Your Writing Coach: From Concept to Character, from Pitch to Publication: Everything you Need to Know about Writing Novels, Non-Fiction, New Media, Scripts and Short Stories - Couverture souple

Wolff, Jurgen

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ISBN 10 : 1857883675 ISBN 13 : 9781857883671

Editeur : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

"Your Writing Coach" shows all aspiring writers how to overcome fear, get past excuses, and start writing, offering practical advice on developing your niche, your writing style and your creativity. More than just a 'how-to" book, Your Writing Coach is a friendly companion and mentor, providing all the strategies needed to become a full-time writer and build a successful writing career. Unique chapter bonuses linked to special website featuring interviews with leading producers, directors and agents which other writing books don't have. According to a recent survey 81 per cent of adults harbour dreams of writing but of those only 2 per cent have actually completed a manuscript. While you can buy any number of books on how to write novels, screenplays, short stories, articles, memoirs and poetry, few offer the comprehensive coaching approach of "Your Writing Coach". Jurgen Wolff offers advice not only on managing time, but also motivation, energy and support. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and approaches, including NLP, "Your Writing Coach" offers breakthrough techniques for finding the time, the will and the way to write. Featuring exercises, quotes and encouragement Jurgen Wolff shows you how to hook readers and keep them engaged and offers powerful tips on how to stay motivated and transform your inner critic into a constructive guide to get past the dreaded writer's block. Finally, it offers advice on marketing yourself and your work, and the tremendous opportunities offered by the new media - the internet, blogs, podcasts, and much more - for writers smart enough to find them.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jurgen Wolff is a writer, teacher and NLP practitioner and the author of five books, including Successful Scriptwriting (60,000 copies sold),Top Secrets: Screenwriting, Do Something Different and Successful Sitcom Writing as well as a dozen plays. His film credits include: Midnight Man, The Real Howard Spitz starring Kelsey Grammer and Amanda Donohoe (Fox), Two Guns (CBS),TV pilots Including The Secret Life of Thomas B (HBO) and many, many more. Most recently he collaborated on the hit TV series LOST. He has consulted to TV companies around the world (BBC, SKY, Columbia/Tri-Star) and written for newspapers including The Times. He holds creativity workshops around the world for organizations such as the Academy for Chief Executives, the University of Barcelona, the Pilots Programme, the Bertelsmann Foundation, film schools in Cologne, Berlin, and Munich, and many others. Born and educated in the US,Wolff now divides his time betwee

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1857883675
• ISBN 13: 9781857883671
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible