Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style

10 best books like Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style (Arthur Plotnik): The Elements of Style, Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, The Rain in Portugal, The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life, The Writer's Idea Book, Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules, Writing to Change the World, The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language, Inward

The Elements of Style

Author	William Strunk Jr.
ISBN	0205313426

This book is good for the following things:

1. Propping up a short table leg

2. Lining a bird cage

3. Building a fire

4. Using as a coaster for cold drinks



I devoted some of my grammar thesis to criticizing this book, and it was time well spent.


Geoff...

Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine

Author	Sarah Lohman
ISBN	1476753954

This unique culinary history of America offers a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgotten recipes to explain how eight flavors changed how we eat.

The United States boasts a culturally and ethnically diverse population which makes for a continually changing culinary landscape....

The Rain in Portugal

Author	Billy Collins
ISBN	0679644067

From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering nearly fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him America's favorite poet.
The Rain in Portugal, a title that admits he's not...

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

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...

A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life

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...

The Writer's Idea Book

Author

Jack Heffron

"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...

Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules

Author

Steven James

Don't limit your fiction - LIBERATE IT All too often, following the "rules" of writing can constrict rather than inspire you. With Story Trumps Structure, you can shed those rules - about three-act structure, rising action, outlining, and more - to craft your most powerful, emotional, and gripping...

Writing to Change the World

Author	Mary Pipher
ISBN	1594489203

In these tumultuous times, don't we all want to be heard? Who doesn't want to transform the world? And who doesn't harbor a secret ambition to write? Writing to Change the World is intended to help people who have a message they're passionate about to convey it clearly through writing. Inspired by a course...

The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language

Author	Natalie Goldberg
ISBN	1451641265

Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg’s revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic Writing Down the Bones, True Secret workshops have...

Inward

Author	yung pueblo
ISBN	1974607208

Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Reading this book feels personal as I look back to the lowest point in my life. All the painful feelings I had, as much as possible I keep them to myself. I endure my anger whenever I can and it's horrible....

Midnight with the Devil

Author

Emma Castle

He’s sexy as sin and hotter than hell and—oh wait.

What would you do to save a loved one’s life? Make a pact with the Devil?

In Diana Kingston’s defense, it was the middle of the night in the deserted hospital chapel… surely it was just a dream. She hadn’t really sold herself...