The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises
10 best books like The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises (James Scott Bell): The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Becoming a Writer, Beginnings, Middles & Ends, Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success, Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go, The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great, Characters and Viewpoint, Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints, The Writer's Idea Book
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
| Author | Steven Pressfield |
| ISBN | 0446691437 |
The central thesis is that procrastination is often harmful to our long-term success, and of this point I have no disagreement. However the majority of the book is replete...
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
| Author | Renni Browne |
| ISBN | 0060545690 |
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...
Becoming a Writer
| Author | Dorothea Brande |
| ISBN | 0874771641 |
| Author | Nancy Kress |
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...
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success
| Author | K.M. Weiland |
| ISBN | 0978924622 |
Help you choose the right type of outline for you
Guide...
| Author | Les Edgerton |
| ISBN | 1582974578 |
| Author | Donald Maass |
We've all read them: novels by our favorite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether?
Something...
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
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
| Author | Nancy Kress |
| ISBN | 1582973164 |
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...
| Author | Jack Heffron |
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...
| Author | Linda N. Edelstein |
| Author | Ron Rozelle |
How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story?
You can find all the answers you need in Write...
| Author | Gloria Kempton |
| ISBN | 1582972893 |
When should your character talk, what should (or shouldn't) he say, and when should he say it? How do you know when dialogue—or the lack thereof—is dragging down your scene? How do you fix character who speaks with the laconic wit of the Terminator?
Write...
| Author | Ronald B. Tobias |
| ISBN | 1582972397 |