Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers
10 best books like Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers (Lee Lofland): The Power of Myth, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, Forensics: A Guide for Writers, The Marshall Plan For Novel Novel Writing, The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology, The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Say You're Sorry, Slender Man, The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0385418868 |
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0691017840 |
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
| Author | Blake Snyder |
| ISBN | 1932907009 |
This book is often hyped as the bible of screenwriting, but I would take it a step further and call it the definitive go-to for all storytelling. Trade secrets are fully revealed and once you read them you can't watch a movie without seeing the formula scroll right in front of your eyes. Exactly--to the...
Forensics: A Guide for Writers
| Author | D.P. Lyle |
| ISBN | 1582974748 |
Just because you don't have all the tools and training of a full-time medical examiner doesn't mean you can't learn your way around a crime scene.
In Forensics, award-winning author and TV show consultant D.P. Lyle, M.D., takes each area of forensics--from fingerprint analysis to crime scene...
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...
The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0140194436 |
I wish I could like Campbell's Masks of God series more than I do. I keep having the same experience -- I pick one up and read 15 pages that are magnificent, electrifying, and truly brilliant in their scope and perspicacity.
Then the long digressions accumulate and I start to lose the line of his...
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression
The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries!One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling...
Introducing the first novel in the pulse-pounding Sacramento series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose.
There is a serial killer on the loose, preying on vulnerable women. The only identifiable mark the killer leaves are letters—sometimes one, sometimes two—all carved...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0062641174 |
One man’s search for the truth about one of the most intriguing urban legends ever—the modern bogeyman, Slender Man—leads him down a dark, dangerous path in this creepy supernatural fantasy reminiscent of Night Film, House of Leaves, and Illuminae, that will make you question where the line...
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma
| Author | Angela Ackerman |
| ISBN | 0989772594 |
Readers connect to characters with depth, ones who have experienced life’s ups and downs. To deliver key players that are both realistic and compelling, writers must know them intimately—not only who they are in the present story, but also what made them that way. Of all the formative experiences...
