Books On Writing Craft
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BOOKS ON WRITING CRAFT: MY TOP SHELF
If you are passionate about story craft like me, I think you will learn a lot and enjoy these books.
COMPRENSIVE FROM WRITING CRAFT TO EDITING
The Magic of Fiction by Fiction Editor Beth Hill PDF version also available check sidebar of site
STORY STRUCTURE & PLOT
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
(One of my all-time favorites that I use a lot over and over.) The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writer’s third edition, by Christopher Vogler HERE- Holly Lisle’s Create A Plot Clinic
- Holly Lisle’s Professional Outline Mini-Course
- l Super Structure: The Key To Unleashing The Power of Story by James Scott Bel HERE
- My favorite of the Write Great Fiction Series: Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell HERE
- Writing Deep Scenes: Plotting Your Story Through Action, Emotion, and Theme by Martha Alderson
- Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker
- Writing by the Seat of Your Pants by Elle Clous
- Fool Proof Outline: A No-Nonsense System for Productive Brainstorming, Outlining, & Drafting Novels (Fool Proof Writer Book 1)
- Save the Cat Blake Snyder
- Save the Cat!® Goes to the Indies: The Screenwriters Guide to 50 Films from the Masters Salva Rubio
- How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (Advanced Fiction Writing Book 1)
- Write Your Novel From The Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between
- Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 3) K.M. Weiland
- 5 Secrets of Story Structure: How to Write a Novel That Stands Out (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 6) by K. M. Weiland (This is free)
- The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master Martha Alderson
- Story Engineering Larry Brooks
- Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere Lisa Cron
Activate: a thesaurus of actions & tactics for dynamic genre fiction (live wire writer guides) Damon Suede
Fiction is action. Activate is an author’s thesaurus of dramatic possibilities that will galvanize your characterization and dramatization. Verbalizing any narrative requires specific juicy language with the vibrancy readers crave. This handy writing reference focuses on language’s powerhouse: VERBS, featuring 5,300 potent options sorted into three useful contexts.
EMOTION, TENSION & CONFLICT
- Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict: Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel by Cheryl St. John HERE
- Practical Emotional Structure
- The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws by Angela Ackerm
- The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes by Angela Ackerm
- Writers Helping Writers Website from the author of The Negative & Positive Trait Thesaurus
- Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict: Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel by Cheryl St.John
WORLD BUILDING
ELEMENTS/MECHANICS OF WRITING
- Elements of Fiction Series: This is a whole series, below my favorite : Descriptions by Monica Woods from 1999 HERE PS: This book gave me a lot of insight into how Show & Tell actually work and how to use it, although the theme of the book is about description.
- Conflict and Suspense by James Scott Bell HERE
DEEP POV
- Rivet Your Reader With Deep Point of View by Jill Elizabeth Nelson
- Writing Deep Scenes: Plotting Your Story Through Action, Emotion, and Theme by Martha Alderson
HOOKS
- (One of my very favorite) Hooked by Les Edgeton HERE
SHOWING NOT TELLING
SETTING & DESCRIPTIONS
- Writing Active Setting by Mary Buckham HERE (This link is a complete box set deal with bonus HOOKS)
- Immediate Fiction by Jerry Cleaver HERE
VOICE
PERSONALITY TYPING
OUTLINING & PLOTTING
Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker This is a great short read that I have really enjoyed!- Writing by the Seat of Your Pants by Elle Clous
CREATIVITY & WRITING
- Prosperity For Writers: A Writer’s Guide to Creating Abundance by Honoree Corder
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield - Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler
WRITING SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
EDITING & WRITING FASTER
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne, Dave King
- 5,000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Write Smarter: Write Faster, Write Smarter by Chris Fox
WRITING MISTAKES
- The 38 Most Common Writing Mistakes by Jack Bickman HERE
- 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing (The Writer’s Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin , Linda S. Clare
- 27 Fiction Writing Blunders – And How Not To Make Them! by James Scott Bell
- 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing (The Writer’s Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin
FICTION PITCHES
PROMOTION, MARKETING & SELF-PUBLISHING
- Launch to Market Chris Fox
- “Read Iterate and Optimize — the sequel to Write. Publish. Repeat.” Available NOW.
- Write. Publish. Repeat. (The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success) (The Smarter Artist Book 1) by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
- Self-Printed: The Sane Person’s Guide to Self-Publishing (3rd Edition) by Catherine Ryan Howard
- How To Market A Book (Books for Writers 1) by Joanna Penn
- Self-Publishing with Amazon (Boxed Set: 4 Books in 1) by Chris McMullen
- Fiction Unboxed: Publishing and Writing a Novel in 30 Days, From Scratch, In Front of the World (The Smarter Artist Book 2) by Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt
- Dean Wesley Smith (online Workshops) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Business Musings
- Free Read on site-Killing The Top Ten Sacred Cow of Publishing Dean Wesley Smith
- Killing The Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing Dean Wesley Smith
- Business For Authors: How To Be An Author Entrepreneur by Joanna Penn
- The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook For Surviving The Writer’s Journey by JoAnna Penn
- How To Market A Book JoAnna Penn
- Successful Self-Publishing Joanna Penn
- Inspired Writer: How to Create Magic With Your Word by Bryan Hutchinson
THE BUSINESS OF WRITING-UNREPENTANT
- 11 Ways To Make Money Free Video Training from author Joanna Penn–signup here
- Get Your First 10,000 Readers Nick Stephenson Note: check out POPUP for Free Video Training.
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