Powerful Character Arcs Create Powerful Stories Have you written a story with an exciting concept and interesting characters—but it just isn’t grabbing the attention of readers or agents? It’s time to look deeper into the story beats that create realistic and compelling character arcs. Internationally published, award-winning novelist K.M. Weiland shares her acclaimed method fo...(展开全部)

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer...(展开全部)

安妮·鲁尼（Anne Rooney），英国知名科普作家，剑桥大学博士，皇家文艺学会院士，皇家文学基金会研究员，英国作家协会管理委员会理事并曾担任教育作家委员会主席。她撰写了几十部科普著作，并被翻译为22种语言。其作品《明日科技：人工智能》曾于2004年入围英国皇家学会的“安万特奖”，这一奖项被广泛认为是世界科普图书领域影响力超群的奖项（霍金、彭罗斯等人的作品曾获此奖项）。她还曾入围2015年英国作协的“教育作家奖”最终5 人名单，2018年获得过英国学校图书馆协会的“信息图书奖”，并入围英国皇家学会的“青少年图书奖”最终6人名单。她曾在剑桥大学和约克大学任教，目前居住在剑桥。

苔丝狄蒙娜·麦克卡农是一名自由作家和自由插画师，后回到大学攻读序贯设计和插画专业的文学硕士学位。她拥有童书市场广泛的从业经验。她现在是北威尔士艺术与设计学院童书插画硕士专业的课程创始人之一。 苏·桑顿是一名插画师，同时担任北威尔士艺术与设计学院的高级讲师。她曾是一名全职童书插画师，自1990年起，在东北威尔士学院任教至今。她是童书出版插画专业荣誉学士学位的发起人和课程负责人。她于近期刚刚开设了一门新的漫画小说课程。 雅兹亚·威廉姆斯是北威尔士艺术与设计学院插画设计荣誉学士学位的课程负责人，主要从事图书插画绘制工作。 译者：宋佩：加州大学艺术史硕士，1990年代开始研究图画书的图像语言及创作者，并且翻译图画书。目前除了在中原大学担任基督信仰与艺术、从电影看人生课程外，也在台大及政大共同讲授图画书相关课程。至今翻译图画书五十余本，另译有《观赏图画书中的图...(展开全部)

From the London Centre for Books Arts, the internationally recognized, artistrun, open-access studio at the forefront of the book-craft community, comes this definitive manual for creating hand-bound books. Making Books: A Guide to Creating Handcrafted Books offers beginners and advanced artists alike a comprehensive overview of the tools, principles, and techniques used in han...(展开全部)

The classic (and irreverent) bestselling guide to creating great advertising Hey Whipple, Squeeze This has inspired a generation of ad students, copywriters, and young creatives to make their mark in the industry. But students need new guidance to ply their craft now in the digital world. This new fourth edition explains how to bring brand stories into interactive, dynamic p...(展开全部)

David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations—more than 6,600 in all—and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience. The Sibley Guide 's innovative design makes it entirely user friendly. The illustrat...(展开全部)

Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting p...(展开全部)