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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-By-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling

How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-By-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press
1987
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Unlock the Secrets of Storytelling: A Bestselling Author's Guide to Crafting Compelling Fiction Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, How to Write a Damn Good Novel is perfect for beginners and professional writers alike who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. While talent and inspiration can't be taught, James N. Frey provides scores of helpful suggestions, sensible rules, and practical principles to help you hone your craft. As an international bestseller, this book will enable all writers to face that intimidating first page, keep them on track when they falter, and help them recognize, analyze, and correct the problems in their own work. Whether you're a student in an MFA program, a self-taught novelist, or a writer looking to improve your skills, this comprehensive guide offers invaluable insights into the art of fiction writing. Improve your storytelling techniques, overcome common writing challenges, and create compelling narratives with How to Write a Damn Good Novel, an essential reference for writers at any stage of their career.
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The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth

The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Griffin
2002
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The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth is designed as a practical step-by-step guide for fiction writers and screen writers who want to shape their own ideas into a mythic story. In his widely read How to Write a Damn Good Novel and How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, novelist and fiction-writing coach James N. Frey showed writers how--starting with rounded, living, breathing, dynamic characters--to structure a novel that sustains tension and development and ends in a satisfying, dramatic climax. Now, in The Key, Frey takes his no-nonsense, "Damn Good" approach and applies it to Joseph Campbell's insights into the universal structure of myths. Myths, says Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are just as powerful for contemporary writers as they were for Homer. Frey begins with the qualities found in mythic heroes--ancient and modern--such as the hero's special talent, his or her wound, status as an "outlaw," and so on. He then demonstrates how the hero is initiated--sent on a mission, forced to learn the new rules, tested, and suffers a symbolic death and rebirth--before he or she can return home. Using dozens of classical and contemporary novels and films as models, Frey shows how these motifs and forms work their powerful magic on the reader's imagination.
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How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript

How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press
2004
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Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally bestselling books on the craft of writing has now written what is certain to become the standard "how to" book for mystery writing, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery.Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot." Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, and accessible (and often humorous) style, how the characters-the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses and the bystanders-create a complete and coherent world. Exploring both the on-stage action and the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Frey shows prospective writers how to build a fleshed-out, believable, and logical world. He shows them exactly which parts of that world show up in the pages of a damn good mystery-and which parts are held back just long enough to keep the reader guessing. This is an indispensable step-by-step guide for anyone who's ever dreamed of writing a damn good mystery.
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How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-By-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-By-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press
2010
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From the internationally bestselling author of books on the craft of writing comes James N. Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Thriller.This book will help the aspiring novelist or screenwriter to design, draft, write, and polish a thriller that is sure to grab readers. Frey uses examples from both books and movies and addresses the following hot topics: *Germinal ideas*Breathing life into great thriller characters*Crafting a gripping opening*Maintaining tension*Creating obstacles and conflicts*Writing a mean, lean thriller scene*Adding surprise twists*Building a smashing climaxand many more. In his trademark approachable and humorous style, Frey illuminates the building blocks of great thrillers and gives the reader the tools to write his or her own.
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Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt 2

Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt 2

James N. Frey

Emons Verlag
1998
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Mit seinem ersten Buch 'Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt' hat James N. Frey viele zufriedene Leser gefunden und sicher das ein oder andere Manuskript auf den Weg gebracht. Sein neues Buch "Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt 2" bietet dem Leser nun einen Fortgeschrittenen-Kurs in den grundlegenden Techniken des Geschichtenerzählens. Wie baut man Spannung auf, erschafft lebendigere und interessantere Charaktere? Wie bekommt man die Sympathie, das Mitleiden und die Identifikation des Lesers? Geschrieben in einem klaren, anschaulichen Stil mit vielen Beispielen ist das Buch der perfekte Ratgeber für alle, die einen verdammt guten Roman schreiben wollen, aber auch für die, die Romane richtig lesen und bewerten wollen.
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Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt

Wie man einen verdammt guten Roman schreibt

James N. Frey

Emons Verlag
2002
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Wie schreibt man einen Roman? Diese Frage beschäftigt viele. Denn so manches lernt man auf Schule und Uni, aber das bestimmt nicht. James N. Frey, erfolgreicher Romanautor und Dozent für kreatives Schreiben in den USA, legt eine praktische, systematische und witzige Anleitung für das Schreiben eines Romans vor. Ihm geht es nicht um die Frage, was ist Literatur, sondern um das Handwerk des Schreibens. Geschrieben in einem klaren, knappen Stil, ist das Buch perfekt für Anfänger und professionelle Autoren, die einen handfesten Crash-Kurs in den grundlegenden Techniken des Geschichtenerzählens brauchen, aber auch für Leser, die die Elemente des Romans besser kennenlernen wollen.
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How to Write Damn Good Fiction

How to Write Damn Good Fiction

James N Frey

Macmillan
2018
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From the author of How to Write a Damn Good Novel, this book offers powerful advanced techniques in fiction writing - how to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy and identification. Quoting a range of writers from Stephen King and Kafka to Peter Benchley and Stephen Crane, this is a practical, readable, down to earth and concise book which analyses what makes good (and commercial) fiction work and shows how to apply this understanding in an author's own writing. It is a must for any serious writer.
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Advance Policy Questions for James N. Mattis Nominee to be Secretary of Defense

Advance Policy Questions for James N. Mattis Nominee to be Secretary of Defense

The Senate Armed Services Committee

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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"The Committee meets today to consider the nomination of General James Mattis to be the Secretary of Defense of the United States.Two years ago, the last time you came before this Committee, the idea that we would be meeting again under the present circumstances would have been hard to imagine-most of all by you. But I, for one, could not be happier.All of us recognize the unique, indeed historic, nature of this nomination. General Mattis enjoyed a long and distinguished career in uniform, but current law would bar him from serving as Secretary of Defense for three more years. While I support retaining that law, I also believe that our nation needs General Mattis's service more than ever. So after this hearing, the Committee will meet to consider special legislation to allow General Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense.If confirmed, General Mattis would have the honor of leading a team of Americans who represent everything that is noble and best in our nation. Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines do everything we ask of them and more. They make us proud every day. Our many defense civil servants also sacrifice day in and day out for our national security, and rarely get the credit they deserve. I am confident that no one appreciates our people and values their sacrifices more than General Mattis."
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Carbohydrate Chemistry for Food Scientists

Carbohydrate Chemistry for Food Scientists

James N. BeMiller

Woodhead Publishing
2018
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Carbohydrate Chemistry for Food Scientists, Third Edition, is a complete update of the critically acclaimed authoritative carbohydrate reference for food scientists. The new edition is fully revised, expanded and redesigned as an easy-to-read resource for students and professionals who need to understand this specialized area. The new edition provides practical information on the specific uses of carbohydrates, the functionalities delivered by specific carbohydrates, and the process for choosing carbohydrate ingredients for specific product applications. Readers will learn basic and specific applications of food carbohydrate organic and physical chemistry through clearly explained presentations of mono-, oligo-, and polysaccharides and their chemistry. This new edition includes expanded sections on Maillard browning reaction, dietary fiber, fat mimetics, and polyols, in addition to discussions of physical properties, imparted functionalities, and actual applications. Carbohydrate Chemistry for Food Scientists serves as an invaluable resource on the chemistry of food carbohydrates for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and a concise, user-friendly, applied reference book for food science professionals.
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New England English

New England English

James N. Stanford

Oxford University Press Inc
2019
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For nearly 400 years, New England has held an important place in the development of American English, and "New England accents" are very well known in the popular imagination. While other projects have studied various dialect regions of New England, this is the first large-scale academic project since the 1930s to focus specifically on New England English as a whole. In New England English, James N. Stanford presents new variationist sociolinguistic research covering all six New England states, with detailed geographic, acoustic phonetic, and statistical analyses of recently collected data from over 1,600 New Englanders. Stanford and his team of Dartmouth students built this dataset over 8 years of face-to-face fieldwork and online audio recordings and questionnaires. Using acoustic phonetics, computational processing, and dialect maps, the book systematically documents major traditional New England dialect features and their current usage in terms of geography, age, gender, ethnicity, social class, and other factors. This dataset is interpreted in terms of William Labov's outward orientation of the language faculty, dialect levelling, convergence and divergence, and "Hub social geometry." The result is a wide-ranging empirical analysis and theoretical overview of this influential English dialect region.
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American Exodus

American Exodus

James N. Gregory

Oxford University Press Inc
1990
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This is the story of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Misourians who settled in California during the economically depressed 1930s and the war-boom 1940s. Not just a conventional account of hardship and economic recovery, this is a finely screened cultural exploration that brings to light the migrants' impact on California's political, religious, and recreational institutions.
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American Exodus

American Exodus

James N. Gregory

Oxford University Press Inc
1991
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Fifty years ago, John Steinbeck's now classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, captured the epic story of an Oklahoma farm family driven west to California by dust storms, drought, and economic hardship. It was a story that generations of Americans have also come to know through Dorothea Lange's unforgettable photos of migrant families struggling to make a living in Depression-torn California. Now in James N. Gregory's pathbreaking American Exodus, there is at last an historical study that moves beyond the fiction and the photographs to uncover the full meaning of these events. American Exodus takes us back to the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the war boom influx of the 1940s to explore the experiences of the more than one million Oklahomans, Arkansans, Texans, and Missourians who sought opportunities in California. Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal not only their economic trials but also their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of an "Okie subculture" that over the years has grown into an essential element in California's cultural landscape. The consequences, however, reach far beyond California. The Dust Bowl migration was part of a larger heartland diaspora that has sent millions of Southerners and rural Midwesterners to the nation's northern and western industrial perimeter. American Exodus is the first book to examine the cultural implications of that massive 20th-century population shift. In this rich account of the experiences and impact of these migrant heartlanders, Gregory fills an important gap in recent American social history.
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Conservation and Biology of Small Populations

Conservation and Biology of Small Populations

James N. M. Smith; Lukas F. Keller; Amy B. Marr; Peter Arcese

Oxford University Press Inc
2006
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This book explores the factors affecting the survival of small populations. As the human impact on Earth expands, populations of many wild species are being squeezed into smaller and smaller habitats. As a consequence, they face an increasing threat of extinction. National and international conservation groups rush to add these populations, species and sub-species to their existing endangered and threatened lists. In nations with strong conservation laws, listing often triggers elaborate plans to rescue declining populations and restore their habitats. The authors review these theoretical ideas, the existing data, and explore the question: how well do small and isolated populations actually perform? Their case study group is the song sparrows of Mandarte Island, British Columbia. This population is small enough and isolated enough so that all individuals can be uniquely marked and their survival and reproduction monitored over many generations. This is one of the strongest long-term ecological studies of a contained vertebrate population, now in its 31st year.
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Psychological Assessment in Treatment Planning

Psychological Assessment in Treatment Planning

James N. Butcher; Julia N. Perry

Oxford University Press Inc
2008
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The establishment of frank and honest communication is one of the most important early goals of psychotherapy. Indeed, the most prominent challenge in the early stages of treatment is to develop a comfortable relationship that allows disclosure. In this volume, the authors show that objectively interpreted personality measures can be applied in psychotherapeutic assessments to facilitate an understanding of the patient and a thriving treatment program. Successful psychotherapy depends upon an early understanding of the patient's problems and personality and the establishment of attainable treatment goals. The extensive accumulated base of knowledge about personality and its maladjustment has become crucial when making treatment decisions about individuals in psychotherapy, and the field of personality assessment provides both methods and substantive information to support treatment-oriented evaluation. The MMPI has a long tradition of providing personality information about clients in mental health settings since the 1940s. James Butcher participated in the creation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) in 1989, which has continued to be one of the most commonly used personality tests in clinical evaluation. Over a thousand studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of the MMPI in treatment related assessments. Here, Butcher and co-author Julia Perry explore the MMPI-2 as well as a new assessment tool, the Butcher Treatment Planning Inventory (BTPI). In using psychological evaluation techniques for treatment planning, many clinicians incorporate information from a broad base of instruments-clinical interview, projective testing, behavioral data, and personal history-and do not rely on data from a single source. Therefore, while this volume focuses on the use of the MMPI-2 and the BTPI in treatment planning, it will provide a context not to the exclusion of other measures.
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Modern Latin America

Modern Latin America

James N. Green; Jennifer Lambe; Peter H. Smith

Oxford University Press
2025
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Featuring stimulating, anecdotal boxes, Modern Latin America uses case studies to discuss the primary countries and patterns of development in the region over the past 200 years. The authors examine such central themes as the Iberian-New World interaction, racial prejudices and policy, economic strategies, military developments, and U.S. interventionism in Latin America.
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Courtesans & Fishcakes

Courtesans & Fishcakes

James N Davidson

University of Chicago Press
2011
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As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before--and in concert with--politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.
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