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Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) ... 73 reviews
James Scott Bell
Writers Digest Books, 2004
excellent
+ Simple and clear
+ Plot & Structure
+ Excellent advice even for the professional
+ plot and structure
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Elements of Writing Fiction - Description (Elements of Fiction Writing) 26 reviews
Monica Wood
Writers Digest Books, 1999
Very Effective
+ Number one
+ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?
+ Excellent
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Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction3 reviews
Debra Dixon
Gryphon Books for Writers, 1999
A practical blueprint for writing effective fiction
+ Excellent Book For Writers
Beginning novel writers often need a roadmap to get from chapter one to The End. *Goal, Motivation and Conflict* by Debra Dixon is a practical and insightful manual for writing effective, cogent fiction. She takes you step by step through the writing process using her GMC method. She explains in ...
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Creating Characters: How to Build Story People9 reviews
Dwight V. Swain
University of Oklahoma Press, 2008
The difference between amateur and professional
+ How to build characters that matter
Years ago, at a garage sale, I stumbled on a copy of Swain's other book, Techniques Of The Selling Writer. Took it home, looked at it and decided it was beneath me -- or at least below the level I fancied I was writing at. A few years later, after three more novel rejections, I took it out and ...
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On Dialogue (Routledge Classics) 7 reviews
David Bohm
Routledge, 2004
Bohm and servant-leadership
+ Making meetings productive
+ Amazing Book! Highly Recommended
+ On Dialoque
+ A very helpful book.
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Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)70 reviews
Orson Scott Card
Writers Digest Books, 1999
Awesome
+ My review
+ One of the best in the series of Elements of Fiction Writing
+ FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
+ Good Tips
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Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot: A Guide for Screenwriters16 reviews
Peter Dunne
Quill Driver Books, 2006
buy it. It's good.
+ A Philosophical Yet Practical Book About Storytelling
+ Pure Gold Amid The Rubble
+ good supplemental resource
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Elements of Mystery Fiction, The: Writing the Modern Whodunit2 reviews
William Tapply
Poisoned Pen Press, 2004
The best book on writing mysteries I've read yet
+ Essential Reading for All Mystery Novelists and a Great Guide for Reviewers
Of all the books on writing mysteries - and there are many - this is one of the only written by a real master of the craft (with the exception, perhaps, of Patricia Highsmith's book). Tapply neither talks down to the reader nor does he go over the reader's head. This nuts-and-bolts book looks at ...
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Dynamic Characters19 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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Writer's Guide to Character Traits 46 reviews
Dr. Linda Edelstein
Writers Digest Books, 2006
Wealth of Information
+ Wikipedia is the perfect place to "start" research.
+ Broke My Writer's Block
I really like this book. I think it is a great resource in addition to your own research in other avenues (online, other books, etc). There is a ton of information in it and it's very well put together. The author gives very nice and concise information on different personalities, traits, ...
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Creating Character Emotions20 reviews
Ann Hood
Story Press, 1998
Specific and helpful
+ The Complexity of the human condition.
Imagine my surprise when I recognized my own writing mistakes in the examples of bad writing. This immediately helped me take my writing to the next level. I have many cherished writing books, and this one holds up well in comparison. It is helpful because it's specific and focused. I couldn't wait ...
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction17 reviews
Patricia Highsmith
St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
Interesting and entertaining
+ Behind the Scenes at the Abbatoir
I'm glad I bought this book. As an author of suspense myself, I found it very worthwhile. It won't teach you how to write--but I've found no book can really do that. In the same vein as Stephen Kings book On Writing, it is more an account about how this highly successful author developed her ...
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Tools for Mystery Writers: Writing Suspense Using Hidden Personality Traits
Anne Hart
AuthorHouse, 2002
Tools for Mystery Writers emphasizes the rules that work well to create best-selling fiction. Also included is how to write from personality preference research and how to write from the upward gush of your character's infancy. A book of handy rules and research for all fiction writers of mystery, suspense, historical novels, stories, and scripts or plays. Also included is how to write about ...
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How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense19 reviews
Carolyn Wheat
Perseverance Press, 2003
An absolute keeper
+ How to Write Killer Fiction
+ Wonderful Analysis, Helpful Guide
+ Great Desk Reference
+ A lot of BANG for your buck!
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective ...17 reviews
Nancy Kress
Writers Digest Books, 2005
Build Great Characters
+ CHARACTERS, WMOTION & VIEWPOINT
+ Characters-Emotions & Viewpoint
+ excellent resource!
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Writing Dialogue24 reviews
Tom Chiarella
Story Press, 1998
EXCELLENT HANDBOOK FOR THE CRAFTING OF DIALOGUE
+ Bent Basics
+ Good Workout for the Creative Mind
Prof. Chiarella here provides a very useful guide for the writing of conversation. Not only does he explore the basic grammatical mechanics of different writing tricks and techniques, but he gives us generously as a good teacher the strength and encouragement to pursue our individual talent and ...
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Characters Make Your Story1 review
Maren Elwood
Houghton Mifflin, 1942
Characterization in depth
This is the third book I've read on Characterization. I'm on a mission to learn all I can about developing Characterization in my writing. I've owned this book for years and maybe even decades and never took the time to read it. I should have. I've read Creating Character Emotions by Ann Hood and ...
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Writing as a Small Business2 reviews
Nash Black
IF Publishing, 2008
A critically important, thoroughly 'user friendly', instructional guide
+ Making Writing Pay
Earning a living as a professional writer is a business. Writing freelance is the equivalent of being a self-employed small business owner and operator. As such, meticulous attention must be made to how that business is structured, operated, and kept track of. Failure to keep aware of the ...
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Creating Characters: Let Them Whisper Their Secrets16 reviews
Marisa D'vari
Michael Wiese Productions, 2005
A new approach to character work for a writer
+ Use it in the earliest stages.
Of all the types of writing books to read, my favorites are those that deal with characters. Marisa D'Vari does not disappoint the reader/writer with Creating Characters: Let Them Whisper Their Secrets.
The first chapter provides a quick, but thorough, examination of Personality Types ...
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories11 reviews
Christopher Booker
Continuum, 2006
A great resource to help you write a bestselling novel or highly successful movie screenplay.
+ Great work ... not the end of the story
+ Unusual justification for reading Booker's book.
+ Deepy impressive
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