Plot Versus Character: A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction

8 best books like Plot Versus Character: A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction (Jeff Gerke): Gingerbread, Red Moon, The Warehouse, The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish, Conflict and Suspense, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, The Last Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel

Gingerbread

Author	Helen Oyeyemi
ISBN	1984882899

The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel.

Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories--equal parts wholesome and uncanny, from the tantalizing witch's...

Red Moon

Author	Kim Stanley Robinson
ISBN	0316262374

American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding.

It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts...

The Warehouse

Author	Rob Hart
ISBN	1984823795

Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave.

“On the surface, The Warehouse is a thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find a terrifying cautionary tale of the...

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

Author	H.G. Parry
ISBN	0316452718

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world, for fans of The Magicians, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, and The Invisible Library.

For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't...

Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish

Author

James 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...

Conflict and Suspense

Author

James Scott Bell

Conflict pulls readers into a story and suspense carries them along until its conclusion. Expert author of over 15 thrillers, James Scott Bell offers proven techniques that help writers craft fiction that their readers won?t be able to put down. Learn how to believably weave conflict and suspense...

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Author

Jessica Brody

SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology used by screenwriters, directors, and studio execs across Hollywood. Now, for the first time ever, bestselling author and writing teacher, Jessica Brody, takes the beloved Save the Cat! plotting...

The Last Collection: A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel

Author	Jeanne Mackin
ISBN	1101990546

An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American.

Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as...