Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
10 best books like Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go (Les Edgerton): On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Writing the Breakout Novel, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, 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, Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish, The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile, Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
| Author | Stephen King |
| ISBN | 0743455967 |
The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
| Author | Brené Brown |
Is vulnerability the same as weakness? “In our culture,” teaches Dr. Brené Brown, “we associate vulnerability with emotions we want to avoid such as fear, shame, and uncertainty. Yet we too often lose sight of the fact that vulnerability is also the birthplace...
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...
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
| Author | John Gardner |
| ISBN | 0679734031 |
John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works....
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 |
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...
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
| Author | Noah Lukeman |
Editors always tell novice writers that the first few pages of a manuscript are crucial in the publishing process -- and it's true. If an editor or agent (or reader) loses interest after a page or two, you've lost him or her completely, even if the middle of your novel is brilliant...
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 | 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 | Orson Scott Card |
This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your memory, your imagination and your soul.
Award-winning...
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
| Author | Nancy Kress |
| ISBN | 1582973164 |
How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story?
Write Great...
| Author | K.M. Weiland |
If you’ve read all the books on story structure and concluded there has to be more to it than just three acts and a couple of plot points, then you’re absolutely right!...
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)
| Author | Lisa Cron |
| ISBN | 1607748908 |
Story Genius is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages...