Writing from Within Workbook

Bernard Selling, author of Writing from Within and a writing instructor for over 30 years, helps people get over their initial fear of writing with this new spiral-bound Writing from Within Workbook. By writing personal stories, people can usually get past misconceptions about how someone should write and learn how to write in a way that feels natural and comfortable. Selling's comprehensive workbook goes through the writing process step by step, including lessons on how to add narrative, inner thoughts and feelings, dialogue, character sketches, and climaxes. Once people are familiar with the basics of writing, they can extend their writing skills into other genres without fear. Selling introduces steps for readers to broaden their writing into screenplays, essays, fiction, and journals. He explains that the fundamentals of writing are the same, despite the different forms. With the ease and skill of an experienced writing teacher, he helps writers transform their work into whichever form they desire. Draft samples show writers how their stories will grow using the Writing from Within method. Selling comments on each draft, thus demonstrating how to evaluate a piece of writing. These personal notes also help keep readers on track and their goals in perspective.

Author: Bernard Selling
Publisher: Hunter House Publishers
Published: 04/09/2013
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Spiral
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780897936866

About the Author
Educated at the University of Michigan with an MA in English literature and art history, Bernard Selling taught English and humanities at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. After returning to civilian life, he received an MA in film and theater from UCLA, then made short films for the following decade during which he also studied acting, directing, and writing with Lee Strasberg and Jack Garfein. He has produced films from stories by major American writers and produced and directed several documentaries.
Selling's first book, Writing from Within: A Unique Guide to Writing Your Life Stories, was published by Hunter House in 1988, has sold over 65,000 copies, and is now in its third edition. A creative writing teacher by profession, Selling is also the author of In Your Own Voice, a students' guide to developing writing techniques and skills. Subsequent books include Character Consciousness, The Art of Seeing, as well as two novels of intrigue set in the Italian Renaissance, The Duke's Musician and Predators.
Bernard Selling has taught Writing From Within workshops to teachers, writers, older adults, adults in recovery, and those seeking greater self-awareness. He has also taught composition and literature at Loyola Marymount University, West Los Angeles College, and UCLA Extension. He lectures in the United States and Europe, and has taught his writing techniques to teachers along the Eastern Seaboard, from New Hampshire and New York to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. He has also worked with a German educational foundation, the Eckenroth Foundation, which nurtures young German writing talent. Selling lives in Topanga Canyon, CA.