Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
10 best books like Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer (Bret Anthony Johnston): The Pocket Muse: Ideas and Inspirations for Writing, The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life, Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication & Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams, The Writer's Idea Book, Bullies, Bastards and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction, The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life, What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction
| Author | Monica Wood |
| ISBN | 1582973229 |
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Sparkling with delightful, witty, thought-provoking morsels for today's writers, Monica Wood's dreamy yet realistic writer's companion will encourage your muse to take flight. The stimulating visuals laced throughout the book uniquely capture the...
| Author | Noah Lukeman |
| ISBN | 0312309287 |
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...
| Author | Priscilla Long |
| ISBN | 0984242104 |
Suitable for both beginning and advanced writers of fiction and nonfiction, The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life distills 20 years of teaching and creative thought by the well-published author Priscilla Long. The Writer's Portable Mentor helps writers understand...
| Author | Judy Reeves |
| ISBN | 1577311000 |
Playwright and editor Judy Reeves has taught writing, led creative writing workshops, and participated in writing groups for years. A Writer’s Book of Days is a compilation of all that she’s learned from getting together to write with other people. She says, “the book came about because I saw...
Writing a book requires a focus, a sense of knowing and trusting in yourself and your work. And it requires an unflinching commitment to staying the course. Chapter After Chapter shows you how to build on your good writing habits, accrue and recognize tiny successes, and turn your dedication to the craft...
"Where do you get your ideas?"
It's a question and a quandary that bedevils every writer. And once you've got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts.
In The Writer's Idea Book, Jack Heffron, former senior editor...
| Author | Jessica Page Morrell |
| ISBN | 1582974845 |
Get to Know Your Character's Sinister Side
A truly memorable antagonist is not a one-dimensional super villain bent on world domination for no particular reason. Realistic, credible bad guys create essential story complications, personalize conflict, add immediacy to a story line, and force...
| Author | Fred White |
| ISBN | 1582975299 |
Make Writing a Part of Your Daily Routine
It isn't always easy to carve out time to devote meaningful thought and energy to your writing. Hectic schedules, distractions, and creative blocks all too often interrupt the dream - postpone it for another day.
But with 366 provocative entries...
| Author | Anne Bernays |
| ISBN | 0062720066 |
What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer...
| Author | Brian Kiteley |
| ISBN | 1582975639 |
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...
| Author | Rebecca McClanahan |
| ISBN | 1582970254 |
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....
Aspiring doctors have medical school. Karate students have belts of different colors. Pianists have scales and arpeggios. But what system do writers have for getting and staying "in shape," to help them focus, practice, and make progress?
A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious...
Writing on Both Sides of the Brain: Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write
| Author | Henriette Anne Klauser |
Henriette has such a beautiful heart, a fine intellect, and her writing style is conversational and easy. Even though I already know what she’s writing about in this book, I still love reading every word she writes simple because I love to hear her talk because she is just a school of life, and I learn...
| Author | Bonnie Neubauer |
| ISBN | 1582973555 |
Never face a blank page again! With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. "The Write-Brain Workbook" is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative...
| Author | Sage Cohen |
| ISBN | 1582979952 |
Take Control of Your Writing Life!
The creative process can be treacherous, even for the most experienced writer. Facing the blank page, staying inspired, sustaining momentum, managing competing priorities and coping with rejection are just a few of the challenges writers face regularly.
"The...
This was a good idea but completely useless. Nothing went into enough depth to be useful, but the biggest problem is that although it was written in 1999, most of the sources used were already out of date and obsolete then. She uses Masters & Johnson from the 60's for information about homsexuality....
| Author | Bonnie Friedman |
| ISBN | 0060922001 |
“In the spirit of Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, Friedman...gives heartfelt counsel to those who need to be coaxed into the creative process."—Washington Post
An indispensable guide for writers that explores the emotional side of writing and offers insightful advice on overcoming...
What Would Your Character Do?
| Author | Eric Maisel |
| ISBN | 1582973725 |
Get Inside Your Character's HeadJust how well do you know your characters?
Test yourself–and your characters–with 30 interactive pop quizzes designed to help you discover exactly what makes your characters tick.
Noted author Eric Maisel draws on his technical knowledge...
Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page—whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. You will see how a work takes form and shape once you grasp the principles of momentum, tension, and immediacy. "Tension,"...
| Author | Alicia Rasley |
| ISBN | 1582975248 |
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...
| Author | Alice LaPlante |
| ISBN | 0393061647 |
The Making of a Story is a fresh and inspiring guide to the basics of creative writing—both fiction and creative nonfiction. Its hands-on, completely accessible approach walks writers through each stage of the creative process, from the initial triggering idea to the revision of the final manuscript....
| Author | Robert Olen Butler |
| ISBN | 0802142575 |
Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University -- his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler reimagines the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual, and tells writers how to achieve the dreamspace...
| Author | John Dufresne |
| ISBN | 0393325814 |
Finally, a truly creative—and hilarious—guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and...
