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Author: Christopher Vogler
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780330375917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Writer's Journey is an insider's guide to how master storytellers from Hitchcock to Spielberg have used mythic structure to create powerful stories. This new edition includes analyses of latest releases such as The Full Monty.
Author: Christopher Vogler
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9781615933150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally an influential memo Vogler wrote for Walt Disney Animation executives regarding The Lion King, The Writer's Journey details a twelve-stage, myth-inspired method that has galvanized Hollywood's treatment of cinematic storytelling. A format that once seldom deviated beyond a traditional three-act blueprint, Vogler's comprehensive theory of story structure and character development has met with universal acclaim, and is detailed herein using examples from myths, fairy tales, and classic movies. This book has changed the face of screenwriting worldwide over the last 25 years, and continues to do so.
Author: J.T. Ellison
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 1488076545
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Elegant, propulsive, and utterly unputdownable… The work of one of our most talented thriller writers at the very top of her game.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison’s breathtaking novel invites you to a wedding none will forget—and some won’t survive. Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets. From the moment Claire sets foot on the island, something seems amiss. Skeletal remains have just been found. There are other, newer disturbances, too. Menacing texts. A ruined wedding dress. And one troubling shadow hanging over Claire’s otherwise blissful relationship—the strange mystery surrounding Jack’s first wife. Then a raging storm descends, the power goes out—and the real terror begins… Don't miss J.T. Ellison's next thriller, IT'S ONE OF US, coming February 2023!
Author: Stephen James May
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780806136998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe public and private lives of writer James A. Michener come together in an incisive portrait that examines Michener's body of writing in its biographical and cultural contexts and establishes his place in twentieth-century letters.
Author: Robert Boice
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1994-08-23
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, by a psychologist with two decades of investment in writers, depicts his programs for instilling patience, pacing, constancy, and resilience in writing. He shows how writers proceed to comfort and fluency by detailing strategies, rules, and turning points for a diversity of writers--professional, professorial, and otherwise. The result is a thorough-going discussion of what helps writers and a review of the broad literature that program participants found most helpful.
Author: Peg Kehret
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780807586501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the author of numerous books for young people, describing her childhood bout with polio, how she became a writer, family relationships, and the importance of writing in her life.
Author: Will Craig
Publisher:
Published: 2017-04-27
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780979044854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiving the Hero's Journey guides the reader on an epic journey of self-discovery by engaging the visual metaphors of today's action-adventure films and yesterday's mythic tales. Experience personal growth and development through the lens of movies and mythology.In an age where people look outward for direction and upward for inspiration, Living the Hero's Journey provides a time-honored template for looking inward and going deep for the answers we seek. By using contemporary storytelling and ancient mythology as the bifocals through which to envision our future, we have the opportunity to explore--for the first time--what we have known on a cellular level since the dawn of time; in myth there is magic.Author Will Craig shares the paths traveled, and lessons learned over the course of a decade leading an international coaching and mentoring company. Join him on the action-adventure of a lifetime.
Author: Victoria Schmidt
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"45 Master Characters" explores the most common male and female archetypes, provides instructions for using them to create original characters, and gives examples of how other authors have brought such archetypes to life in novels, film and television. Worksheets included for writers to develop their own characters. 45 illustrations.
Author: Peter Guthrie
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Published: 1985-12
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780883341841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Daniel Keyes
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2004-09-01
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0547564082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of Flowers for Algernon discusses the highs & lows of the writing life, as well as his methods for creating fiction. In his bestselling novel Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes created an unlikely duo—a laboratory mouse and a man—who captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Now, in Algernon, Charlie, and I, Keyes reveals his methods of creating fiction as well as the heartbreaks and joys of being published. For the first time, readers, writers, teachers, and students can glimpse the creative life behind this cherished novel. Includes the original novelette version of Flowers for Algernon
