Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes
10 best books like Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes (Raymond Obstfeld): Scene & Structure, Description, Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft, Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated, The Marshall Plan For Novel Novel Writing, Dialogue, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy, Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing, How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction
| 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...
| Author | Monica Wood |
| ISBN | 0898799082 |
Description is most powerful when it's visible, aural, tactile. Make your descriptions fresh and they'll move your story forward, imbue your work with atmosphere, create that tang of feeling that editors cry for and readers crave.
Monica Wood helps you squeeze the greatest flavor from the...
| Author | Serita Stevens |
| ISBN | 0898793718 |
I've carted this reference book to each of the dozen or so places I've lived since college, and I've only used it a few times, but it's one of those books that is so well done that I can't let it go. You can look up poisons by reaction time, symptoms, foods that disguise them, and many other characteristics...
| Author | David Morrell |
| ISBN | 1582972702 |
Having just finished the first draft of my second novel I did what I always do after a draft: take a little time to consider my craft (and not look at the book). So I pulled this puppy off my stack of books on writing. I've read a lot of such books, and this is one of the better ones in it's category.
They...
| Author | Nancy Kress |
| ISBN | 1582973199 |
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...
4TH EDITION – COMPLETELY REVISED & UPDATED
This is the book which demystified novel writing for a massive audience, a groundbreaking international bestseller on the shelves of thousands of published authors. The Marshall Plan technique is the industry’s #1 go-to novel-writing method...
| Author | Lewis Turco |
| ISBN | 0898793491 |
This was pretty decent.
I thought the book didn't really deliver what it promised on the cover (i.e. "How to get your characters talking to each other in a way that vividly reveals who they are, what they're doing, and what's coming next in your story"), even if it did have some useful information....
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0312089260 |
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...
| Author | Les Edgerton |
| ISBN | 1582971730 |
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...
| Author | J.N. Williamson |
| ISBN | 0898794838 |
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...
Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot: A Guide for Screenwriters
The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script that is logical in every way, yet
unmoving. Emotional Structure, by Emmy- and...
| Author | Victoria Lynn Schmidt |
| ISBN | 1582973253 |
Build a timeless, original story using hundreds of classic story motifs!
It's been said that there are no new ideas; but there are proven ideas that have worked again and again for all writers for hundreds of years.
Story Structure Architect is your comprehensive reference to the...
Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons
Talk about murder! Inaccurate information about weapons can kill your story before a potential publisher has even finished reading your manuscript. Today’s readers of mysteries, thrillers, Westerns, true crime, police procedurals, and romantic suspense are better informed about weapons...
| Author | David Jauss |
| ISBN | 1582975388 |
In a satisfying story or novel, all of the pieces seem to fit together so effortlessly, so seamlessly, that it's easy to find yourself wondering, "How on earth did the author do this?" The answer is simple: He sat alone at his desk, considered an array of options, and made smart, careful choices.
In...
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...
| Author | Ansen Dibell |
| ISBN | 0898799465 |
"There are ways to create, fix, steer and discover plots--ways which, over a writing life, you'd eventually puzzle out for yourself," writes Ansen Dibell. "They aren't laws. They're an array of choices, things to try, once you've put a name to the particular problem you're facing now."
That's...
| 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 | William Noble |
| ISBN | 0898799074 |
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...
| Author | Rachel Ballon |
| ISBN | 1582971811 |
Uggg, this is going to be hard to review.
I do not want to be overly hard on this, but I really cannot give this book anything above "it was ok" for a rating. It really proved to be of limited value for the purpose I was reading it (attempting to add depth to Non-Player Characters in a role play game),...
Creating Character Emotions
| Author | Ann Hood |
| ISBN | 1884910335 |
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...
| Author | Tom Chiarella |
| ISBN | 1884910327 |
Characters need to speak to each other. Tom Chiarella shows you how. Whether it's an argument, a love scene, a powwow among sixth graders or scientists in a lab, this book demonstrates how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and original. You'll learn ways to find ideas for literary discussions...
| Author | Sarah Domet |
| ISBN | 1582979979 |
Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist...
Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete....
| Author | James N. Frey |
| ISBN | 0312300522 |
Myths, says James N. Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are as powerful for contemporary writers as they were for Homer.
In The Key, novelist and fiction-writing coach Frey applies his popular "Damn Good" approach to Joseph Campbell's insights into the...
