The WLT Store: Audiotape
Audiotape Workshops
Using Myth to Power Your Story by Christopher Vogler.
Author of the best-selling book, The Writer's Journey,
Christopher Vogler details how anyone crafting stories
can use the myth and fairy tales that link us all to
create powerful narratives. Vogler has served as story
consultant on many Hollywood movies, including Disney's
Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
(2-tape set)
$15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
Whose Story Is It? Writing from a Clear Point of View
by Madeline DiMaggio.
DeMaggio, who has worked as a
creative consultant and story editor at Paramount and
NBC, offers expert advice on discovering whose story
the writer is telling and on point of view as seen
by the characters, the audience, the writer, the camera
and more. DiMaggio is the author of How To Write for
Television.
(2-tape set) $15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
Structuring Your Novel by Dwight V. Swain.
Dwight Swain, author of more than 50 novels, offers
practical help on building your novel. Conception,
structure, situation, the springboard scene, building
conflict, people and places, the worry factor, scene
and sequel as building blocks, and character development
are thoroughly covered.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
Thickening the Plot by Carolyn Banks.
Novelist Carolyn Banks focuses on strengthening plotting
skills. Banks covers how to develop plot--by creating
concrete events that are carefully sequenced to create
dramatic impact--as well as how to develop a plot
outline and use it as a selling tool and writing
guide.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
Writing Your First Novel by James Magnuson.
James Magnuson, veteran novelist, playwright, TV story
editor and Director of the Michener Center for Writers
at the University of Texas at Austin, explains how
to use autobiographical material; avoid common pitfalls
of beginning novelists; handle rewrites; and keep
your vision without getting discouraged.
$10.95 members
$12.95 nonmembers
How to Write Humor by Mel Helitzer.
Author of three books on writing humor, including Comedy
Writing Secrets, Mel Helitzer explores the theory
of humor, its six parts, and the uses of humor in
print, broadcasting, speeches, ads, etc.
$10.95 members
$12.95 nonmembers
Screenwriting: How to Move Your Tale by Richard Walter.
How important is the story? Crucial, says Richard Walter,
acclaimed head of UCLA's Department of Film and Television,
in this edited 90-minute workshop.
$10.95 members
$12.95 nonmembers
Writing the Inspirational Book by Keith Miller.
Million-selling author Keith Miller takes you through
a proven step-by-step process from the idea to a
completed manuscript, working title and table of
contents. He offers help with choosing your audience,
specific procedures for gathering material and writing
and rewriting your manuscript.
$10.95 members $12.95
nonmembers
Writing Seinfeld-Style by Peter Mehlman.
Peter Mehlman, former co-producer of the television
comedy Seinfeld and executive producer of the ABC
sitcom It's Like, You Know, dissects the reasons
for Seinfeld's popularity. Hear how the show was
written and put together and the secrets of a good
episode. Learn about the importance of a plot line
for each character, callbacks to previous episodes,
discussion of forbidden topics, turning tragedy into
comedy, the "no hugging, no learning" rule
and much more.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
How To Find and Work with a Literary Agent by Anita
Diamant.
Diamant covers how to sell yourself to an
agent, the agent's role, how publishers make decisions,
author/agent agreements, agents' commissions, author
advances, royalties, rights and more.
$10.95 members
$12.95 nonmembers
Word by Word by Anne Lamott.
In this fast-paced workshop, recorded at an Writers'
League seminar, Anne Lamott takes you beyond her
book, Bird by Bird. In her usual witty style, Lamott
suggests that good writing "arrives" through
your fingers, knowing what it is about. But you must
first use short assignments and terrible first drafts
to get there, word by word. This tape won the Audie
Award for best educational audiobook.
(2-tape set)
$15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
How to Write Historical Fiction by Roberta Gellis.
Novelist Gellis reviews types of historical novels
and basics of research to help you make the setting
authentic, pin down the period, pick the key event
and find details of how people lived and felt about
things at the time.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
How to Build Fictional Characters by Dwight V. Swain.
Learn how to create memorable heroes and villains,
how to make your characters likable and give them
purpose, the importance of putting story people in
danger and how to discover their attitudes and motivation,
from Dwight V. Swain, one of the best writing teachers
in the English language.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade: The Workshop by
William Froug.
Get advice that resounds with experience and integrity
from William Froug, the founder of UCLA's acclaimed
film and TV writing program. Subjects covered include
how to maintain dramatic tension and how to find the
single line of action and counteraction, plus much
more.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
To Write Is to Know: Making Friends with Your Mind
by Gabriele Rico.
Rico, the author of Writing the Natural Way, urges
you to use the simple act of writing to discover who
you are and what you think. Learn "clustering" plus
advanced techniques to jog your creativity.
(2-tape
set) $15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
Writing from Premise by Sandra Scofield.
Know your underlying theme as you write, says American
Book Award winner Scofield. Your strong purpose will
enable you to write better and will cause agents,
editors and readers to pay more attention to your
writing. Includes exercises in finding a one-sentence
premise for what you write and expert advice on fiction-writing
techniques.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembers
Screenwriting for Hollywood by Michael Hauge.
Writers once dreamed of writing novels; now it's screenplays.
Here's a step-by-step guide to writing and selling
to the movies and TV. This 3-hour tape contains the
highlights of Michael Hauge's acclaimed two-day intensive
screenwriting seminar.
(2-tape set) $15.95 members
$17.95 nonmembers
Finding Your Literary Voice by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
Benjamin Sáenz examines the importance of language
and who you are as a person to the voice you choose
as a writer. "Assume people don't care; make them
care with language," says Sáenz.
$10.95
members $12.95
Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg.
Natalie Goldberg, the best selling author of Writing
Down the Bones, offers techniques and methods that
assist the writer in getting down the essentials.
$10.95 members $12.95 nonmembersnonmembers
Other Audiotapes
Writing the Landscape of Your Mind by Natalie Goldberg.
Goldberg demystifies writing with her now-famous Rules
of Writing Practice and tackles structure, not addressed
in her books, Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind.
Sit with the audience and listen to Goldberg weave
writing theory and Zen theory. Hear what audience
members achieve through Writing Practice. And learn
how to write your way to self-discovery.
(2-tape
set) $15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg.
In this crisp mix of memoir, teaching guide, non-fiction
and poetry, Natalie Goldberg strips creativity to
the essential mind that is "raw, full of energy,
alive and hungry." This 3-hour tape is an abridged
version of Goldberg's book by the same title and
read by the author herself. This tape was named one
of the year's best audiobooks by Publishers Weekly.
(2-tape set) $15.95 members $17.95 nonmembers
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