How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them

10 best books like How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them (Sol Stein): Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish, Techniques of the Selling Writer, Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View, 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), Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel, Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing, How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript, Framed (A Novella of Suspense)

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
AuthorRenni Browne
ISBN0060545690
"A superb tutorial for anyone wanting to learn from pros how to polish fiction writing with panache."-- Library Journal

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...
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish
AuthorJames Scott Bell
Craft an Engaging Plot

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...
AuthorDwight V. Swain
ISBN0806111917
Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement...
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
AuthorJeff VanderMeer
ISBN1419704427
This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object. Employing an accessible, example-rich...
AuthorJill Elizabeth Nelson
Dear Novelist: Would you like your readers to live your stories, not merely read them? Deep Point of View anchors your readers inside the point of view character(s) of your novel. This handbook shows you how to perform the transformation from ordinary narrative to deep narrative in clear, easy-to-master...
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)
AuthorLisa Cron
ISBN1607748908
Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

Story Genius is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages...
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel
AuthorJames Scott Bell
ISBN1582975086
Spot and Fix Manuscript Missteps

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...
Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing
AuthorLibbie Hawker
This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00UKC0GHA

When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?

In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story...
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript
AuthorJames 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...
Framed (A Novella of Suspense)
AuthorJames Scott Bell
It's not every day you bleed to death...

Things have started to turn around for Jonathan Curtis. He's out of jail and staying clean. When a car restoration job shows up, it's right in Jonathan's wheelhouse. This could be the first step in his dream of opening his own auto-body shop.

A...
Romeo's Rules
AuthorJames Scott Bell
If you want to stay alive, you better know the rules . . .
Natalia Mayne said, “What's the first rule?”
“Fear nothing,” I said.
“You have any more?”
“Do unto them before they do unto you.”
“Really?”
”And you don’t owe the truth to people who lie."...
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story
AuthorK.M. Weiland
ISBN0985780401
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...
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