuck? In this book, readers will hear from a vast range of well-known, successful songwriters, many of them performers as well, revealing the nuances of their skill: how they write their songs, from conception to finished work. The book discusses both song history and style. The songs discussed have defined eras and culture. Full of trivia, wisdom, and fascinating revelations from such figures as Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Joel, and John Mayer, In Their Own Words shines a light on what is often and inherently lonely craft. It gives readers a glimpse into a mysterious process and offes rising songwriters a wealth of advice from those who have spent decades successfully sharing their work with the public.

Download or read book My Shouting Shattered Whispering Voice written by Patrice Vecchione and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate writing guide that is "a helping hand to anyone who dreams of telling their truth through words on a page.” —Ellen Bass, author of Indigo "[This book] gives us endless ways to access our creative selves and shows us how to shape our experiences into poetry...This book reassured me that we all have the capacity to create something beautiful.'" —Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, author of Children of the Land Ever had an emotion or experience you wanted to express, but didn't know how? This guide by Patrice Vecchione encourages new writers of all ages to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most—both personally and politically—whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. Young adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before. Written in short, easy-to-digest chapters by the editor of Ink Knows No Borders, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice includes prompts and inspiration, writing suggestions and instruction, brief interviews with some current popular poets such as Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, and others, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book. My Shouting, Shattered Whispering Voice offers ways to express rage, frustration, joy, and sorrow, and to substitute apathy with creativity, usurp fear with daring, counteract anxiety with the joy of writing one word down and then another to express vital, but previously unarticulated, thoughts. Most importantly, here you can discover the value of your own voice and come to believe that what you have to say matters.

Download or read book The Introverted Memoir written by N. L. Kerr and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I thought for so long that I could see past the waters of my own discontentment. Yet here she was, proving me wrong, taking me up on her journey across these waters that stretched further than I knew, helping me find my way to the shores of selflessness and understanding...

Download or read book One Million Stories Creative Writing Project 2010 Anthology written by Million Stories and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new collection is a distillation of the global zeitgeist captured by the Project in 2010. Twenty new stories from new and established writers take the reader on an epic journey across an archipelago of ideas: family tension; volcanic ash; political oppression; the perils of air travel; a suicide bombing. Cleverly weaving questions of cultural identity and belonging, these talented authors present an authentic vision of the world.

Download or read book The Creative Qualitative Researcher written by Ronald J. Pelias and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Creative Qualitative Researcher is designed to help readers see the range of possibilities of creative scholarship. The phrase "creative qualitative researchers" points toward scholars who call upon their literary skills to evoke the emotional and intellectual complexity of their subjects; who deploy their vulnerable, relational, and reflexive selves to expose and change problematic cultural practices; and who engage their embodied ideological and ethical sensibilities as researchers. Part I introduces chapters on four qualitative methods: autoethnography, performative writing, narrative inquiry and poetic inquiry. Each of these four method chapters presents the method written in the style it features, provides writing prompts for exploring the chapter’s themes, and offers written examples of the method. Part II, divided into four chapters, aims to develop creative qualitative research skills relevant to the methods discussed in Part I. Chapter 5 discusses empathy and ethics; Chapter 6 is a primer on creative writing; Chapter 7 identifies some alternative ideas for using the words of others; and Chapter 8 focuses on collaborative improvisation to compose scholarly work. Each of the chapters in Part II includes a large number of writing exercises, prompts and strategies to assist scholars in becoming better creative researchers. By the end of the book, readers will know what creative research might entail and will have a clear understanding of the methods. Working with the various writing strategies, readers will see the potential of creative research and gain skills for its use.

Download or read book Gather Seeds of Hope written by K.A. Bloch and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of the award-winning book, Scatter Seeds of Kindness, a new collection of poems and stories with the theme of finding hope wherever you can, even when things seem dim. In Scatter Seeds of Kindness, the reader was encouraged to be kind to others and themselves. Gather Seeds of Hope continues that message but also encourages the reader to hold onto hope whenever they can and share it with others in need. Balancing deep topics such as regret and death alongside lighthearted subjects, this collection is thought-provoking, empathetic, deeply personal, and told in a very relatable manner. You will laugh, smile, gasp in surprise, or perhaps shed a tear as you experience a range of emotions with the goal of always finding hope in every situation. Whether you are a poetry lover or new to the genre, something in this book will touch your soul and bring forth light into an often dark and challenging world.

Download or read book Deeper written by Michaela L. Carson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relationships are hard. They require effort and intentionality to be healthy and thriving. Yet we often view our relationship with God differently, thinking it should be easy and intuitive. The Bible teaches us that our faith is like a tree, and after years of struggling to grow in my relationship with Christ, I was still a sapling. Then I realized that discipline is required to daily consume the nourishment found in His Word. To be a strong oak, we need nutrients to grow and thrive and a root system that is deep and expansive. These ground us when the winds of false doctrine blow and the downpour of the enemy’s lies tries to drown us. This interactive journey is designed to be a customized roadmap helping you explore the importance of spiritual discipline and to develop your understanding of three vital Christian disciplines necessary for growth: prayer, Scripture, and community. The “Map Your Journey” segment at the end of each chapter allows you to choose your next step based on where God is uniquely leading you. These sections offer a compass to navigate your journey with the Lord by discovering deeper places of growth, a deeper understanding of His Word, and deeper intimacy with your Creator. What if we stop expecting perfection? What if we accept where we are and who we are? Could we maybe go deeper with God if we set aside our expectations and started seeking His? I pray the strategies in these pages teach you a fresh way to love Him, because no matter where you are in your relationship with God, there is one thing that we all need—to go deeper!