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The Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing

10 best books like The Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing (Frank A. Dickson): The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, Page After Page: Discover the Confidence & Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing (No Matter What!), Writing Fiction Step by Step, Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life, Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print, The Marshall Plan For Novel Novel Writing, Dialogue, One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft, Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing, How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
AuthorNoah Lukeman
ISBN0312309287
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...
Page After Page: Discover the Confidence & Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing (No Matter What!)
AuthorHeather Sellers
ISBN1582973121
You Are a Writer--Believe It!

False starts. Self-doubt. Mind games. They end the moment you pick up this book. With an inspiring mix of humor, wisdom, and creativity, Page After Page shows you how to find the courage and commitment to start writing and keep writing.

Author Heather...
Writing Fiction Step by Step
AuthorJosip Novakovich
ISBN1884910351
Writing Fiction Step by Step gives you more than 200 exercises that will sharpen your writing skills while helping you develop complete short stories, even novels. In this sequel to his very popular Fiction Writer's Workshop, Whiting Award-winning author Josip Novakovich shows you that writing...
Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life
AuthorBonni Goldberg
ISBN0874778255
What makes someone a writer? A writer writes, expressing the world through synthesis of mind and magic, sensuality and spirit. With both humor and reverence, Room to Write playfully prevails on us to experience the world through a writer's eyes, and respond to the creative sparks that charge good writing.

In...
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print
AuthorLawrence Block
ISBN0898792088
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel is a book about writing by the legendary Lawrence Block.

Lawrence Block sent me this in an email a couple weeks ago, asking me if I was interested in reviewing his upcoming book about writing. Once I changed into pants that weren't as soaked in my urine,...
The Marshall Plan For Novel Novel Writing
AuthorEvan Marshall
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...
Dialogue
AuthorLewis Turco
ISBN0898793491
This was pretty decent.

I thought the book didn't really deliver what it promised on the cover (i.e. "How to get your characters talking to each other in a way that vividly reveals who they are, what they're doing, and what's coming next in your story"), even if it did have some useful information....
One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft
AuthorSusan M. Tiberghien
ISBN1600940587
Whether you are a writer of fiction or essays, or want to explore poetry or memoir, Tiberghien's twelve fundamental lessons will help you discover and develop your own distinct voice. Tiberghien's inventive exercises focus on the processes unique to each genre, while also offering skills applicable...
Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing
AuthorLes Edgerton
ISBN1582971730
After you've read the writing books that point out all the errors you made when you were starting out, and then you've read the writing books that make you feel like you'll never "get there" with your writing, this book is a refreshing boost to your confidence.

"If you’ve read rabidly all your...
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction
AuthorJ.N. Williamson
ISBN0898794838
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction isn’t just a “How to” book, but a series of talks from some of the best names in the field. Indeed, think of it as a creative writing course with different lecturers every week and you’ll get more out of this 242 page book than you would from...
Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to the Movies and TV, from Story Concept to Development Deal
AuthorMichael Hauge
ISBN0062725009
I find that when I’m blocked with my writing, reading a how-to book can inspire me. I’m a novelist who only occasionally wonders if I have it in me to turn one of my manuscripts into a teleplay or screenplay. The basics of storytelling, regardless of genre, are the same. Namely, your hero needs a goal,...
Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times
AuthorThe New York Times
ISBN0805075887
"Glimpses into writers and the circumstances that shape them . . . Valuable gleanings."-Kirkus Reviews

In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running New York Times column, Writers on Writing brings together another group of contemporary literature's finest voices...
Steven Spielberg: A Biography
AuthorJoseph McBride
ISBN0306809001
Director, producer, and studio magnate, Steven Spielberg is the most successful filmmaker in movie history, responsible for such box-office blockbusters as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan....
Writers Dreaming: 26 Writers Talk About Their Dreams and the Creative Process
AuthorNaomi Epel
ISBN0679741410
Naomi Epel holds dream workshops and presents a talk radio show, where she interviews writers. Combining the two passions led to this collection of interviews with well-recognized names like Amy Tan, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.
The first three authors interviewed, Isabelle Allende, Maya...
The Weekend Novelist
AuthorRobert J. Ray
ISBN0823084507
Who doesn't dream of writing a novel while holding on to their day job? Robert J. Ray and co-author Bret Norris can help readers do just that, with this practical and accessible step-by-step guide to completing a novel in just a year's worth of weekends.

THE WEEKEND NOVELIST shows writers at...
Alone with All That Could Happen: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom about the Craft of Fiction
AuthorDavid Jauss
ISBN1582975388
In a satisfying story or novel, all of the pieces seem to fit together so effortlessly, so seamlessly, that it's easy to find yourself wondering, "How on earth did the author do this?" The answer is simple: He sat alone at his desk, considered an array of options, and made smart, careful choices.

In...
A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write
AuthorKenneth Atchity
ISBN0393312631
Expanding his focus now, Kenneth Atchity adds a substantial new chapter, "Breaking into Show Business," and new material about recapturing the "high" of creativity and maintaining confidence despite setbacks. He shows you how to transform anxiety into "productive elation," how to separate vision...
Aliens and Alien Societies
AuthorStanley Schmidt
ISBN0898797063
This is the first volume in a four-volume set put out by Writers Digest Books under the umbrella Science Fiction Writing Series. This entire series is highly recommendable, and you'll probably see the other volumes reviewed here by me in the future. Aliens and Alien Societies features 11 chapters,...
Breathing Life Into Your Characters: How to Give Your Characters Emotional & Psychological Depth
AuthorRachel Ballon
ISBN1582971811
Uggg, this is going to be hard to review.

I do not want to be overly hard on this, but I really cannot give this book anything above "it was ok" for a rating. It really proved to be of limited value for the purpose I was reading it (attempting to add depth to Non-Player Characters in a role play game),...
The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest)
AuthorWriter's Digest Books
Get advice from the best in the business on every stage of the novel-writing and publishing process!

In The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 3rd Edition, you'll learn from established writers about how to make your novel a reality. Discover techniques and strategies for generating ideas,...
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing
AuthorClaire Kehrwald Cook
ISBN0395393914
Beyond Strunk & White, there are few classic references for the basic copyediting that so many authors are ill-equipped to do. Line by Line is one of the classics, and it's something one should read through every four or five years. (I say that having only poked around in it, previously. This is my...
Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time and Place in Your Fiction
AuthorJack M. Bickham
ISBN0898796350
Even with great characters, a gripping plot and outstanding dialogue, a story isn't complete without the appropriate setting-the unifying element in most fiction. Jack Bickham shows how to use sensual detail, vivid language and keen observations to craft settings which help tell credible, interesting...
The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers
AuthorElizabeth Benedict
ISBN0805069933
Twelve years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains the classic writer's resource on creating compelling sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all the issues, from the first time, to married sex and adultery, to sex in the age of AIDS.

Her instruction, supported with...
Rules for Writers
AuthorDiana Hacker
ISBN0312406851
When students routinely use their handbook in the course, they see its value, find that it’s a faster way to get answers than search engines like Google, learn to rely on it as a reference, and are more likely to achieve the goals of the course. And when that handbook is Rules for Writers, you can be sure...
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