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Fascinating and informative - advice to inspire budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over. 'A motivating, and pleasingly undaunting volume for the would be writer in your life' DAILY MAIL 'The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a...

Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency.

Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher is the well-told story of forty years in the publishing business. For twenty-four of those years, John Sargent ran one of America’s largest publishing companies. Rather than a straight chronological narrative, Sargent uses the best stories of those years to give us an intimate look inside book publishing. In weaving these stories together, he brings the listener with him through triumph and despair, and a very interesting daily life.

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a time A must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities Local news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in...

How can you cheat… at drinking wine? It turns out you can. And when you do, a whole world of power, ego and money will unravel. Corked is the scandalous saga in the glamorous, competitive and mysterious world of fine wines.

The current curricular emphasis on analytical writing can make it feel risky to teach creative writing in ELA classrooms. But the opportunity to write fiction in school opens many doors for young people: doors the author argues are critical to the development of our students, our education system, and even our democracy. This book will delight English teachers weary of focusing relentlessly on argument and information writing.

A reportagem clássica sobre a bomba atômica que devastou a cidade de Hiroshima em 1945: um retrato de seis sobreviventes escrito um ano depois da explosão. Quarenta anos mais tarde, o autor reencontrou os entrevistados e completou o trabalho. Hiroshima permitiu que o mundo tomasse consciência do catastrófico poder de destruição das armas nucleares.

Jeder große Buchverlag erhält monatlich hunderte unverlangt eingesandte Manuskripte. Dazu kommen noch die vielen Empfehlungen von Literaturagenten und neue Buchprojekte bereits unter Vertrag stehender Schriftsteller. Wie können Autoren nun dabei hervorstechen und die Verlage von sich und ihrem Buchprojekt überzeugen? Ein professionell erstelltes Exposé kann die Eintrittskarte zu einem Buchverlag bedeuten. Doch worauf kommt es dabei an und wie ist ein Exposé überhaupt aufgebaut?

El mundo de hoy quiere conocerte y descubrir la verdadera historia de por qué haces lo que haces. Ya sea que tengas un producto que vender, la misión de una empresa que compartir o un público al que entretener, es mucho más probable que las personas se involucren y conecten contigo si les ofreces una historia bien elaborada con un núcleo emocional. Bobette Buster es guionista y colabora como asesora con las principales productoras cinematográficas, incluidas Pixar, Disney y Sony Animation. En Storytelling nos enseña el arte de contar historias poderosas y atractivas.

È una verità universalmente riconosciuta che uno scrittore in possesso di un po' di tempo e di un'idea non ha bisogno di nulla di più urgente della motivazione. Ora, se mi perdona se adatto questa citazione di Jane Austen alle circostanze, le spiego il mio pensiero: Si può avere un'idea rivoluzionaria e tutto il tempo del mondo, solo che è poco utile se manca la motivazione. Se è presente anche questa, tuttavia, possono sorgere domande che possono essere un po' opprimenti, soprattutto per i nuovi scrittori.

¿Vivir de lo que escribes es posible? El escritor emprendedor tendrá que saber identificar su público objetivo, diseñar una propuesta de valor y atraer y retener fans en redes sociales. Es preciso que sepa construir su marca personal y maneje el email marketing. Si todo eso se te hace un mundo, este es tu libro. Aquí vas a encontrar todo lo que necesitas saber para—ahora sí—poder vivir de lo que escribes. Ana González Duque te muestra paso a paso cómo conseguir resultados tangibles con tu blog de escritor, cómo ha conseguido ella reducir al mínimo su jornada laboral para dedicarse a escribir.

Journalists hate the term fake news, but there's a troubling reality: spin doctors routinely try to dupe them into reporting misleading and distorted stories. Award-winning journalist Cecil Rosner insists there is something we can do about this. We can pressure news organizations to stop blindly regurgitating the firehose of press releases and focus instead on determining what is actually true. Rosner empowers listeners by sharing his techniques for detecting misinformation and disinformation.

Self-Publishing For Dummies takes you through the entire process of publishing your own books, starting with the writing and editing process and moving through cover design, printing options, distribution channels, and marketing to a target audience. With the advice in this book, you can tackle self-publishing, no matter what genre you write in. You'll learn how to retain full control over your work and keep the profits from the sales of your book. 

Неужели ты опять отложишь мечту – написать книгу? Опять занят и считаешь затею глупостью? А ведь чтобы сотворить историю нужно совсем немного: капелька поддержки на старте, чуток теории в процессе и безудержная энергия творчества, которую я помогу тебе разбудить. Мир живёт историями, и каждый может стать увлекательным рассказчиком. В этой книге я дам ответы на самые животрепещущие вопросы писателя-новичка.

Schreib dich frei: Auch du kannst schreiben! Hier wird dir vorgeführt wie auch du ein Buch schreiben kannst. Mit ein paar Anleitung kann jeder die Freude am Schreiben für sich gewinnen.

You've probably already realized that storytelling is ubiquitous today and that it's hard to imagine marketing without it. In this guide, you will first get an overview of what storytelling actually is and why it is an important part of a successful marketing strategy. In addition, you will learn in the theory section how a classic story is structured, to what extent this structure can be integrated into business practice and what alternatives there are.

Cosa è successo alla scuola? Come pos­siamo risollevare le sorti dell’istituzione più importante per il futuro del Paese dopo una fase difficile come quella che sta af­frontando? Dovremmo partire dagli insegnati motivati e capaci che la sorreggono nonostante i molti ostacoli e dal serbatoio di vitalità degli studenti. E poi naturalmen­te occorre ridare all’istruzione le risorse e la centralità che merita.

Este é um audiolivro necessário, especialmente quando pululam nas redes sociais “sábios” com respostas prontas para todos os problemas do país e do mundo, com base em fé ideológica, religiosa ou de qualquer outra espécie. Hélio Schwartsman, filósofo e jornalista da Folha de S. Paulo, não tem, é claro, todas as respostas, mas formula perguntas com muita perspicácia.

João do Rio nasceu e morreu no Rio de Janeiro. Durante sua vida utilizou a crônica e a reportagem para registrar as mudanças da cidade e o imaginário popular do povo carioca, bem como a realidade social enfrentada pelos moradores da periferia da cidade. Andando pelas ruas, João faz uso de seu olhar jornalístico para dar voz às minorias.

Bestselling children's author Andy Stanton has made a career out of writing differently—from the unconventional ‘hero' of his bestselling Mr Gum series to his penchant for absurdist plots, his children's books are anything but formulaic. When a friend introduces him to ChatGPT, the new large language chatbot, Andy is as sceptical as he is curious. Can this jumble of algorithms really mimic the spontaneity of human thought? Could it one day replace human authors like him for good? And are we soon to be ruled over by despotic robot overlords.