Creative Nonfiction

850 Prompts perfect for novelists, poets, bloggers, and anyone who loves to create. Regardless of what genre you specialize in and/or for what age group, these prompts will spark your interest. Everyone will grab something different from them. Challenge yourself and see where these take you.

People are often surprised when they learn of the worldwide adventures of Michael J. Hawron Not just because of the extent of his travels or the remarkable experiences he’s had, but because he’s made a life with his family in the small town of New Boston, Texas. Putting down roots in a town thousands of miles away from the people you know can be as harrowing as immigrating to an entirely new country, but the right house, in the right town, with the right people can make all the difference in the world. ˃˃˃ After settling in New Boston during an unplanned detour, Hawron has learned ...

Julia Cameron has been teaching the world about creativity since her seminal book, The Artist’s Way, first broke open the conversation around art. Now, in Write for Life, she turns to one of the subjects closest to her heart: the art and practice of writing. Over the course of six weeks, Cameron carefully guides listeners step by step through the creative process. With the learned experience of a lifetime of writing, Cameron gives listeners practical tools to start, pursue, and finish their writing project.

WHAT ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD DO From the author of the popular online blog Mydangblog comes this compilation of strange stories, wacky adventures, and weird and wonderful thoughts. Topics range from the sublime (bizarre online ads and forklift fantasies) to the ridiculous (worst case scenarios and more clocks than you can count), to the even more ridiculous (haunted bathrooms and questionable quizzes). Suzanne Craig-Whytock's absurdist sense of humour was borne out of a childhood spent watching Monty Python combined with a natural tendency towards anxiety and OCD, and it's on full display ...

In an age of convenience and information overload, it’s easy to go through the motions, pressured, distracted, and seeking instant gratification rather than harnessing our potential for meaningful and impactful lives. When we’re accustomed to a low energy brain state and lulled by the comfort zone it creates, it’s difficult to rouse ourselves to act with intention and create the lives we truly want to lead.

“Far From Mars” contains nine creative nonfiction articles about individuals who live and work in Champaign-Urbana, two adjoining towns in east central Illinois. The pieces range from dog walkers who adore their Greyhounds to a cassette collector who hosts a local radio show and plays on-air music via the tapes he buys. Readers will also meet an established chef who is now part owner of a new restaurant, a recovered alcoholic turned antique collector, and a musician who performs solo despite a lingering cold that will alter his performance. The book concludes with an award-winning ...

As the title suggests, this book is just a bunch of writing prompts meant to inspire novelists, poets, bloggers, and all other kinds of creative persons. Included within you'll find 200 ready-to-use story prompts and 400 two-word prompts to also fire up your imagination. There are writing tips and thoughts to ponder regarding storytelling.

When we’re writing a book, we need inspiration, and we need the “how-to” pieces that we were never taught in school. Start Writing Your Book Today provides both. Over the last 10 years as a writing coach, Morgan has developed a blend of mindset and mechanics to help authors through feeling stuck and into power writing through their books. In this book, Morgan shares her methods with you, so that you can step up and become the writer you know you’re meant to be.

See the world like you never have before with Michael J. Hawron's engaging new memoir, Entertaining Detours. This fascinating collection of individual chapter-length anecdotes are both funny and poignant…but always heartfelt. The adventure begins with a chance email encounter as Hawron is planning a return trip to Hong Kong with his son and daughter. As a young MIT student in the early 1970s, he launches a personal expedition around the world—one that ultimately takes him to more than thirty countries in five different continents over the span of three decades. One of those countries is...

You’ve finished your first draft—now what? On Rewriting is your witty, practical, and inspiring guide to transforming messy manuscripts into meaningful masterpieces. With humor, clarity, and actionable techniques, this book invites writers into the heart of the rewriting process—the crucial stage where stories are shaped, voices are sharpened, and true magic happens. Learn how to: Reimagine and restructure your rough draft Identify your story’s “secret sauce” Use powerful tools like “read aloud” and “cut-and-paste” to reshape scenes Embrace feedback and editing rituals ...

There are times when our inspiration needs a boost and all it takes to rev it up is something basic or obvious that we haven't thought of for a while. A simple idea can spark a story or poem, a song, sculpture, painting or design, a recipe, podcast and more. Inside this book you'll find topics and examples to help ignite your creativity. Also included are writing prompts to get the gears turning. While they may appear customized for writers and poets, they're for everyone with an artistic flare. Behind every work of art (written or otherwise) is a story. Use these prompts yourself. Share ...

If the book tells a true story, you're listening to nonfiction. How else do you know? Quick, fun examples help you get the facts on nonfiction.

A Good Story, That’s the Whole Story Upgrade your story telling skills to an art! Reveal the secrets of how to make a change (in yourself and others), influence, and leave your mark on the way to being Simply Me… • Learn how to share and create meaningful stories, when facing an audience, even if you weren’t born an author… • Reveal the 5 rules of thumb for creating a good story and how anyone can do this. • Discover the 6 types of stories, that can turn any lesson, workshop, and message, even the driest and most boring, into a meaningful, exciting, and fascinating message. In...

Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills into a hilarious, and poignant audiobook chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his 20s in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him.

More Literary Journalism from a Writer Who Loves the Craft The second volume of Far From Mars leads off with a weird night out on the town with the author, followed by an amateur boxer who works in academia, a concert by a world-class string quartet, a college women’s tennis tournament on a gloomy Saturday, a stop with a friend to a longtime café in Urbana, and the reunion of two dogs who are sisters with different personalities. These slice-of-life pieces by Sal Nudo are genuine, charming, and satisfying for the soul.

Few things excite teens as much as making music. However, developing a contemporary music program that engages them often remains a mystery. But what if there were a proven method for creating and sustaining a music program that reaches teens on their own terms? The authors had this vision in mind when they launched their first Music Clubhouse in 2004 in Lawrence Massachusetts. The professional staff filled the room with guitars, keyboards, drums, and the latest recording equipment, drawing teens in from the nearby community. Nearly twenty years later, this vision has expanded to 25 Music ...

IMPORTANT ! PLEASE NOTE - The KINDLE edition of this book is for your reference only and is NOT INTENDED TO BE INTERACTIVE. It is a preview - its main intent is to show the designs that are available in the physical copy of the book. You can get a PDF version of these Maps in a link at the end of the book so you can print them out. 25 Maps of unknown lost cities in black and white from view of dron in order to enhance your cartographic experience . These amazing 25 cities maps contains road and buildings at scale and you can discover surprising stories for each city describing how the city ...

In a book that begins with a series of lynchings and ends with a series of apologies, Eula Biss explores race in America. Her response to the topic is informed by the experiences chronicled in these essays - teaching in a Harlem school on the morning of 9/11, reporting for an African American newspaper in San Diego, watching the aftermath of Katrina from a college town in Iowa, and settling in Chicago’s most diverse neighborhood.

From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers. Writing Life Stories is a classic text that appears on countless creative nonfiction and composition syllabi the world over. This updated 10th anniversary edition gives you the same friendly instruction and stimulating exercises along with updated information on current memoir writing trends, ethics, internet research, and even marketing ideas.

Do you want to get into the self-publishing business? Would you like to write, sell, and publish books for profit? If your answer is "yes", you need this audiobook! From the author of How to Write a Book and many others. Self-publishing can be big business if you know how to go about it. In this audiobook, you will find everything you need to know about writing, publishing, and promoting your own eBooks and paperbacks on KDP, and your own audiobooks on Audible!