authorship

Using examples from five novels and five short stories, young adult writer M. E. Kerr offers insights into ways writers can get ideas and create successful stories.

The author shares his insights into the craft of writing and offers a humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer.

With the understanding of one writer for another, the author parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank's beloved classic, "The Diary of a Young Girl.".

Contains essays in which author Joyce Carol Oates discusses various aspects of the art and craft of writing and shares her personal experiences as a novelist, poet, and essayist.

A collection of two dozen essays written by bestselling author Julia Alvarez that discuss the major issues she has had to face in her life.

The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.

In Shakespeare's time, the term "comedy" did not necessarily denote something funny or amusing. Shakespeare examines other defining characteristics of comedic drama, the social interactions of common folks and a focus on the contradictions inherent in everyday life. Readers explore the major themes of Shakespearean comedies.

Stephen King reflects on how his writing has helped him through difficult times and describes various aspects of the art of writing.

An essay in which twentieth century writer George Orwell explores his motivations for writing and the impact writing has had on his life.

Presents the collected short stories of twentieth-century American writer Eudora Welty, and includes a selection of nine literary and personal essays, as well as a memoir of the author's childhood.