Rubie, Peter

A guide to understanding the comedies, tragedies, and sonnets of William Shakespeare that includes background information on Shakespeare's life and times, famous quotations, important themes and metaphors, and insights into his lesser-known works.

A guide to creating powerful narratives that includes the proven writing philosophies of Gary Provost, exercises designed to help create strong characters, information on sequencing, and advice on using the story's pace to create conflict, tension, and surprise.

A guide to writing fiction, discussing the techniques of storytelling, covering originality, ideas, characters, action, viewpoint, pacing, motivation, style, and structure; and including notes on getting published, and the writing process.