Sylvia K. Burack (1917–2003)
Autor de The Writer's Handbook
Sobre El Autor
Series
Obras de Sylvia K. Burack
A Treasury of Christmas Plays: Royalty-Free Stage and Radio Dramas for Young Players (1958) 12 copias
Plays of Black Americans: The Black Experience in America, Dramatized for Young People (1987) 11 copias
Dramatized Folk Tales of the World; A Collection of 50 One-Act Plays--Royalty-Free Adaptations of Stories from Many… (1971) 10 copias
On Stage for Christmas: A Collection of Royalty-Free One-Act Christmas Plays for Young People (1978) 8 copias
Patriotic and Historical Plays for Young People: Royalty-Free Plays and Programs about the People and Events that Made… (1975) 6 copias
Thirty Plays from Favorite Stories: Royalty-Free Dramatizations of Myths, Folktales, and Legends from Around the World (1997) 6 copias
The Big Book of Christmas Plays: 21 Modern and Traditional One-Act Plays for the Celebration of Christmas (1988) 5 copias
The big book of folktale plays : one-act adaptations of folktales from around the world, for stage and puppet… (1991) 4 copias
The Big book of dramatized classics : 25 adaptations of favorite novels, stories, and plays for stage and… (1993) 2 copias
Blue-ribbon plays for girls; a collection of royalty-free, one-act plays for all-girl casts (1955) 2 copias
THE WRITER'S HANDBOOK - 1988 EDITION 2 copias
Plays of Great Achievers: One-Act Plays About Inventors, Scientists, Statesmen, Humanitarians, and Explorers (1992) 1 copia
The Big Book of Comedies: 25 One-Act Plays, Skits, Curtain Raisers, and Adaptations for Young Actors (1989) 1 copia
Plays, vol 53, no.4 1 copia
Plays, Vol. 52, No. 1 1 copia
Plays, October, 1993 1 copia
Plays, Vol. 52, No. 2 1 copia
Plays, Vol 52, No.3 1 copia
Plays, Vol. 52, No.4 1 copia
Plays, Vol 52, No. 5 1 copia
Plays, April,1993 1 copia
Plays, May, 1993 1 copia
Plays, November, 1993 1 copia
Plays, vol 53, no.5 1 copia
Plays, vol 53, no. 6 1 copia
The Writer, December 1980 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Burack, Sylvia E. Kamerman
- Otros nombres
- Kamerman, Sylvia E.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1917-12-16
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2003-02-14
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Educación
- Smith College (1938)
- Ocupaciones
- editor
publisher
author
magazine publisher
university trustee - Relaciones
- Burack, A. S. (husband)
- Biografía breve
- Sylvia K. Burack, née Kamerman, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Smith College in 1938. For nearly 40 years, she and her husband A.S. Burack published The Writer, as well as another magazine called Plays, and books on writing. The Writer, established in 1887, was among the oldest continuously published consumer magazines in the USA. It aimed to teach aspiring writers the mechanics of good writing and offer advice on how to get published, and featured such contributors as John Updike, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Phyllis A. Whitney. After Mr. Burack's death in 1978, Sylvia took over as editor and publisher. In addition, she was the author of her own advice books about writing, some published under her birth name, including Writing and Selling the Romance Novel (1983), Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction (1985), How to Write and Sell Mystery Fiction (1990), How to Write and Sell Your Articles (1997), Writing for Children and Young Adults (2000), and the annual The Writer's Handbook. She also edited numerous collections of plays for children such as The Big Book of Holiday Plays (1990) and The Big Book of Skits (1996). She served as a trustee for the Massachusetts state college system and the University of Massachusetts, and was president of the Friends of Boston University Libraries. She retired in 2000 and sold the The Writer to the Kalmbach Publishing Co.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 98
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- 803
- Popularidad
- #31,759
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 65
The book is divided into two parts the first being the reprint of writer and editorial advice columns from various magazines of the day. The second part is just an extended list of the submission markets at the time and was wholly uninteresting to me. If you're going to read this book read it for the first section.
For a book published in 1957 there are some things in it that are somewhat non-PC but not much at all save for 50's style references to women and men and their differences/preferences but Chapter 75: The Church is my Favorite Beat has some cringe-worthy lines in it. If you're looking for controversy it'll be in that single chapter.
With this book, I found myself enjoying the earlier chapters more (there are a total of 79 chapters/articles) and the focus of those chapters on characters and characterization. Frankly, if you can get a copy of this book for cheap, by all means, get it and read it there are things of interest here.… (más)