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“david mckenna”

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  • The Posterity Gospel

    by David McKenna ...
    Jesus said that it is more important to store up "treasures in heaven" than "treasures on earth." Yet, the benefits of an affluent society have added so much to our earthly treasures that financial wealth management based on Biblical stewardship is a new responsibility for us as Christians. Baby Boomers who are coming to retirement and Senior Citizens who are finalizing their estates have a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memo from the Story Department: Secrets of Structure and Character

    Secrets of Structure and Character

    by Christopher Vogler, David McKenna ...
    Memo From the Story Department offers a battery of storygenerating engines and storyimproving tools, and reliable methods tested on hundreds of Hollywood productions. It goes far beyond the standard advice given in most screenwriting manuals. Drawn from sources as varied as vaudeville, classical Greek comedies, and Russian fairy tales, the book outlines a series of practical templates for creating ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Republic

    by David McKenna ...
    THEY SAID IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN. NOT IN AMERICA. THEY WERE WRONG. When political parties view each other as evil, when compromise becomes impossible, the republic dies, and the Constitution dies with it. My father, my hero, was going to lead our nation with moral character and West Point inspired standards. When “inspired” became literal, and all opposition was destroyed, I had to chronicle what ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

    by Blake Snyder ...
    In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Story Engineering

    by Larry Brooks ...
    What makes a good story or a screenplay great?The vast majority of writers begin the storytelling process with only a partial understanding where to begin. Some labor their entire lives without ever learning that successful stories are as dependent upon good engineering as they are artistry. But the truth is, unless you are master of the form, function and criteria of successful storytelling, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • From Where You Dream

    The Process of Writing Fiction

    by Robert Olen Butler ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning author "shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Robert Olen Butler, author of Perfume River, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and A Small Hotel, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University—his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler ... Read more

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  • The Art of Dramatic Writing

    Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

    by Lajos Egri ...
    Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows! Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books out there, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic, The Art of Dramatic Writing, does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay.Examining a play from the inside out, Egri ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers

    by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...
    Series Book 7 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    What if there was a shortcut for helping readers get to know your characters? Would you take it?Characters are as complex as people and revealing their inner layers without chunky blocks of pace-stopping description is a challenge. The Occupation Thesaurus can help you unlock one of the best tools in your show-don’t-tell writing kit: a character’s job.Occupations are part of our everyday world, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Essential Screenplay (3-Book Bundle)

    Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting, Screenwriter's Workbook, and Screenwriter's Problem Solver

    by Syd Field ...
    Hollywood’s script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in the ultimate three-volume guide to writing for film, featuring “the ‘bible’ of screenwriting” (The New York Times), Screenplay—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success!This blockbuster ebook bundle includes:SCREENPLAY: FOUNDATIONS OF SCREENWRITING • THE SCREENWRITER’S WORKBOOK • THE SCREENWRITER’S PROBLEM SOLVERSyd Field ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Writing the Breakout Novel

    by Donald Maass ...
    Take your fiction to the next level!Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller ... Read more

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  • How to Write a Movie in 21 Days

    The Inner Movie Method

    by Viki King ...
    In this classic bestselling screenwriting guide—now revised and updated—author and film consultant Viki King helps screenwriters go from blank page to completed manuscript through a series of clever and simple questions, ingenious writing exercises, and easy, effective new skills.Viki King’s Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in your heart onto the page ... Read more

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  • Start Here: Read Your Way into 25 Amazing Authors

    by Jeff O'Neal, Rebecca Joines Schinsky ...
    There are so many fantastic authors and great books out there that sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Start Here solves that problem; it tells you how to read your way into 25 amazing authors from a wide range of genres--from classics to contemporary fiction to comics. Each chapter presents an author, explains why you might want to try them, and lays out a 3- or 4-book reading sequence ... Read more

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