BostonPL_Writing Your Novel: 12 Downloadable Audiobooks

On Writing

A Memoir Of The Craft

by King, Stephen

Downloadable Audiobook - 2000

Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. Show less

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This Year You Write Your Novel

by Mosley, Walter

Downloadable Audiobook - 2019

Mosley shares professional tips on how to write a novel, counseling aspiring writers on how to create and adhere to a daily writing schedule, determine a personal narrative voice, and work through the challenging initial stages. Mosley shares professional tips on how to write a novel, counseling aspiring writers on how to create and adhere to a daily writing schedule, determine a personal narrative voice, and work through the challenging initial stages. Show less

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Writing Tools

50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

by Clark, Roy Peter

Downloadable Audiobook - 2011

Covers everything from the most basic to the more complex and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. Covers everything from the most basic to the more complex and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. Show less

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Writing Great Fiction

Storytelling Tips and Techniques

Downloadable Audiobook - 2014

The Great Courses! Taught by award-winning novelist James Hynes, a former visiting professor at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, these 24 insightful lectures show you the ins and outs of the fiction writer's craft. The Great Courses! Taught by award-winning novelist James Hynes, a former visiting professor at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, these 24 insightful lectures show you the ins and outs of the fiction writer's craft. Show less

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Writing the Blockbuster Novel

by Zuckerman, Albert

Downloadable Audiobook - 2013

Covers the essential elements of the blockbuster novel and shows writers how to put them to work in their books, from creating outlines and building larger than life characters to injecting suspense and more. Covers the essential elements of the blockbuster novel and shows writers how to put them to work in their books, from creating outlines and building larger than life characters to injecting suspense and more. Show less

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On Writing Well Audio Collection

On Writing Well and How to Write a Memoir

by Zinsser, William

Downloadable Audiobook - 2004

Part I: Whether you want to write about people and places, science and technology, business, sports or the arts, this is the definitive guide to the craf...Show more Part I: Whether you want to write about people and places, science and technology, business, sports or the arts, this is the definitive guide to the craft of nonfiction. Part II: On memoir, personal history and family history—tells you in helpful detail how to write the story of your life: who you are, who you once were, and what heritage you come from. Show less

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Dreyer's English

An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

by Dreyer, Benjamin

Downloadable Audiobook - 2019

Dreyer, Random House's long-time Copy Chief, distills everything he has learned from the hundreds of books he has copy edited, including works by Elizabet...Show more Dreyer, Random House's long-time Copy Chief, distills everything he has learned from the hundreds of books he has copy edited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot forward in writing prose. Show less

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First You Write a Sentence

The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

by Moran, Joe

Downloadable Audiobook - 2019

An unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. Using sources ...Show more An unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. Using sources ranging from the Bible and Shakespeare to George Orwell and Maggie Nelson, and scientific studies of what can best fire the reader's mind, he shows how we can all write in a way that is clear, compelling and alive. Show less

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The Sense of Style

The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Pinker, Steven

Downloadable Audiobook - 2014

Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of o...Show more Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of others. He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish. Show less

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Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Lamott, Anne

Downloadable Audiobook - 2013

A step-by-step guide on how to write and on how to manage the writer's life. From "Getting Started,' with "Short Assignments," through &quo...Show more A step-by-step guide on how to write and on how to manage the writer's life. From "Getting Started,' with "Short Assignments," through "Shitty First Drafts," "Character," "Plot," "Dialogue." all the way from "False Starts" to "How Do You Know When You're Done?" Show less

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Hungry Heart

Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

by Weiner, Jennifer

Downloadable Audiobook - 2016

Jennifer grew up as an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown (“a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot”) and at her Ivy...Show more Jennifer grew up as an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown (“a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot”) and at her Ivy League college, but finally found her people in newsrooms in central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, and her voice as a novelist, activist, and New York Times columnist. Show less

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How I Write

Secrets of a Bestselling Author

by Evanovich, Janet

Downloadable Audiobook - 2006

Details the elements of writing and publishing a novel, and addresses all categories of fiction--from mystery/thriller/action titles to romance; from stan...Show more Details the elements of writing and publishing a novel, and addresses all categories of fiction--from mystery/thriller/action titles to romance; from stand-alone narratives to series. It offers practical and inspiring advice on such subjects as structuring a plot and handling rejection. Show less

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