The Breakout Novelist: Craft and Strategies for Career Fiction Writers

10 best books like The Breakout Novelist: Craft and Strategies for Career Fiction Writers (Donald Maass): Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection, American Gods, Volume 2: My Ainsel, Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, Death, A Writer's Guide to Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere), How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Author	Natalie Goldberg
ISBN	1590303164

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice--"it...

Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection

Author	Junji Ito
ISBN	1421598469

Thirteen Chilling Nightmares Presented by the Master of Horror.

Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you'll get smashed... What horrific events happened to create the earthbound-people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? A strange haunted...

American Gods, Volume 2: My Ainsel

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1506707300

The bizarre road trip across America continues as our heroes gather reinforcements for the imminent god war!

Shadow and Wednesday leave the House on the Rock and continue their journey across the country where they set up aliases, meet new gods, and prepare for war.

The Hugo, Bram...

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0933377460

I'm pretty skeptical of books on writing, if only because everyone seems to have written one. And so many of them come at you with flashy promises: "Sell Your Novel In Thirty Days!"

Prior to having read LeGuin's "Steering the Craft," I relied on three books, more or less:

1. Strunk and...

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

Author	John Truby
ISBN	0865479518

John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all...

Death

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1401235484

From the pages of Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN comes fan-favorite character Death in a new deluxe hardcover edition collecting her solo adventures!The first story introduces the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to...

A Writer's Guide to Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice

Author	Jordan E. Rosenfeld
ISBN	1599638843

Practice. Polish. Persist.

Your writing journey can take you many places: hiking through steep mountains, traversing unknown territory, hurdling both roadblocks and rejections. Even the siren song of fame and fortune can distract you from your true purpose: to express yourself in an authentic...

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Author	Lisa Cron
ISBN	1607748908

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

Story Genius is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages...

How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

Author

James Scott Bell

There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast. . .

You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.

On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp...

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 House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home

Author	Arin Murphy-Hiscock
ISBN	1507209479

Everything you need to know to create your very own “sacred space”—perfect for practicing home-based witchcraft including spells, rituals, herbalism, and more!—from the author of The Green Witch.

Your home is an important part of who you are—it makes sense to tie your practice...

Psychic Self-Defense

Author	Dion Fortune
ISBN	1578631513

After finding herself the subject of a powerful psychic attack, Dion Fortune wrote this detailed instruction manual for safeguarding yourself against paranormal malevolence. Fortune explores the elusive psychic element in mental illness and, more importantly, details the methods, motives,...

El Sabueso y otras historias

Author

Gou Tanabe

Przedstawiamy nie lada gratkę dla wszystkich fanów prozy H.P. Lovecrafta – mistrza opowieści grozy oraz twórcy mitologii Cthulhu! Jednotomowy komiks „H.P. Lovecraft: Ogar i inne opowiadania” w adaptacji Tanabe Gou, składa się z trzech niezależnych historii będących adaptacjami...