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The Writer's Toolbox: Creative Games and Exercises for Inspiring the 'Write' Side of Your Brain 14 reviews
Jamie Cat Callan
Chronicle Books, 2007
Perfect for Teachers and Writers
+ Engaging for Writers' Group
+ Brilliant Creation!
+ Creative and Inspirational!
+ Unleash your muse!
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Dynamic Characters 19 reviews
Nancy Kress
Writers Digest Books, 2004
Do You Want to Write a book--read this
+ A Must-Have for any Fiction Writer
+ Other Books
+ Another great book from this author
+ Entertaining and Helpful
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This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers13 reviews
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
This IS a shining spotlight on modern short literary fiction
+ interesting stories
+ Fantastic collection!
+ When is it not chick lit?
+ Quirky characters come alive
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Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel8 reviews
Cathy Yardley
Thomas Dunne Books, 2006
Absolutely perfect guide to creating an absolutely perfect novel!
+ This book pleasantly surprised me!
+ Good For Writing Any Genre
If you're even wondering if you should spend some of your hard-earned cash on this book, rest assured that the answer is yes, yes, yes!!
Will Write For Shoes is a valuable addition to your library, and thoroughly covers the details of the chick lit genre. Cathy Yardley defines it, gives a ...
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How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author 33 reviews
Janet Evanovich, Ina Yalof
St. Martin's Griffin, 2006
GOOD, PRACTICAL TIPS ON WRITING
+ GREAT FUN WITH STEPHANIE'S MUM
+ Janet Evanovich's "How I Write" Book
+ Good For Beginners
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Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) ...72 reviews
James Scott Bell
Writers Digest Books, 2004
Great read for all writers!
+ Simple and clear
+ Plot & Structure
+ Excellent advice even for the professional
+ plot and structure
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See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit9 reviews
Sarah Mlynowski, Farrin Jacobs
Quirk Books, 2006
You Absolutely Need This Book
+ Don't write anything else until you have read this book...twice!!
+ LOVE this book!!
Every Single Chapter has useful information. There is no part of this book that doesn't give you something important for writing your own chick book.
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Writer's Blocks 3
Ashley Software
Writing anything complex (a book, research paper, newspaper or magazine article, technical writing, script, etc.) can be a daunting prospect. Wouldn`t it be great to have a tool that broke your writing task down into manageable pieces? What if this software actually put the fun back in writing?. . . . .
Writer`s Blocks is a unique software package that makes organizing information and ideas for ...
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Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction1 review
Suzanne Ferriss, Mallory Young
Routledge, 2005
This book is not as dry as my review!
As one who had never heard the term Chick Lit before reading reviews of Emily Barr's "Backpack," I gotta thank Ferriss, Young, and their 14 contributors for 'splaining it to me. Some of the essays, like those by Mazza and Guerrero, make critical points with style and wit worth reading for ...
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Write Brothers Dramatica Pro 4 (Win/Mac) 32 reviews
Windows, Mac OS X | Write Brothers, 2000
Even the demo makes this software shine
+ Dramatica 4 reviewed at Microfilmmaker.com
I have heard about Dramatica Pro for years and never touched it. Now, I finally gave in to get the demo--and stayed up till 3:00 o'clock in the morning! I could not afford to lose the valuable information it was giving me. For those who know their story ahead of time, great! Dramatica helps you ...
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Elements of Writing Fiction - Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)36 reviews
Nancy Kress
Writers Digest Books, 1999
Marvelous Short-Cut to Learning to Write Fiction
+ Brilliant, pages 84 to 87 alone justify the price of the book
+ Big help
+ Great Basic Guide
+ Extraordinary...
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This Is Chick-Lit9 reviews
Benbella Books, 2006
Calling all Chick Lit Lovers
+ This Is Chick Lit
+ A good read
+ A pleasure to read
+ Refreshing, Witty, and Delightful
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Wizards for Authors (Novel & Nonfiction software)
Recipes4Word.com
Novel and Nonfiction templates, style tool bars for new chapters, scenes, extracts, table of contents, and more. Grammatic style and word usage checker. Literary agent database and submission package generator. Book Doctor to fix spacing, font, and more.
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print111 reviews
Renni Browne, Dave King
Collins, 2004
Great, great book
+ A wonderful tool for editing your work.
+ A Tool You Should Have
+ Self Editing
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NewNovelist 2.0 [Novel Writing Software]17 reviews
Creativity Software Ltd
New Novelist
+ Great Product, Great Service
Now this is a great software program! Although I have already written and published two novels, ("Devil's Game" and "My Friend Sam") with three more in the works, this program adds a great deal of "splendor" to your efforts. It strongly "urges" the aspiring novelist to think out his/her characters ...
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective ...16 reviews
Nancy Kress
Writers Digest Books, 2005
Build Great Characters
+ Characters-Emotions & Viewpoint
+ excellent resource!
Just as the title of the book says, "Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint," every book has them, and many of them. This book explains exactly how to create various characters, the different emotions that they may convey throughout your story, and the different viewpoints that may be utilized to make ...
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Power Writer (Novel and Fiction Writing Software)9 reviews
Script Perfection Enterprises
Great software and fun too!
+ A Zillion times better than using basic word processing...
I ABSOLUTELY love this software, and while others are close to it, this one is far more superior. It has alot of different functions and makes writing notes easy, checking off plot points easy, and organizing extremely easy. If you are unorganized, this is perfect for you! The only problems I've ...
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Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events ...13 reviews
Ron Rozelle
Writers Digest Books, 2005
The Budding Author
+ Absolute, must have!
+ Very Informative
After starting the journey of becoming a published author years ago, I've come across many "self-help" books on how to write a novel, and my experience is that 90% of them are a load of rubbish. This one fortunately for you and me, is not.
If you're serious about becoming a writer and you've ...
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Power Structure (Novel and Screenwriting Software)1 review
Script Perfection
Love It.
I bought Power Structure to help me with a novel (Civil War type historical fiction) and it really helped me organize my thoughts and ideas. I'm one of those writers with way too many ideas in my head. I also use the screenplay mode to help me think of my novel in terms of a movie. I use a Dell ...
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Write Great Fiction Revision And Self-Editing (Write Great Fiction)14 reviews
James Scott Bell
Writers Digest Books, 2008
Like a caring English Professor, Jim hovers over your shoulder pointing out the problems and dishing out the fixes.
+ Write Great Fiction Revision And Self-Editing
+ starting out
+ No More Secrets
+ Revision and Self-Editing (Write Great Fiction)
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