Creative and Professional Writing in English: Open Access

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Previously, most academic publications were available only by paid subscription.

Increasingly there is now a move towards Open Access publishing, which will make more journal articles available online free of charge to the reader.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a searchable database of Open Access scholarly journals.

• Keep It Real: everything you need to know about researching and writing creative nonfiction by Lee Gutkind

  Call Number: PN3377.5.R45 K44 2008 Print Books

  ISBN: 9780393330984

  Publication Date: 2009

  A succinct but rich compendium of ideas, terms, and techniques, this book clarifies the ins and outs of writing creative nonfiction.
• The Writer's Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing by Kerrie Flanagan; Angela Mackintosh (Foreword by)

  Call Number: PN147 .F47 2018 Print Books

  ISBN: 9781440351242

  Publication Date: 2018

  With more than a dozen sample articles, expert advice from magazine editors and successful freelance writers, practical tips on researching potential publications and instructions on crafting compelling query letters, you'll find the tools needed to write and publish magazine articles
• The Art of Creative Research: a field guide for writers by Philip Gerard

  Call Number: PN146 .G47 2017 Print Books

  ISBN: 9780226179803

  Publication Date: 2017

  All writers conduct research. For some this means poring over records and combing through archives but for many creative writers research happens in the everyday world. This guide helps writers take this natural inclination to explore and observe and turn it into a workable--and enjoyable--research plan.
• The Book of Dialogue: how to write effective conversation in fiction, screenplays, drama, and poetry by Lewis Turco

  Call Number: PN1551 .T85 2004 Print Books

  ISBN: 9781584653615

  Publication Date: 2004

  Originally published in 1989, this revised and expanded edition focuses on the art and craft of writing effective dialogue in fiction, cinema, television, drama, radio, and poetry.
• Shaping the Story: a step-by-step guide to writing short fiction by Mark Baechtel

  Call Number: PN3373 .B135 2004 Print Books

  ISBN: 9780205337194

  Publication Date: 2004

  Teaches beginning fiction writers to hone their craft with a unique step-by-step approach to writing a short story.
• Writing down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

  Call Number: PN145 .G64 2005 Print Books

  ISBN: 9781590302613

  Publication Date: 2005

  Goldberg brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way.

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