Description & Setting

10 best books like Description & Setting (Ron Rozelle): Beginnings, Middles & Ends, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success, The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great, Scene & Structure, Conflict and Suspense, The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises, Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time, 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

Author

Nancy Kress

Get your stories off to a roaring start. Keep them tight and crisp throughout. Conclude them with a wallop.

Is the story or novel you've been carrying around in your head the same one you see on the page? Or does the dialogue suddenly sound flat and predictable? Do the events seem to ramble?

Translating...

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

Author	John Truby
ISBN	0865479518

John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all...

Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success

Author	K.M. Weiland
ISBN	0978924622

Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctly wielded, the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer’s arsenal. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success will:

Help you choose the right type of outline for you
Guide...

The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great

Author

Donald Maass

Discover the Difference Between a So-So Manuscript and a Novel Readers Can't Forget

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...

Scene & Structure

Author	Jack M. Bickham
ISBN	0898799066

Craft your fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability. An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which "everything changed..."

And the reader is hooked. But whether or not readers will stay on for the entire wild ride will depend on how well the writer structures...

Conflict and Suspense

Author

James Scott Bell

Conflict pulls readers into a story and suspense carries them along until its conclusion. Expert author of over 15 thrillers, James Scott Bell offers proven techniques that help writers craft fiction that their readers won?t be able to put down. Learn how to believably weave conflict and suspense...

The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises

Author	James Scott Bell
ISBN	1582975906

Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles - against the page, against one's own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate...

Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time

Author	Jordan E. Rosenfeld
ISBN	1582974799

Bottom line, Rosenfeld covers scene structure, scene types, and everything that goes in to a scene.

Specifically, she covers:
The Architecture of a Scene--Beginnings (Launches), Middles and Ends
Core Elements--Setting, Senses, Character, Plot, etc.
Scene Types--First...

20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them

Author	Ronald B. Tobias
ISBN	1582972397

Give your story a solid foundation - a plot that engages readers from start to finish! The best stories linger in the hearts and minds of readers for decades. These tales gain their power through plots that connect with the audience on both an emotional and intellectual level.Inside, Ronald B. Tobias...

How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

Author

James Scott Bell

There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast. . .

You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.

On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp...

Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story

Author	K.M. Weiland
ISBN	0985780401

Is Structure the Hidden Foundation of All Successful Stories?

Why do some stories work and others don’t? The answer is structure. In this new guide from the author of the bestselling Outlining Your Novel, you will discover the universal underpinnings that guarantee powerful plot and character...