The Writing category has 232 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 523 ratings. The most-rated is Bird by Bird.
Paused to Prolific
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From USA Today best-selling author K Webster comes a quick guide to help you write faster, stay focused, and avoid burnout! With more than 80 published titles (and counting), K Webster is often asked how she remains prolific and successful. She’ll reveal in a humorous yet effective manner how she keeps her focus and has managed to publish one or two stories each month consistently for more than five years. In this easy-to-listen-to audiobook, you’ll learn to retrain how you think and new habits to help you become productive in a few simple ways by: Identifying your problem Making a plan Being accountable Staying focused Sticking to a schedule Staying productive Using short exercises in each section, you will begin to understand how to put into practice what you’ll learn in this audiobook. This is a quick and effective guide meant to cut through the fat and get straight to the meat so you can get back to writing!
©2019 K Webster (P)2020 K Webster
Writing Your Masterpiece
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Want to create the next top book? Well, then start here, and learn what you need to be. This is not a full course on writing a best seller, but it is a fast guide to get you started and in the right direction. All you need after this is time, motivation, and the desire to release that hidden best seller locked inside you.
©2021 Bruce Walker (P)2021 Bruce Walker
Writing Vivid Settings
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Do you want your readers to feel like they're really there - in the place where the story happens? Whether you want to enrich stark prose with atmospheric detail, add vibrancy to a dull piece, or curb waffling descriptions, this guide can help. Learn how to make your settings intense, realistic, and intriguing. This is the 10th book in Rayne Hall's acclaimed Writer's Craft series.
©2015, 2016 Rayne Hall (P)2017 Rayne Hall
Stop Worrying; Start Writing
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Do you want to write but can't seem to get started? Are you struggling to finish your novel or frustrated by your slow progress? Perhaps you are starting to worry that you aren't cut out for the writing life.... Let best-selling novelist and host of the Worried Writer podcast Sarah Painter show you how to skip past negativity, free-up writing time, cope with self-doubt, and beat procrastination. Along with mega successful authors such as C. L.Taylor, Mark Edwards, and Julie Cohen, Sarah will show you how to: Smash writing blocks to finish stories faster Manage self-doubt so that it doesn't stop you creating Trick yourself into being more productive Schedule your time to maximize your writing output and satisfaction Plus many more tips and tricks! Packed with honest, supportive, and hard-won advice, this is your practical guide to getting the work done. Don't let creative anxiety kill your writing dreams: Stop worrying and start writing today! "Inspiring, comforting, warm and wise. Both new writers and established authors will find something helpful here." - Keris Stainton, YA author "If Stephen King is your writing godfather then Sarah Painter is the writer's best friend - kind, honest and full of wisdom." - Annie Lyons, best-selling author of The Choir on Hope Street and Not Quite Perfect "The best book on writing and productivity I have read in a long time. It tackles the fear and self-doubt we all feel when it comes to our writing in such an engagingly honest way, that there are times when I was laughing aloud because here was someone who truly understood. Written with such heart, Sarah, in her characteristically kind, and gentle way that listeners of The Worried Writer podcast have come to love and appreciate, offers solid, actionable advice that will inspire you to approach your writing with enthusiasm and renewed determination!" - Lily Graham, author of The Cornish Escape
©2017 Sarah Painter (P)2018 Sarah Painter
Self-Publish & Succeed
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You can write a book - anyone can. But if you want to write a book that people will want or even need to read, it’s not as simple as sitting down to write. In fact, that’s one of the biggest mistakes unsuccessful authors make. Writing a book can be one of the smartest moves for your business success. But you need more than writing skills to create an impressive book that readers will love. You also need a plan to market, sell, and leverage your book into a new level of leadership within your industry to reach your professional goals. In Self-Publish & Succeed, trusted best-selling author and entrepreneur Julie Broad shows you that writing a successful nonfiction book starts long before you write your first chapter. To write a book that boosts your brand, generates a profit, and makes you an influencer in your industry, you need the #noboringbooks way. You’re about to discover: The reason why you’re not finishing your book - and how to overcome it Why most books are boring, and how to keep yours from being one of them Which editors you need to perfect your story, and where to find them The one simple page that could generate thousands of sales Seven places to sell your book (and only one starts with “A!”) Nonfiction doesn’t mean no fun. Write a money-making book that delivers meaningful impact. Self-Publish & Succeed is your step-by-step guide to writing, publishing, and marketing a book that will get attention, explode your career, and change people’s lives - including yours.
©2021 Julie Broad (P)2021 Julie Broad
Write and Publish Your 1st Book
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Write your own books your way! I wrote this book in segments to get you the basic facts about writing and putting your thoughts down on paper. Each segment covers another task in your journey to become a writer. Read, write, enjoy, and spend all the time you need. Be the writer you want and at your own pace!
©2020 Bruce Walker (P)2021 Bruce Walker
Story Idea: A Method to Develop a Book Idea
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Simple ideas, turned into rich stories. This short, easy-to-use guidebook tells you exactly how to turn a fleeting story idea into a solid premise strong enough to carry an entire novel. Story Idea: A Method to Develop a Book Idea will teach you: How to get more story ideas when your creative well seems to have run dry How to use mind mapping to decide which story idea is the best one How to develop the premise, the starting point for any novel Included is a bonus section on how to develop a premise for a non-fiction book. Also, you'll be able to download a list of 100 writing prompts to get you started. The two best-selling authors use the method outlined in this workbook, exactly as it's laid out in this quick audiobook, to write their own novels. Get rid of writer's block forever. It's time to reclaim your creativity!
©2020 Fantasy Realms (P)2021 Fantasy Realms
Ten Minute Author
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What turns a writer into an author? Finishing. Do you want to finish your manuscript? Or, do you want to write more words in less time? Ten Minute Author is a concise book describing a beautifully simple but powerful technique for creating a daily writing habit to finish your next manuscript. And the one after that. Aimed at both the complete beginner and published authors who want to write more consistently, Ten Minute Author shows how a simple commitment to a daily writing practice can become the foundation of a successful career. Drawing on his experience of writing daily for over three years, author Kevin Partner provides a complete blueprint for setting up your new habit, including downloadable resources, online templates and a 28-day challenge to begin your writing streak. This is a short book about a simple habit with profound results.
©2020 Kevin Partner (P)2020 Kevin Partner
Unlock the Writer Within
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Unlock the Writer Within was created expressly to inspire beginning writers to "start the adventure" of writing their own fiction novels or screenplays. Unlock the Writer Within is an upbeat creative writing guide that offers an array of advice for new writers in a conversational style - coupled with brief excerpts from classic novels in the public domain to illustrate key tips. Starting from the first question most often asked - “How do I start?” - Williams answers 75 of the most frequently asked questions pulled from both her creative writing blog and one-day fiction writing seminars taught throughout the Pacific Northwest. Whether you intend to write movies or write novels, Unlock the Writer Within is a terrific place for a new writer to start your writing journey. In the process you will help others develop their own literacy skills.
©2019 Jana Williams (P)2019 Jana Williams
The Writer's Process
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Master the inner game of writing! Writing is an intensely personal act, yet all writers face similar problems related to focus, procrastination, creativity, and productivity. This book combines the field-tested practices of successful and productive writers with insights from cognitive science. By understanding how your mental processes affect the work, you can master the inner game of writing. The Writer's Process is a practical guide to finding your best writing process. Topics include: How to invite your brain to work when you're not actively writing Why writing is like baking bread, with many steps including periods of incubation How to structure your surroundings for each phase of the writing process
©2016 Anne Janzer (P)2016 Anne Janzer
Authors and Interns
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Imagine having someone to help you with your writing and publishing business, doing the tasks you never seem to have time to accomplish. Imagine paying that person not with cash, but with experience and learning. That's what it's like when you work with student interns. Working with student interns can make a difference for you as an author or publisher, expanding the possibilities of what you can achieve. It can be like instantly adding a staff to your company, bringing in one or more team members with editing, design, social media, or marketing skills. It can let you pay forward some of the mentoring that you may have received on the road to creating your own career. This guide, developed by best-selling author Robert Jeschonek after years of direct experience with student interns from high-profile colleges and universities across the US, will give you the tools you need to recruit, train, task, teach, and learn from such interns. You'll discover the ups and downs of working with interns, the pitfalls to avoid, and the hacks and shortcuts that will make your life easier. Insights from past and current interns will give you an even more complete picture of what to expect as you develop and deploy your own system for enhancing your organization while sharing your knowledge and experience with the next generation. Reviews: "One of the toughest things writers face when they start their own business is finding and paying for good help. Sometimes, all a writer needs is an hour of work from a dedicated person. Robert Jeschonek has found a unique solution to this problem and delineates how this helps everyone involved. Another do-not-miss book." (Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Business Musings)
©2020 Robert Jeschonek (P)2021 Robert Jeschonek
Writing to Be Understood
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Have you ever wondered what makes your favorite nonfiction books so compelling, understandable, or enjoyable? They're connecting with you, as a reader (or listener). This book will help you recognize and apply the methods of your favorite writers to your own work. Writing to Be Understood is the thinking writer's guide to effective nonfiction writing techniques, such as: Using analogies to illustrate unseen concepts Appealing to the reader's innate curiosity Alternating between abstraction and detail in explanations Balancing humility with credibility For each topic, the book combines insights from cognitive science with advice from writers and expert practitioners in fields of psychology, technology, economics, medicine, policy, and more. Whether you're an expert trying to communicate with a mainstream audience or a nonfiction writer hoping to reach more people, Writing to Be Understood will help you expand the impact of your words. Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
©2018 Anne Janzer (P)2019 Anne Janzer