This is a complete playwriting course -- from developing a theme through plotting and structuring a play, developing characters, creating dialog, f...

Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's Comedy Writing Step by Step has been the manual for humour writers for 25 years. In this new book, his f...

"This is a book for dramaturgs of new work, but it is also a particularly effective book for anyone working on new plays: playwrights, directors, p...

Highly entertaining, eye-opening interviews with today's hottest screenwriters.

"News & Features" offers an insightful look into the art of news and feature writing. The crafting of great news stories and feature articles i...

As with the first volume of this remarkable series, award-winning writer Michael B Davie shares with readers some of the outstanding news and featu...

This book is a text and photographic facsimile of two very rare after action reports by Luftwaffe kriegsberichter (war correspondents) chronicling ...

The increasing popularity of the study of Persian (also known as Farsi, Tajiki or Dari) in the English speaking world, has created a need for a bi-...

Translated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Benciven...

Translated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Benciven...

Two successful movie and TV producers provide the reader with the tools needed to create, develop, and sell ideas to Hollywood. Producers Jonathan ...

Playwriting in Process: Thinking and Working Theatrically is written to encourage new and experienced playwrights to build techniques for a greater...

Playwriting Master Class is a book about the process of playwriting for the active playwright, the evolution of the play as the playwright engages ...

Over 45 agent, editor, and author-written chapters -- called workshops in the book -- provide instruction on the writing craft and the business of ...

The only book in the style and form of the traditional word Thesaurus, Lauther's Punctuation Thesaurus fill the gap for the punctuation system of t...

A candid, no-nonsense appraisal of the daily grind to the writer's life. Lays out a sound, strategic plan for building a career as a full-time writer.

The author is the brother of the renowned artist, David Hockney. The essential handbook for writers and non-writers wanting to write or record thei...

In this series of fifteen essays with leading figures in the journalism and publishing fields, Aydogan Vatandas brings his unique investigative app...

Publish or Perish. This old adage illustrates the importance of scientific communication; essential to research, it also represents a strategic sec...

This is a complete screenwriting course -- from initial idea through final script sale -- providing in-depth discussions of theme development; stor...

Unlocks the mysteries of commercially successful screen drama.

Students need to understand that public speaking is a life skill that will improve their career and relationships with others. The book is divided ...

Introduction; The History of the Glossary; The Sources; Bibliographical References and Abbreviations; Index of Manuscripts; Specimen Lexici Runici ...

Writing for the spoken word is a special discipline; it requires that speechwriters' products be written primarily, although not exclusively, to be...