There are three kinds of feelings when reading a story – boredom, interest, and WOW! To become a successful writer you must create the WOW! Feeling on as many pages as possible, and this requires writing that engages the reader emotionally. In his best-selling 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, screenwriter Karl Iglesias explored the working habits of A-list Hollywood scribes. Now, he breaks new ground by focusing on the psychology of the reader. Based on his acclaimed classes at UCLA Extension, Writing for Emotional Impact goes beyond the basics and argues that Hollywood is in the emotion-delivery business, selling emotional experiences packaged in movies and TV shows. Karl not only encourages you to deliver emotional impact on as many pages as possible, he shows you how, offering you hundreds of dramatic techniques to take your writing to the professional level. Read more

The creator of the television science-fiction series "Babylon 5" presents a guide to writing and selling screenplays, television plays, theatrical plays, radio scripts and animation scripts. He explains how to structure and lay out the scripts, provides a guide to terminology used by the industry, and offers advice on getting work seen by the right people. The book also includes the complete script of a "Babylon 5" episode, "The Coming of Shadows", for which Straczynski won the Hugo Award. Read more

Writing your life story is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. In writing it you will find yourself drawing even closer to your children and grandchildren. You will also find it an exciting and fascinating process, one that helps you to make sense of your own life. Writing your own life story is also a very good way for creative writers to find inspiration and get started in the habit of writing. This step-by-step guide will steer you through different ways of telling your life story, in ten easy steps: * HOW TO BEGIN * USING THE POWER OF MEMORY * HOW TO START YOUR RESEARCH * DIFFERENT WAYS OF STRUCTURING YOUR LIFE STORY * HOWTO MAKE YOUR LIFE STORY STAND OUT WITH PICTURES, COLOURS AND SMELLS, ETC * HOW TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPORARY FEEL TO YOUR LIFE STORY * BRINGING THE REST OF THE WORLD INTO YOUR STORY * HOWTO END YOUR LIFE STORY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN T HURT ANYONE (INCLUDING YOURSELF) * HOW TO PRESENT YOUR LIFE STORY AND GET IT PUBLISHED *STORIES TO INSPIRE YOU Nowadays, you can publish your life story should you want to do so. For a small amount of money, you can get a few bound copies or you can publish it free on the net. Don t miss this wonderful opportunity to write an heirloom which will last for ever. Read more

The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries! One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up smiling, nodding, and frowning too much. If you need inspiration for creating characters’ emotional responses that are personalized and evocative, this ultimate show-don’t-tell guide for emotion can help. It includes:Body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for 130 emotions that cover a range of intensity from mild to severe, providing innumerable options for individualizing a character’s reactionsA breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome themAdvice on what should be done beforedrafting to make sure your characters’ emotions will be realistic and consistent Instruction for how to show hidden feelings and emotional subtext through dialogue and nonverbal cuesAnd much more!The Emotion Thesaurus, in its easy-to-navigate list format, will inspire you to create stronger, fresher character expressions and engage readers from your first page to your last. Read more

Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. But the task has become easier thanks to The Negative Trait Thesaurus. Through its flaw-centric exploration of character arc, motivation, emotional wounds, and basic needs, writers will learn which flaws make the most sense for their heroes, villains, and other members of the story’s cast. This book’s vast collection of flaws will help writers to explore the possible causes, attitudes, behaviors, thoughts, and related emotions behind their characters’ weaknesses so they can be written effectively and realistically. Common characterization pitfalls and methods to avoid them are also included, along with invaluable downloadable tools to aid in character creation. Written in list format and fully indexed, this brainstorming resource is perfect for creating deep, flawed characters that readers will relate to. Read more

Character Development Journal A useful journal for both beginner and experienced writiers to create realistic characters in novels, short stories and plays. Detailed prompts allow authors to record infomation on all their characters including:Personal Details (Name, Age, Education Levels)Appearance and Physical CharacteristicsDetails on the characters relationships, friends and familyPersonalityTraits and InterestsMiscellaneous SectionAlso contains top tips on creating characters for both beginners and experienced authors alike!Large 8.5'' by 11'' Book Space for 50 Characters (2 Pages per Character)See my Author Page for Other Designs and Books Read more

Read the controversial play that caused an international sensation when it was first performed. George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession takes a frank and matter-of-fact look at the world's oldest profession and makes an explicit link between the second-class citizenship that has been foisted upon women for thousands of years and the persistence of prostitution as an occupation. Read more

This fourth (and highly requested!) installment of Series Bibles for Writers contains everything you need to map out the plot to your novel or screenplay. Plan your story through the lens of 10 different plotting methods and see it in real time in the worksheets, timelines, calendars, and scene maps provided. Think of this as your plot journal, to brainstorm and store all of your plotting information, and to refer back to as you're writing to keep every plot thread, goal, conflict, timeline, scene, and climax accounted for.Contents include:Worksheets for 10 different well-loved plotting methods.Blank timeline charts for keeping track of character timelines & plot threads.Calendar sheets to plot your story in real timeline (5 yearly, 15 monthly, and 20 weekly sheets)55 scene worksheets, to flesh out killer scenes and make sure they serve a purpose to your arc.And a custom contents page to easily find your info when you need it.(All sections and methods are padded with a scratch note buffer page, so if you decide to rip out any pages that are unnecessary to your story, you won't be ripping out vital information on the back side as well.)This workbook is prompted enough to guide your plot into a satisfying arc, yet free-form enough to handle whatever direction your story needs to go. Use this before you write to build direction. Use this during your writing to keep on track, and to craft scenes ahead of time to cut out dreaded writer's block. And when you're finished, use this workbook during the editing process to audit your plot & scenes, so the final product is a story you can be incredibly proud of.For more Series Bibles for Writers, look for "The Only Character Workbook You'll Ever Need," "The Only World Building Workbook You'll Ever Need," and "The Only Fantasy Workbook You'll Ever Need." Read more

What if there was a shortcut for helping readers get to know your characters? Would you take it? Characters are as complex as people and revealing their inner layers without chunky blocks of pace-stopping description is a challenge. The Occupation Thesaurus can help you unlock one of the best tools in your show-don’t-tell writing kit: a character’s job. Occupations are part of our everyday world, meaning they can be used to encourage readers to make associations between a type of work and the person doing it, shortening the “get to know the character” curve. Whether a person loves or hates what they do, a job can reveal many things, including their priorities, beliefs, desires, and needs. The Occupation Thesaurus will show you how a career choice can characterize, drive the plot, infuse scenes with conflict, and get readers on the character’s side through the relatable pressures, responsibilities, and stakes inherent with work.THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX REGARDING CAREER OPTIONSSelect a job that packs a powerful punch. Inside The Occupation Thesaurus, you’ll find: Informative profiles on popular and unusual jobs to help you write them with authority Believable conflict scenarios for each occupation, giving you unlimited possibilities for adding tension at the story and scene levelAdvice for twisting the stereotypes often associated with these professions Instruction on how to use jobs to characterize, support story structure, reinforce theme, and more An in-depth study on how emotional wounds and basic human needs may influence a character’s choice of occupation A brainstorming tool to organize the various aspects of your character’s personality so you can come up with the best careers for them Do more with your description and choose a profession for your character that showcases who they are, what they want, and what they believe in. With over 120 entries in a user-friendly format, The Occupation Thesaurus is an entire job fair for writers. Read more

A story where the character gets exactly what they want doesn’t make for good reading. But add villainous clashes, lost advantages, power struggles, and menacing threats…well, now we have the makings of a page-turner. Conflict is the golden thread that binds plot to arc, providing the complications, setbacks, and derailments that make the character’s inner and outer journeys dynamic.Inside Volume 2 of The Conflict Thesaurus, you’ll find:A myriad of conflict options in the form of power struggles, ego-related stressors, dangers and threats, advantage and control losses, and other miscellaneous challengesInformation on how each scenario should hinder the character on the path to their goal so they'll learn valuable life lessons and gain insight into what's holding them back internallyInstruction about using the multiple levels of conflict to add pressure through immediate, scene-level challenges and looming problems that take time to solveGuidance on keeping a story’s central conflict in the spotlight and utilizing subplots effectively so they work with—not against—the main plotlineAn exploration of the climax and how to make this pinnacle event highly satisfying for readersWays to use conflict to deepen your story, facilitate epic adversarial showdowns, give your characters agency, and infuse every scene with tensionMeaningful conflict can be so much more than a series of roadblocks. Challenge your characters inside and out with over 100 tension-inducing scenarios in this second volume of The Conflict Thesaurus. And for more instruction on how to use this element to enhance your story (and an additional 100+ conflict scenarios), check out The Conflict Thesaurus, Volume 1. Read more

Most screenwriting books tend to focus on story structure, scene writing, navigating the business, and other parts of the craft that come AFTER the initial choice of the central concept for a story.Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning writer/producer Erik Bork (HBO’s Band of Brothers) takes a different approach. His experience in the industry and as a screenwriting professor and coach have led him to recognize that it's the selection of the initial idea that is the most important part of the process -- with the most impact on the project's chance of success.And as Mr. Bork knows from experience, this choice takes a lot more understanding and work to get "right" than it might seem.Most screenwriters and fiction writers have difficulty getting their work read and accepted by agents, editors and producers mainly because their idea for a story presented in a query or pitch doesn't excite these "gatekeepers" like it would need to, for them to want to engage. And when they do read the whole story, their core reasons for "passing" are usually also about the basic idea (although lack of professional-level execution matters, too). But writers are usually in the dark about this, not realizing that the project they spent months or years on had fundamental flaws on a concept level, in the eyes of the people they most hoped to impress with it.But even the best fiction writing books and screenwriting experts tend to move quickly past the crucial step of choosing a viable idea, to get to the specific plotting and composition of it, because there is so much to master in those later parts of the process -- which feel a lot more like "writing" than developing and mulling over potential story concepts.Professionals, though, tend to understand the primacy of "the idea," and learn that there are certain key elements in story or series premises that really work, and which are worth investing time and energy in. And that's what The Idea focuses on -- laying out what those specific elements are, and how to master them.While its concepts originate from the author's screenwriting experiences, they apply equally to commercial fiction writing, playwriting and other forms of “story” -- because the focus is on what makes an underlying concept compelling enough to appeal to a substantial audience or readership.The "Seven Elements of a Viable Story" in The Idea form an acronym for the word PROBLEM, since every story is really about one, at its core.Each chapter focuses on one of these seven deceptively simple-looking aspects of a strong story, which are anything but easy to master. Mr. Bork highlights his own struggles as a writer, and his arrival at an understanding of how each of these elements works -- and how to know if one's idea really succeeds at each of them. A special section devoted to television writing (and its unique attributes) ends each chapter.Whatever your education and background in writing or story, this book and its unique focus contributes foundationally useful information not covered elsewhere -- which may be the missing piece that leads to greater results, both on the page and in the marketplace. Read more

With over sixty plays written and premièred at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed.For the first time, here in The Crafty Art of Playmaking, he shares all his tricks of the trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where do you start? How do you continue? What is comedy and how do you write it? What is tragedy and how does it work?), to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the other experts, how to cope with rehearsals), the book provides a complete primer for the tyro and a refresher for the more experienced. Written in an accessible and highly entertaining style, with anecdotes galore to illustrate the how, when, where and why, it's worth the cover price for the jokes alone.'A marvellously useful and enjoyably good-humoured book' Daily Telegraph Read more

Calligraphy Practice Book - Alphabets Tracing Book For Beginners AdultsHaving ugly handwriting? Feel embarrassed when your loved one sees your ugly handwriting?Scribble something and people don't know what you are writing?Or you already have nice handwriting but you are trying to improve it?This book can help you! Follow the slanted joined up cursive letter to help you improve your handwriting! The more your practice the better the result!SCROLL UP, CLICK "ADD TO CART" BUTTON AND GRAB 1 NOW!Feature:- 8.5" x 11"- Gym bag size, which is easy to bring along- Matter Finished- 120 pages Read more

Tonight Neverland is fleshed out with plenty of plant life, certainly bettering 2011's production of Jack and the Bean-Cactus. So, with no further ado, please put your hands together for J.M. Barrie's Christmas classic: Peter Pan! The inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society set out to present J. M. Barrie's classic tale of Peter Pan, their most audacious production to date. Flying? Pyrotechnics? Sharp hooks? What ensues is two acts of hysterical disaster. You'll laugh, they'll cry. Something so wrong has never been so right. From the mischievous minds of the West End and Edinburgh hit The Play That Goes Wrong comes this highly original, chaos-filled re-telling of J.M. Barrie's much-loved classic. Peter Pan Goes Wrong received its world premiere at the Pleasance Theatre, London, on 10 December 2013 and transferred to the West End on 4 December 2015. This edition was published to coincide with the West End transfer. Read more

Write in your favorite recipes in one place.Put all your Favorite Family and Friends Recipes in the Recipes And Shit.- Do you want an empty recipe book with the recipes you love the most?- Do you want to preserve and organize all your family recipes?- Are you tired of spinning, printing and bookmarking a recipe only to have a hard time finding it later when you need it?This Blank Recipe Journal is the perfect way to organize all your favorite recipes in one place. You will love it. It is beautifully designed, simple, clear, easy to use and well organized.Add in all your Secret Family Recipes in this cookbook blank. This blank recipe book makes a great gift and Family Activity for Mom, Dad, and Grandparents to share with Kids and Grandchildren! Create New Traditions, Bake and Record all your Holiday Cookie Recipes and More!- 7 x 10 Inches not too big and at the same time with enough writing space to jot down everything needed. 120 Pages, 110 Blank Recipe Journal, Sturdy Paperback Glossy Cover Read more

"This book revolutionized my writing! I use it for every novel I write. Highly recommended!" — Colleen Coble, USA Today Bestselling AuthorA 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?According to #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell, that's exactly where you'll find your story's heart and heat. Bell's "Mirror Moment" is the secret, and its power is available to any writer, at any stage of the writing process.Bringing together years of craft study and personal discovery, Bell presents a truly unique approach to writing a novel, one that will stand the test of time and serve you all your writing life."I need three things before I tackle a new novel: Diet Coke, a laptop, and my dog-eared copies of James Scott Bell's books on writing craft!” - Kami Garcia, #1 NYT Times & International Bestselling author Read more

Dive into the transformative world of scriptwriting with "The Art of the Script: Writing for Stage and Screen." This comprehensive guide illuminates the path from novice to master scriptwriter. Whether you're yearning to write captivating dramas, groundbreaking series, or blockbuster movies, this book is your gateway to the art of impactful storytelling.Embark on a journey that begins with the basics of story structure and character creation, advancing through the intricacies of dialogue, pacing, and thematic depth. "The Art of the Script" not only teaches you how to craft memorable characters and compelling narratives but also guides you in adapting your scripts for diverse media platforms and global audiences.As you navigate the complexities of the scriptwriting process, this book becomes your mentor, offering insights into mastering genre blending, understanding legal aspects, and even exploring cutting-edge realms like virtual reality. It's not just about writing; it's about refining your vision and voice to resonate in the ever-evolving world of stage and screen.Unlock your creative potential, harness the power of your imagination, and step confidently into the world of scriptwriting. Your story is waiting to be told – let "The Art of the Script" be the catalyst for your scriptwriting success. Read more

This engaging text explores the role of the writer and the text in collaborative practice through the work of contemporary writers and companies working in Britain, offering students and aspiring writers and directors effective practical strategies for collaborative work. Read more

In A Friendship in Letters, Dr. Michael Shaw brings together correspondence between two of Scotland's most famous writers for the first time. Though they never met, Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie developed a warm friendship, revealed in these amusing and gossipy letters, with vivid commentary on each other's literary work. Until recently, Barrie's side of the correspondence was presumed lost by his biographers. This epistolary volume reunites Barrie's letters with Stevenson's and contextualises them through an engaging introduction and a series of appendices, including a delightful short story by Barrie. Read more