4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction

10 best books like 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction (Brian Kiteley): The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing, Page After Page: Discover the Confidence & Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing (No Matter What!), The Writer's Idea Book, The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life, Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers, Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces, Writers Book of Matches: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction, A Writer's Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writing Life, Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance

AuthorMonica Wood
ISBN1582973229
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Sparkling with delightful, witty, thought-provoking morsels for today's writers, Monica Wood's dreamy yet realistic writer's companion will encourage your muse to take flight. The stimulating visuals laced throughout the book uniquely capture the...
AuthorHeather Sellers
ISBN1582973121
You Are a Writer--Believe It!

False starts. Self-doubt. Mind games. They end the moment you pick up this book. With an inspiring mix of humor, wisdom, and creativity, Page After Page shows you how to find the courage and commitment to start writing and keep writing.

Author Heather...
AuthorJack Heffron
"Where do you get your ideas?"



It's a question and a quandary that bedevils every writer. And once you've got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts.



In The Writer's Idea Book, Jack Heffron, former senior editor...
AuthorFred White
ISBN1582975299
Make Writing a Part of Your Daily Routine

It isn't always easy to carve out time to devote meaningful thought and energy to your writing. Hectic schedules, distractions, and creative blocks all too often interrupt the dream - postpone it for another day.

But with 366 provocative entries...
AuthorLee Lofland
ISBN1582974551
Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement.

With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author...
AuthorBret Anthony Johnston
ISBN0812975480
You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering...
AuthorRoy Peter Clark
ISBN0316126713
The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.

In HELP! FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the...
AuthorFresh Boiled Peanuts
Designed to help writers find inspiration anytime, anywhere, The Writer's Book of Matches is both muse and exercise partner for beginning and professional writers. This dynamic title: Is jam-packed with 1,001 creative prompts - more than any other book on the market Provides a spectrum of prompts,...
AuthorCaroline Sharp
Aspiring doctors have medical school. Karate students have belts of different colors. Pianists have scales and arpeggios. But what system do writers have for getting and staying "in shape," to help them focus, practice, and make progress?

A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious...
AuthorRosanne Bane
Discover the tricks that your brain uses to keep you from writing—and how to beat them.

Do you:

Want to write, but find it impossible to get started? Keep your schedules so full that you don’t have any time to write? Wait until the last minute to write, even though you know you could...
AuthorKaren E. Peterson
ISBN1593375034
I bought this book back in 2009 and read it a little, but then got bored. So, this month, I decided to try again and started from the beginning. I'll admit, some things the author wrote were interesting, but the dominant hand/non-dominant hand exercises were overdone and pointless to me. I mean, I had the...
The Write-Brain Workbook
AuthorBonnie Neubauer
ISBN1582973555
Never face a blank page again! With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. "The Write-Brain Workbook" is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative...
AuthorSage Cohen
ISBN1582979952
Take Control of Your Writing Life!

The creative process can be treacherous, even for the most experienced writer. Facing the blank page, staying inspired, sustaining momentum, managing competing priorities and coping with rejection are just a few of the challenges writers face regularly.

"The...
What Would Your Character Do?
AuthorEric Maisel
ISBN1582973725
Get Inside Your Character's HeadJust how well do you know your characters?

Test yourself–and your characters–with 30 interactive pop quizzes designed to help you discover exactly what makes your characters tick.

Noted author Eric Maisel draws on his technical knowledge...
AuthorAlice LaPlante
ISBN0393061647
The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing—both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript....
The Writer's Block: 786 Ideas To Jump-start Your Imagination
AuthorJason Rekulak
ISBN0762409487
Anxious to write that Great American Novel but don't know where to begin? Help is on the way with our Writer's Block! This guide to beating writer's block comes packaged in the shape of an actual block: 3" x 3" x 3", with 672 pages and more than 200 photographs throughout. Next time you're stuck, just flip...
AuthorJessica Page Morrell
Effective storytelling stems from many elements, the most crucial of which are unseen or blended in so unobtrusively that they are difficult to spot and analyze. Still, they are necessary to the wholeness and coherence of a story–to create a work that lingers and resonates in the reader's imagination.In...
AuthorArthur Plotnik
ISBN0375721150
When too tightly leashed, writing chokes and loses its vitality. Although the rules of composition popularized in William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White's Elements of Style have been de rigueur for decades, they won't exactly set your writing free.

To the rescue comes Spunk & Bite, a guide...
AuthorBrandilyn Collins
ISBN0471058947
Proven techniques for creating vivid, believable characters

Want to bring characters to life on the page as vividly as fine actors do on the stage or screen? Getting into Character will give you a whole new way of thinking about your writing. Drawing on the Method acting theory that theater...
The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers
AuthorElizabeth Benedict
ISBN0805069933
Twelve years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains the classic writer's resource on creating compelling sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all the issues, from the first time, to married sex and adultery, to sex in the age of AIDS.

Her instruction, supported with...
Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing
AuthorLaurie Alberts
ISBN1582977054
Write vibrant scenes and essential summaries
"Show-don't tell." How many times have you heard this standard bit of writing advice? It's so common in writing courses and critiques that it has become a clich?. Writers are often told to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary-but it's...
AuthorSarah Domet
ISBN1582979979
Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist...

Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete....
AuthorNancy Ellen Dodd
ISBN1599631970
Map out your idea and finish your story in 7 stages!

This book will show writers how to develop their ideas into a finished novel by working through it in 7 stages, while learning how to mapping out their story's progress and structure so they can evaluate and improve their work. It teaches writers...
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