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The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
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Gotham Writers' Workshop has mastered the art of teaching the craft of writing in a way that is practical, accessible, and entertaining. Now the techniques of this renowned school are available in this audiobook.
Here you'll find:
- The fundamental elements of fiction craft—character, plot, point of view, etc.—explained clearly and completely
- Key concepts illustrated with passages from great works of fiction
- The complete text of Cathedral by Raymond Carver—a masterpiece of contemporary short fiction that is analyzed throughout the book
- Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writing.
Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Fiction offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.
Once you've listened—and written—your way through this book, you'll have a command of craft that will enable you to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels. You will be a writer.
Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in New York City and on the web at WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected Best of the Web by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries.
Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
©2003 Gotham Writers' Workshop (P)2022 Echo Point Books & Media, LLCRelated to this topic
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Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.
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Writing Archetypal Character Arcs
- The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors, Book 11)
- By: K.M. Weiland
- Narrated by: Sonja Field
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Ready to take your story's character arcs and themes to the next level? This latest book from veteran writing teacher and story theorist K.M. Weiland ventures far beyond the popular and pervasive Hero's Journey to explore six important archetypal character arcs, representing key moments of initiation in the human experience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding resource for fiction writers
- By dragonfly99 on 05-25-24
By: K.M. Weiland
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Dialogue
- The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 841
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways. From Macbeth to Breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. Dialogue applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective writer on how to craft artful, impactful speech.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not suited for audio
- By Smith on 03-04-17
By: Robert McKee
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Several Short Sentences About Writing
- By: Verlyn Klinkenborg
- Narrated by: Verlyn Klinkenborg
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It's the harmful debris of your education - a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that will change the way you work and think. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. What you'll find here isn't the way to write. Instead, you'll find a way to clear your mind of illusions about writing and discover how you write.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go ahead. Download it.
- By Shawn Bailey on 12-01-20
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The Anatomy of Genres
- How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works
- By: John Truby
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren’t just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people consume. They are the all-stars of the entertainment world, comprising the vast majority of popular stories worldwide. That’s why businesses—movie studios, production companies, video game studios, and publishing houses—buy and sell them. Legendary writing teacher John Truby provides a guide to understanding the major genres of the story world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- By Javed Rezayee on 11-04-24
By: John Truby
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Story Solution
- 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
- By: Eric Edson
- Narrated by: Eric Edson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay or novel - the 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take. It's an easy-to-understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need. With true insight, this accomplished screenwriter and university professor pinpoints the story structure reasons most new spec scripts don't sell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book! For every writer.
- By Rebecca on 12-07-22
By: Eric Edson
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The Craft of Scene Writing
- Beat by Beat to a Better Script
- By: Jim Mercurio
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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No one comes out of a movie talking about structure. What audiences love and remember about a movie are great scenes. Marlon Brando in the back seat in On the Waterfront giving his "I could'a been a contender" speech. Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in Katz's Deli in When Harry Met Sally with the climactic punch line: "I'll have what she's having." In Superbad, Jonah Hill professing "I love you" to his friend Michael Cera by touching his nose with a "boop".
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2 out of 5 stars
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Abridged and censored- not the full book!
- By Jonathan on 10-02-20
By: Jim Mercurio
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Writing on Empty
- A Guide to Finding Your Voice
- By: Natalie Goldberg
- Narrated by: Natalie Goldberg
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Natalie Goldberg has been writing for the past fifty years. But at the beginning of the pandemic, she suddenly wasn’t able to write anymore. Her imaginative wellspring had dried up, and she was forced to ask herself: what do I do when what has always worked for me doesn’t work anymore? In this beautifully written, inspiring personal account, Natalie shares her harrowing journey out of creative paralysis and back onto the page.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A zen -tour de force!
- By Innocent Bystander on 07-24-24
By: Natalie Goldberg
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How to Write a Mystery
- A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America
- By: Mystery Writers of America, Lee Child - editor
- Narrated by: Laurie R. King, Cary Hite, Caroline McLaughlin, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is known for providing unparalleled resources on the craft, art, and business of storytelling, helping writers of all levels improve their skills for nearly a century. Now, this new handbook helps authors navigate the ever-shifting publishing landscape - from pacing, plotting, the business side of publishing, to the current demand for diversity and inclusivity across all genres, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Broad strokes
- By Desiree Matlock on 12-31-21
By: Mystery Writers of America, and others
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Screenplay
- The Foundations of Screenwriting
- By: Syd Field
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Syd Field's books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition of his premiere guide, the underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are revealed in clear and encouraging language that will remain wise and practical as long as audiences watch stories unfold visually—from hand-held devices to IMAX to virtual reality . . . and whatever comes next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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That Voice That Tells You To Just Simply Write It!
- By Anonymous User on 11-21-24
By: Syd Field