The Writer's Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages

9 best books like The Writer's Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages (Nancy Ellen Dodd): The Haunting of Tram Car 015, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, Triplanetary, Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction, Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction, The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success, Writer with a Day Job: Inspiration & Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career, Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction, The Everything Box

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

Author	P. Djèlí Clark
ISBN	1250294800

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark’s short fiction, where humans live and work alongside otherworldly beings; the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities handles the issues that can arise between the magical and the mundane. Senior Agent Hamed...

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Author	Randall Munroe
ISBN	1473680336

How To is an instruction manual for taking everyday problems and using science and creative thinking to turn them into much bigger and more exciting problems. It teaches you how to cross a river by boiling it, outlines some of the many uses for lava around the home, and walks you through how to use experimental...

Triplanetary

Author	E.E. "Doc" Smith
ISBN	1882968093

From the atomic age in Atlantis to a world remote in space and time, two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, are in the midst of an interstellar war with Earth as the prize. The Arisians, using advanced mental technology, have foreseen the invasion of their galaxy by the corrupt...

Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction

Author	Larry Brooks
ISBN	1582979987

I went into this book having read the other reviews, so I knew what I was getting. I agree whole-heartedly with a number of things other people have said:

~It drowns itself in metaphors and analogies.

~The author comes off as being hugely egotistical.

~The first 10 -15 % of the...

Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction

Author

Manfred B. Steger

Anchored in the principles of the free-market economics, "neoliberalism" has been associated with such different political leaders as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Augusto Pinochet, and Junichiro Koizumi. In its heyday during the late 1990s, neoliberalism emerged...

The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success

Author	Sage Cohen
ISBN	1582979952

Take Control of Your Writing Life!

The creative process can be treacherous, even for the most experienced writer. Facing the blank page, staying inspired, sustaining momentum, managing competing priorities and coping with rejection are just a few of the challenges writers face regularly.

"The...

Writer with a Day Job: Inspiration & Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career

Author	Áine Greaney
ISBN	1582979960

Don't let the daily grind drain your creative energy!

You can work full time and still have a productive writing life. Many writers waste time waiting for the day they can finally quit their day jobs and live the so-called writing dream. Don't wait. You can do both - and your writing will be the...

Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction

Author	Chuck Klosterman
ISBN	0735217920

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?

A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs...

The Everything Box

Author	Richard Kadrey
ISBN	0062389548

Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels—a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess...