This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

"A must-read for any aspiring or seasoned writer." --Huffington Post We all have the call to create. The question is...why don't we answer it? We all come pre-loaded with a creative spark that drives us to innovate, explore, express, and make our unique contribution to the world. Often, though, that drive doesn't get us very far down the road before it runs right smack into resistance--the mysterious force that thwarts creativity. But resistance needn't be the enemy of writing--or any other creative endeavor. Deb Norton's Part Wild provides fun and practical ways to turn resistance into a creative asset. Whether it presents as doubt, perfectionism, or Deb's favorite: a chorus of withering inner critics, the power of resistance can be leveraged to launch the creative process with real momentum. Once we harness resistance, we can let our creative impulses off the leash. Norton has turned a decade of sold-out writing retreats and private coaching into a process for powering up your creative ideas. In Part Wild, she shares dozens of illuminating and effective practices and quick-start prompts that are guaranteed to get us out of our heads and onto the page. Just as The Artist's Way gave millions of readers permission to explore their creative side, Part Wild shows writers of all levels of experience and skill how to harness the electrifying power of resistance and get writing.

In Stitching Together an Essay: A Guide to College Writing students examine an essay about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in order to learn how various pieces of writing are combined to create a cohesive body. The emphasis is on writing practice, with instruction on grammar, audience, thesis, and argument embedded. The book first introduces students to various types of writing including summary and analysis. Students then explore the structure of an essay, the role of pre-writing, developing a thesis, logic and flow, tone and style, and the construction of a conclusion. They learn the skills necessary to successfully produce each piece of the essay and then how to assemble the pieces to produce a complete work of college-level writing. Special attention is given to the research essay. While standard compositions textbooks can seem overly dry and academic, Stitching Together an Essay brings together all aspects of successful writing in a fresh, accessible way and provides straightforward, simple explanations of grammar and writing mechanics. It is an ideal choice for introductory composition courses.

Preparing an Evidence-Based Report uses case studies to teach basic principles of human resources and the skills needed to conduct investigations into human resource issues. It explores the emotional nature of such investigations and the tensions they inevitably produce. Readers learn practical skills to ensure investigations are carried out in a fair and reliable manner. Each step in the process is explained beginning with the decision of whether or not to investigate. The book explains the role of the neutral investigator, how to craft an interview, and how to infer facts from evidence. It addresses what to do when facts don't add up and how to avoid jumping to conclusions. Lastly, readers learn how to make useful recommendations and write persuasive reports. Special attention is given to gender discrimination investigations. Each chapter includes self assessment exercises. Preparing an Evidence-Based Report is dedicated to teaching professionals how to satisfactorily and positively resolve human resource problems. It is an excellent resource for investigators, hearing officers, and arbitrators.

Seasons change and holidays come and go, but the love of writing remains constant throughout the year. Write Away; A Year of Musings and Motivations, combines monthly insightful and humorous stories with tips, tools and interactions that encourage writers to reflect on where they are and where they want to be. From Writing Naked to Writing an Effective Query Letter, the essays remind readers of the unique nuances in the life of a writer and provide practical advice for strengthening skills and knowledge. Each month opens with a place to record goals and action plans. A back section provides resources and tools to help readers stay on track and stay informed. Inspirational quotes, reflective questions, and short exercises keep motivation and energy flowing. The writing journey can be long, and full of twists and turns, but there is always a lot to learn and laugh about along the way

Writing for Magazines in the UK: how to get paid to write. A short, punchy guide to article and feature writing and how to earn money from it. * Article writing: the practicalities: how to find topics and magazines to write for. * Top tips on approaching editors. * Articles writing: research, style and being professional. * What does a rejection really mean? * Planning ahead: being businesslike: how to get paid to write. Contains bonus fiction samples. What people have said I wish I'd had the benefit of Ellie Stevenson's booklet when I was just starting out as a writer. It tells you things you didn't even realise you needed to know. Gill Sharp, published writer of educational books, materials and resources. This guide punches above its weight. Armed with the advice it gives, I now have the confidence to approach magazine editors. Debbie Steel, freelance careers writer. Recommended, gives you all the information you need in a punchy, readable style. Alison Dixon, CWA and author of Which A Levels?

The Writer's Passage is a journey through time in which writers engage with all the vital stages in the history of world literature. In this course of thirty-five lessons, millennia of human experience is turned by way of the alchemy of story into fuel for new creative writing. The journey begins in the childhood of language - in nursery rhyme, fable and fairy tale and then turns to the powerful myths of creation. Myths bestow a powerful charge - simply to hear them can be salutary. To engage with them through creative writing intensifies the experience exponentially, bringing them fully alive with opportunities for creative growth. After that, the course travels through historic time, following the trade routes of culture from ancient India to the twenty-first century. Through depth encounters with the work of Sappho and Socrates, Shakespeare and Ginsberg, students enter the lives of the poets and join in their projects. The shift of perspective demanded by the exercises in this book is in itself deeply liberating. The scope of the soul is enlarged merely by trying on the soul-skin of a different time, culture and personality - to serenely reformulate the eightfold path of the Buddha or passionately hurl oneself into the battle fury of the Viking; to tangle with the verbal eroticism of Sappho or the righteous passion of the prophets. To become the pure Parzival of the medieval epics and then the devil in Goethe's Faust is an unmatched gymnastic for the creative soul. In this approach, rarely does the student of creative writing have difficulty producing work. On the contrary, many find that any existing blocks dissolve. To engage with this journey is an act of integration, an artistic initiation into the vitality of literature and the manifold ways of being human. In this way the work also serves as a course in personal development, undertaken through the medium of writing.

The works featured in the 2012 edition of Tacenda Literary Magazine contribute to a nuanced understanding of the multifaceted world of crime and punishment, providing a literary window onto a world of hurt and loss and enduring hope that is too often hidden from view.

The Clearing Folk School is where Norbert Blei taught a weeklong writing workshop every summer for nearly 40years. e school, built by landscape architect Jens Jensen, is situated atop one of the most beautiful bluffs in DoorCounty. is is Norbert Blei's DoorCounty, the subject of much of his writing. Nearly two years prior to his death in 2013, Norbert invited some of his long-time students (all accomplished writers themselves) to contribute essays to a book he intended to write about his years as a teacher at e Clearing. The book would be his personal perspectives on teaching, students, and the importance of place, specifically The Clearing. The Professor's Quarters is a collection of those student essays compiled and edited by long-time Blei students and writers: Alice D'Alessio, Albert DeGenova, Jude Genereaux, and Susan O'Leary. This is a book about love. The love of a teacher, a place, and the writing life.