Writing Craft Books
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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
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.
Great selection. Thank you.
Anna from elements of emaginette
Great list! I see some familiar titles that are still in my to buy list too. 😀
Thanks. All these are great., I have learned something from all them, even it is just how to look at my writing in a new way. Glad you like it,