Craft of Writing

27 books

Extraordinary Craft: Secrets of Painting with Photoshop + SAI cover
Extraordinary Craft: Secrets of Painting with Photoshop + SAI He Ping Tsinghua University Press · 2017 This book is an upgraded edition of Extraordinary Craft: Secrets of Painting with Photoshop + Painter by He Ping (pen name Yi Heng), summarizing his p…
When Journalism Meets Wuxia: The CCTV Commentary Department's Secrets of News Creation cover
Rating 3.5
When Journalism Meets Wuxia: The CCTV Commentary Department's Secrets of News Creation 刘楠 China Renmin University Press · 2013 Compiled by Liu Nan, a young journalist who once worked in the CCTV News Commentary Department, this book belongs to the Twenty Years of the CCTV Comm…
Ten Lectures on Ci Studies cover
Rating 4.3
Ten Lectures on Ci Studies Long Yusheng Zhonghua Book Company · 2017 Ten Lectures on Ci Studies, originally titled Yi Sheng Xue (The Study of Fitting to Music), is a lecture course written by the great ci scholar Long Y…
The Art of English Poetry cover
Rating 3.3
The Art of English Poetry Bysshe, Edward, active 1702-1712 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Songwriting Secrets for Music Theory Beginners: A Basic Tutorial on Lyric Writing cover
Rating 3.7
Songwriting Secrets for Music Theory Beginners: A Basic Tutorial on Lyric Writing Chen Fei / 黄乂世 Posts & Telecom Press · 2020 Lyrics are a vital part of any song, and to write them well you must first grasp the theoretical foundations of lyric writing. This book is a theory t…
The Pyramid of the Everyday: Eleven Steps to Beginning Poetry Writing cover
Rating 4.0
The Pyramid of the Everyday: Eleven Steps to Beginning Poetry Writing 黄梵 · 2026 This book distills poet Huang Fan's more than twenty years of experience teaching poetry, staying closely attuned to everyday life and psychological e…
The Poetics of Sojourn and the Transcendence of Imagination cover
Rating 3.0
The Poetics of Sojourn and the Transcendence of Imagination 冯祉艾 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The essay collection *Poetic Dwelling and the Transcendence of Imagination* is like opening a treasure chest of contemporary fiction writing, filled w…
A Course in the Art of Fiction cover
Rating 3.6
A Course in the Art of Fiction 冯积岐 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Drawing on years of reading and writing experience, the author examines eleven aspects of fiction from an ontological perspective: the setting of time…
Poetic Rules of the Golden Needle cover
Rating 3.5
Poetic Rules of the Golden Needle Bai Juyi · 2024 During the Yuanhe era, Bai Juyi had dozens of poetry friends who loved to exchange verses. Those who grasped poetry most deeply were Liu Mengde and Yu…
Lyrics from the Fenchun Studio cover
Rating 3.9
Lyrics from the Fenchun Studio 朱庸斋 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive …
Encountering the Art of Photography cover
Rating 3.3
Encountering the Art of Photography 丁艳华 / 邹京耀 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2023 This book is a volume in the Encountering Art series. Starting from the concept and meaning of photographic art, it discusses the history of photograp…
The Art of Screenwriting cover
Rating 4.3
The Art of Screenwriting 拉约什·埃格里 / Chen Lei Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 A classic work of playwriting theory, first published in 1942, this book has exerted a profound influence on Hollywood and Broadway for eighty years a…
Poetry China (Issue 12) cover
Rating 3.0
Poetry China (Issue 12) 诗词中国丛刊编辑部 Sino-Culture Press · 2023 Poetry China (Issue 12) is a series published in conjunction with the "Poetry China Traditional Poetry Writing Competition." Ten issues have already b…
Image Making: Human Body Structure Modeling and Character Design cover
Rating 4.1
Image Making: Human Body Structure Modeling and Character Design 麻子老雷 Posts & Telecom Press · 2022 In today's thriving cultural industry, more and more people are devoting themselves to illustration creation. Commercial advertising, visual design, a…
A New Concept Tutorial on Song Analysis and Writing cover
Rating 3.6
A New Concept Tutorial on Song Analysis and Writing 刘涓涓 Shanghai Music Publishing House · 2022 This book has a clear central thesis, a well-structured format, and fluent, highly logical writing; both its content and presentation are excellent. A…
Beginner's Tutorial on Manga Scriptwriting cover
Rating 3.4
Beginner's Tutorial on Manga Scriptwriting Oran猪 Posts & Telecom Press · 2021 After reading so many comics, have you ever felt the urge to create a story of your own? If you are a newcomer to comics or a comics writer, if you ar…
Appreciation of World Animation Art cover
Rating 3.5
Appreciation of World Animation Art 李继渊 / 李芳 China International Culture Press Limited · 2020 Richly illustrated and wide-ranging, this book offers fresh perspectives and a clear structure. It helps readers grasp the essence of classic animatio…
Four Folk Songs: Piano Suite cover
Rating 3.6
Four Folk Songs: Piano Suite 刘敦南 Shanghai Music Publishing House · 2020 This work comprises the composer Liu Dunan's recent piano compositions, which employ tonal twelve-tone techniques to ingeniously fuse Chinese folk son…
Unlocking CG Thinking: Revelations of Digital Painting Art (Full Color) cover
Rating 3.9
Unlocking CG Thinking: Revelations of Digital Painting Art (Full Color) 杨雪果 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2020 This is the first book in China to introduce the integrated use of CG drawing techniques for digital painting in the new technological era. Covering a…
Eastern Fantasy: CG Illustrations by a Hundred Artists cover
Rating 4.0
Eastern Fantasy: CG Illustrations by a Hundred Artists 乐艺 Posts & Telecom Press · 2020 This book presents Oriental fantasy-themed illustrations by 100 renowned illustrators from around the world, covering mainstream styles such as anime,…