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Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft

10 best books like Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft (David Morrell): The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction, Writing Mysteries, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling, Writing Fiction Step by Step, Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print, 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction, Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes, How to Write Killer Fiction, Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
AuthorNoah Lukeman
ISBN0312309287
As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building...
Creating Short Fiction: The Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction
AuthorDamon Knight
ISBN0312150946
Distilled from decades of teaching and practice, this book offers clear and direct advice on structure, pacing, dialogue, getting ideas, working with the unconscious, and more. Newly revised and expanded for this Third Edition, Creating Short Fiction is a popular and widely trusted guide to writing...
Writing Mysteries
AuthorSue Grafton
ISBN1582971021
Here's your ticket to the greatest mystery-writing workshop ever!In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can help make your writing dreams a reality.

You'll learn how to:


Develop unique...
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling
AuthorJames N. Frey
ISBN0312104782
"Damn good" fiction is dramatic fiction, Frey insists, whether it is by Hemingway or Grisham, Le Carre or Ludlum, Austen or Dickens. Despite their differences, these authors' works share common elements: strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts, and satisfying...
Writing Fiction Step by Step
AuthorJosip Novakovich
ISBN1884910351
Writing Fiction Step by Step gives you more than 200 exercises that will sharpen your writing skills while helping you develop complete short stories, even novels. In this sequel to his very popular Fiction Writer's Workshop, Whiting Award-winning author Josip Novakovich shows you that writing...
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print
AuthorLawrence Block
ISBN0898792088
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel is a book about writing by the legendary Lawrence Block.

Lawrence Block sent me this in an email a couple weeks ago, asking me if I was interested in reviewing his upcoming book about writing. Once I changed into pants that weren't as soaked in my urine,...
4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction
AuthorBrian Kiteley
ISBN1582975639
Realize All That Is Possible in Your Fiction

Writers have long turned to exercises for help with beginning—be it a new piece of fiction, a daily routine, or a serious writing life. Behind the theory of exercises is an attitude of curiosity and expectancy, a desire to ask questions of yourself...
Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes
AuthorRaymond Obstfeld
ISBN0898799732
Writing page-turning fiction depends on your ability to create rock-solid, believable scenes. Scenes act as dynamic structures that thrust both your characters and readers forward through conflict, baiting them with goals that may–or may not–be obtained. Writing good scenes makes the difference...
How to Write Killer Fiction
AuthorCarolyn Wheat
ISBN1880284626
1880284626|9781880284629. How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense published in the year 2003. The author of this book is Carolyn Wheat . page displaying collection of Carolyn Wheat books here. This is the Paperback version of the title "How to Write...
Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
AuthorNancy Kress
ISBN1582973199
A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next.

In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental...
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0312089260
Do you dream of -

Crossing the galaxies?

Living in the far future?

Entertaining millions with your imagination?

This book can help make those dreams come true!

Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales...
Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing
AuthorLes Edgerton
ISBN1582971730
After you've read the writing books that point out all the errors you made when you were starting out, and then you've read the writing books that make you feel like you'll never "get there" with your writing, this book is a refreshing boost to your confidence.

"If you’ve read rabidly all your...
Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
AuthorRebecca McClanahan
ISBN1582970254
Let Rebecca McClanahan guide you through an inspiring examination of description in its many forms. With her thoughtful instruction and engaging exercises, you'll learn to develop your senses and powers of observation to uncover the rich, evocative words that accurately portray your mind's images....
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction
AuthorJ.N. Williamson
ISBN0898794838
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction isn’t just a “How to” book, but a series of talks from some of the best names in the field. Indeed, think of it as a creative writing course with different lecturers every week and you’ll get more out of this 242 page book than you would from...
Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course
AuthorJerry Cleaver
ISBN0312302762
The Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need

From the legendary creator of the Writer's Loft in Chicago, comes a writing course for those who want to see results now. Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing including manuscript preparation, time management, finding an idea, getting...
A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write
AuthorKenneth Atchity
ISBN0393312631
Expanding his focus now, Kenneth Atchity adds a substantial new chapter, "Breaking into Show Business," and new material about recapturing the "high" of creativity and maintaining confidence despite setbacks. He shows you how to transform anxiety into "productive elation," how to separate vision...
The Power of Point of View: Make Your Story Come to Life
AuthorAlicia Rasley
ISBN1582975248
Every Character Has a Voice

Point of view isn't just an element of storytelling–when chosen carefully and employed consistently in a work of fiction, it is the foundation of a captivating story.

It's the character voice you can hear as clearly as your own. It's the unique worldview...
Conflict, Action and Suspense
AuthorWilliam Noble
ISBN0898799074
What makes a book a page-turner? How do you grab your readers from the start and hold them through the last sentence? How do you make your plot twist and turn and keep the action moving without losing continuity?You do it by generating drama and developing it using conflict, action and suspense. You make...
Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing
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...
The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest)
AuthorWriter's Digest Books
Get advice from the best in the business on every stage of the novel-writing and publishing process!

In The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 3rd Edition, you'll learn from established writers about how to make your novel a reality. Discover techniques and strategies for generating ideas,...
Creating Character Emotions
AuthorAnn Hood
ISBN1884910335
Sweaty palms. Butterflies in the stomach. Pacing back and forth. There is no doubt this character is nervous. But isn't there a more original, more vivid way to express this emotion? Absolutely. In this unique book, Ann Hood will help you find fresh, creative images, words and gestures to evoke feelings...
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