Beginnings, Middles & Ends
10 best books like Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Nancy Kress): Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Writing the Breakout Novel, Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies, Becoming a Writer, How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish, How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling, Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
| Author | Renni Browne |
| ISBN | 0060545690 |
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn...
Writing the Breakout Novel
| Author | Donald Maass |
Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose...
Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
| Author | Sol Stein |
| ISBN | 0312254210 |
Becoming a Writer
| Author | Dorothea Brande |
| ISBN | 0874771641 |
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
Here, science fiction great Orson Scott...
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish
| Author | James Scott Bell |
How does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone off course?
With "Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure," you'll discover the answers...
| Author | James N. Frey |
| ISBN | 0312010443 |
An...
Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction
| Author | Larry Brooks |
| ISBN | 1582979987 |
~It drowns itself in metaphors and analogies.
~The author comes off as being hugely egotistical.
~The first 10 -15 % of the...
| Author | Janet Burroway |
| ISBN | 0321277368 |
| Author | Ralph Keyes |
| ISBN | 0805074678 |
Katherine Anne Porter called courage "the first essential" for a writer. "I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence," agreed Cynthia Ozick, "sometimes every syllable."...
| Author | Donald Maass |
We've all read them: novels by our favorite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether?
Something...
| Author | Anne Bernays |
| ISBN | 0062720066 |
| Author | Linda N. Edelstein |
| Author | Gloria Kempton |
| ISBN | 1582972893 |
When should your character talk, what should (or shouldn't) he say, and when should he say it? How do you know when dialogue—or the lack thereof—is dragging down your scene? How do you fix character who speaks with the laconic wit of the Terminator?
Write...
| Author | Jordan E. Rosenfeld |
| ISBN | 1582974799 |
Specifically, she covers:
The Architecture of a Scene--Beginnings (Launches), Middles and Ends
Core Elements--Setting, Senses, Character, Plot, etc.
Scene Types--First...
| Author | Ronald B. Tobias |
| ISBN | 1582972397 |
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel
| Author | James Scott Bell |
| ISBN | 1582975086 |
Don't let the revision process intimidate you any longer. Discover how to successfully transform your first draft into a polished final draft readers won't be able to forget.
In Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing, James Scott Bell...