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On Becoming a Novelist

10 best books like On Becoming a Novelist (John Gardner): The Writing Life, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting, Writing the Breakout Novel, Becoming a Writer, How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling, Beginnings, Middles & Ends, Aspects of the Novel, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear

The Writing Life
AuthorAnnie Dillard
ISBN0060919884
This is a brief yet intense essay on the art, or as Dillard would say, the burden of writing that will delight readers and aspiring writers alike.
Writing is a way of life, and Dillard’s relationship with words is, to say the least, controversial.
Her lucid ponderings on the obsessive nature...
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...
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
AuthorRobert McKee
ISBN0060391685
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of...
Writing the Breakout Novel
AuthorDonald Maass
Take your fiction to the next level!

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...
Becoming a Writer
AuthorDorothea Brande
ISBN0874771641
Refreshingly slim, beautifully written and deliciously elegant, Dorothea Brande's Becoming a Writer remains evergreen decades after it was first written. Brande believed passionately that although people have varying amounts of talent, anyone can write. It's just a question of finding the "writer's...
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
AuthorJames N. Frey
ISBN0312010443
Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles.

An...
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
AuthorNancy Kress
Get your stories off to a roaring start. Keep them tight and crisp throughout. Conclude them with a wallop.

Is the story or novel you've been carrying around in your head the same one you see on the page? Or does the dialogue suddenly sound flat and predictable? Do the events seem to ramble?

Translating...
Aspects of the Novel
AuthorE.M. Forster
ISBN0156091801
E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel is an innovative and effusive treatise on a literary form that, at the time of publication, had only recently begun to enjoy serious academic consideration. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Oliver Stallybrass, and features a new preface...
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
AuthorJanet Burroway
ISBN0321277368
The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision. A bestseller through six editions, Writing Fiction by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French explores the elements of fiction, providing...
The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
AuthorRalph Keyes
ISBN0805074678
The Courage to Write is an invaluable book and essential reading for anyone who wishes to learn how to write well.

Katherine Anne Porter called courage "the first essential" for a writer. "I have to talk myself into bravery with every sentence," agreed Cynthia Ozick, "sometimes every syllable."...
Characters and Viewpoint
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made.

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
AuthorNancy Kress
ISBN1582973164
Create Complex Characters

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...
Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques
AuthorJames Hynes
Whether you're huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It's tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how...
Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit
AuthorS.A.R.K.
ISBN0890876517
I got this book years ago as a gift, and really enjoyed it at the time... but now it's hard for me to take it seriously. My main issue is the constant refrain of "don't worry about the money!" It sounds great when written in fancy script on watercolor paper, but the fact is that we DO have to worry about money...
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