对于想要写出和卖掉小说的作家们来说，德怀特·V·斯温等编著的《畅销书写作技巧》是一本切实可行的写作指导。它为读者提供了相关的背景知识、透彻的写作建议以及必要的写作程序。由此，在写作中，作家们可以学习如何把素材化作动作、把动作化作场景、再把场景化作故事；学习如何发展人物，如何修改加工，最终如何把作品卖掉。《畅销书写作技巧》可说是一条把退稿信变成支票簿的路径所在。

日本推理大师的私人写作训练课堂
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★ 直木赏、吉川英治文学奖、日本推理小说大奖获得者，前日本推理协会会长大泽在昌创作秘诀完整公开!
★ 30余年创作历程、千万本畅销保证、近百本小说创作技法精髓，浓缩成10堂写作技巧必修课、42个实用小说写作案例
★ 完整阐述了作家写作的构思脉络，写作技巧解析结合习作案例讲评，全面分析了现代出版市场现状和小说创作规律，为热爱阅读和写作、有志于成为职业作家的读者提供了独特的经验和真诚的建议。
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这是一本独具特色的小说创作技巧指南，由日本推理小说家大泽在昌所开办的一系列“小说课堂”讲座内容汇集精选而成。该讲座针对从日本选拔出的十二位青年写作者，以“大师开办私塾”的形式，旨在传授作者三十余年写作生涯中的创作经验和写作心得。
本书将历时一年的讲座浓缩为十堂写作课程和四次课题讲评，大泽在昌用鲜活的案例，幽默犀利的点评全方位分解了小说创作中故事结构、角色塑造、首尾布局、文字描写、对话技巧、叙述风格等具体问题；结合学生与老师的问答、作者与编辑的交流等环节，真实解密了优秀小说家的构思方式和创作脉络。对于热爱阅读与写作，对小说创作有兴趣和热情的读者来说，本书不仅是一本创意宝库，更是一本实用的“作家养成手册”——作者在书中坦诚地分享了职业作家的生活习惯、创作心境与生存之道——希望每一个有志于成为作家的读者在阅读本书后，都能够找到自己擅长的写作领域，学会充分发挥自己的创作天赋，懂得更好地磨炼写作技艺，真正做到日益精进。

自1997年初版以来，《故事》一直是全世界编剧的第一必读经典，至今，仍属于美国亚马逊最畅销图书中的Top 1%。集结了罗伯特•麦基30年的授课经验，本书在对《教父》《阿甘正传》《星球大战》等经典影片的详细分析中，清晰阐述了故事创作的核心原理，其指导意义不应只被影视圈的人所认识，更应得到小说创作、广告策划、文案撰写人才的充分开发。
2014年《故事》中文版全新修订升级，译者周铁东拥有深厚的国内外影视行业实践经验，文风犀利。新增58条专业术语和背景知识注释，补充了未被原书整理进附录部分的剧作资料，同步更新458条所涉及影片、作品的中文信息，采用特殊开本和全新的封面材质。

"On Writing Well" has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet.
Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, "On Writing Well" offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

乔治•奥威尔可谓是20世纪最发人深省且文笔最为生动的随笔作家之一，他以过人的精力和毫不妥协的语言，用笔和纸与其时代的偏见进行抗争，也因此而闻名于世。本书收纳了作者最有影响力的社会、政治与文学随笔共14篇，其中包括较为著名的《所谓欢乐，不过如此这般……》,《猎象记》，《政治与英语》，《回顾西班牙内战》等，以及他不太为国内读者所知的文学随笔，如《查尔斯·狄更斯》，《拉迪亚德·吉卜林》，《置身鱼腹》，《我为什么写作》等。对初涉奥威尔的读者而言，本书是一部极好的入门读本；而对奥威尔烂熟于胸的读者来说，《我为什么写作》将是一部珍贵的合集，无价的文选。

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★拉美文学巨匠胡里奥·科塔萨尔 打破常规的大师文学课 简体中文首度引进
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一九八〇年，科塔萨尔受邀前往加州大学伯克利分校，教授一门为期两个月的文学课。
本书由当时作家八场讲座的录音转写而成。天性顽皮的他和学生“合伙”做起了游戏，要将文学讲得趣味十足、与生活现实息息相关。十三个小时的座谈内容揭示了科塔萨尔的写作秘密：对幻想故事的解读，文学中的音乐性、幽默感、游戏性，幻想与现实主义，对自己作品和创作之路的分析……科塔萨尔再一次施展魔力，将文学课也变成一场郑重其事的游戏。
《文学课》是一个邀请，伟大的作家科塔萨尔郑重地邀请您参与其中。

Every English-language writer knows Strunk and White's famous little writing manual, The Elements of Style. Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantra--make every word tell--and still refer to their tattered grade school copy when in need of a hint on how to make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. Considering that millions of copies have been sold to millions of devotees, you might not think to ask what could enhance this (almost) perfect classic. In fact, the addition of illustrations allows readers to experience the book's contents in a completely new way, making the whole learning experience more colorful and clear, as well as adding a whimsical element that compliments the subtly humorous tone of the prose. The Elements of Style Illustrated will come to be known as the definitive, must-have edition.
Maira Kalman is the offbeat and wildly talented illustrator of twelve children's books, numerous covers for The New Yorker magazine, fabrics for the fashion designers Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, watches and accessories for the Museum of Modern Art, and a mural at the elegant Wavehill estate in Riverdale, among other projects. Her sophisticated and witty images that are yet bright and fanciful have won her a devoted following, especially among young urbanites. Maira Kalman is acknowledged by the E. B. White estate as the single artist trusted to illustrate the revered The Elements of Style.
The Elements of Style Illustrated brings a fresh immediacy to the well-loved, much-valued, and still on-point work that has become an institution. While giving the classic work a jolt of new energy to appeal to contemporary readers, Kalman's illustrations are hemselves timeless, designed to sit alongside the ever-enduring manual for another fifty years and more.
William Strunk and E. B. White's classic writing manual, The Elements of Style, has been enriched to include the vibrant, witty, and instantly recognizable images of Maira Kalman in a beautiful illustrated edition
In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."

“三十年前，我的哥哥十岁，第二天得交一篇鸟类报告。虽然他之前有三个月的时间写这份作业，却一直没有进展。当时他坐在餐桌前，周围散置着作业簿、铅笔和一本本未打开的鸟类书籍。面对眼前的艰巨任务，他不知如何着手，简直快哭出来了。后来身为作家的父亲在他身旁坐下，把手放在他肩上说 ：‘一只鸟接着一只鸟，伙伴。只要一只鸟接着一只鸟，按部就班地写。’” 多年来，拉莫特把这个故事谨记在心，写作的时候，以及给写作班的学生上课时，她总把它当成一个鼓励；并且，转而赠予我们一份献礼：一本循序渐进、教导如何写作和处理写作过程中各种状况的指南。

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

“Long live the King!”（一语双关，既是“国王万岁！”，又是“ 斯蒂芬·金万岁！”）美国《娱乐周刊》在《写作这回事》出版之际大声欢呼。
一半是有史以来最畅销的恐怖小说之王的人生回忆录，一半是国家图书奖终身成就奖文学大师的创作经验谈兼写作大师班。手把手教有志于写作的文学青年要备好哪些必要的装备，如何像发掘一架恐龙化石一般将一个好故事发展成型，如何“关门写作，开门改稿”，甚而至于少用被动语态、“通往地狱的路是副词铺就的”等等谆谆教导。一切有关文学与写作的高头讲章均化作“卑之无甚高论”的如话家常，而且全部从自己的创作经历出发，将众多金氏名著的创作过程公之于众，坦陈自己的私心好恶。
除此之外，本书在斯蒂芬·金的人生和创作生涯当中还具有独一无二的重要意义：1999年6月19日，斯蒂芬·金在外出散步时遭遇车祸，伤势危及生命。而这本回顾和总结自己的一生和创作经验的书还没写完，差一点真成了斯蒂芬·金的盖棺定论。在鬼门关转了一遭后，斯蒂芬·金在髋部粉碎性骨折、仍身受巨痛的情况下重新捡起笔来，艰难地续写《写作这回事》，坦陈：“写作对于我来说好比是一种信念坚持的行动，是面对绝望的挑衅反抗。此书的第二部分就是在这样的精神中写成的。正如我们小时候常说的那样，是我拼着老命写出来的。写作不是人生，但我认为有的时候它是一条重回人生的路径。”

文学大师创作心法首度披露
不可不读的经典写作指南
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☆《写作的禅机》被《作家》杂志（The Writer）选入“十大最佳写作指导书”，出版二十余年，长踞美国亚马逊图书分类榜前列。
☆ 集小说家、散文家、剧作家、诗人、编剧于一身，二十世纪科幻文学巨匠，《华氏 451》作者雷·布雷德伯里数十年写作经验淬炼而成，为你解锁不可言说的灵感密码！
☆ 在记忆和夜梦中不懈搜寻，于潜意识中探察自我，抓住生命中的吉光片羽，在创造力的火焰中将其永远凝固转化，释放你内在的灵感与天赋！
◎ 内容简介
灵感从何而来？故事怎样开始？记忆中出现过的瞬间是否为素材埋下了伏笔？创意构思时有无路径和经验可循？这是每一个创作者都必须面对的问题，尽管它们看上去如此神秘又不可言说——“体验，创作，它们就像铜板的两面。铜板旋转时既不是正面也不是反面，而是一种天启的瞬间。”——而现在，这本书将带我们接近这些“天启的瞬间”。
二十世纪最伟大的作家之一，《华氏451》作者雷·布雷德伯里创作心法首度披露。引领你回到过去，探勘科幻大师如何把爱意或愤怒化为写作动力；如何丰富身体的各种感知以喂养缪斯；如何抓住人生中某个吉光片羽，并将之永久凝固……全书共十二篇，行文幽默风趣，如诗般轻盈巧妙，犹如穿越时空与大师促膝长谈，帮助有意写作的你厘清创作迷思，一路前行。
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布雷德伯里，写作时全身通电，痛饮生命，欣喜若狂的家伙，将这几篇关于写作与创造的散文呈现给我们，它们释放了他身上每一盎司的兴味与热情。
——《柯克斯书评》
《写作的禅机》这本书，可以说纯粹是布雷德伯里为他个人的写作技法所唱的爱的赞歌。
——《洛杉矶时报》
没有任何一个作家像布雷德伯里那样，把语言的创造性与禅意表达得如此淋漓尽致……
——《星期日电讯报》

Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play. In this entertaining and erudite gem, Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). How to Write a Sentence is both a spirited love letter to the written word and a key to understanding how great writing works; it is a book that will stand the test of time.