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Highlights
- Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer's Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author's twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought.
- Author(s): Priscilla Long
- 368 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Writing
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About the Book
Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer's Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author's twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought.
Book Synopsis
Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer's Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author's twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought. The book provides tools for structuring a book, story, or essay. It trains writers in observation and in developing a poet's ear for sound in prose. It scrutinizes the sentence strategies of the masters and offers advice on how to publish. This second edition is updated to account for changes in the publishing industry and provides hundreds of new craft models to inspire, guide, and develop every writer's work.
Review Quotes
"A comprehensive manual covering integral topics."
--Poets & Writers, "Best Books for Writers""All of Priscilla's advice is clear and sound."
--Sheila Bender, Writing It Real"This book is great for aspiring writers, and it is a good introduction to developing style and content that grabs and captures attention from a reading audience."
--American Reference Books Annual"Wonderful."
--The Seattle Review of Books"A treasure trove of information and inspiration. Every writer should own a copy of this book."--Lori Ann Bloomfield, author of The Last River Child