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10 best books like Turning Life into Fiction (Robin Hemley): 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!), The Writer's Idea Book, Bullies, Bastards and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction, The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life, Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers, Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction, 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction, Writing Life Stories

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...
The Writer's Idea Book
AuthorJack 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...
Bullies, Bastards and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction
AuthorJessica Page Morrell
ISBN1582974845
Get to Know Your Character's Sinister Side
A truly memorable antagonist is not a one-dimensional super villain bent on world domination for no particular reason. Realistic, credible bad guys create essential story complications, personalize conflict, add immediacy to a story line, and force...
The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life
AuthorFred White
ISBN1582975299
Make Writing a Part of Your Daily Routine

It isn't always easy to carve out time to devote meaningful thought and energy to your writing. Hectic schedules, distractions, and creative blocks all too often interrupt the dream - postpone it for another day.

But with 366 provocative entries...
Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers
AuthorD.P. Lyle
ISBN0312309457
In Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers, Dr. D. P. Lyle culls the best of his popular "The Doctor Is In" question-and-answer column for the Mystery Writers of America, in which he answers medical and forensic questions from writers all over the country.

A...
Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
AuthorSherry Ellis
ISBN1585425222
A collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today's best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers, including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suárez, Margot Livesay, and more. What's the secret behind...
Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction
AuthorBrenda Miller
ISBN0072512784
This is a great book, and if you look for it, try for the earlier edition with the anthology in the back. The most recent edition took the essays out and that makes no sense. Why read about how to write creative nonfiction and not immediately have an example?

At this point I have read most of the book...
4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction
AuthorBrian Kiteley
ISBN1582975639
Realize All That Is Possible in Your Fiction

Writers have long turned to exercises for help with beginning—be it a new piece of fiction, a daily routine, or a serious writing life. Behind the theory of exercises is an attitude of curiosity and expectancy, a desire to ask questions of yourself...
Writing Life Stories
AuthorBill Roorbach
ISBN1884910475
This superb resource provides professional guidance for all writing-related correspondence, be it a query to an editor, a request for a celebrity interview, or anything else. Writer's will discover: Why boldness beats blandness in queries every time; The 10 basics they must have in their article...
Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
AuthorRebecca McClanahan
ISBN1582970254
Let Rebecca McClanahan guide you through an inspiring examination of description in its many forms. With her thoughtful instruction and engaging exercises, you'll learn to develop your senses and powers of observation to uncover the rich, evocative words that accurately portray your mind's images....
How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript
AuthorJames N. Frey
ISBN0312304463
Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally best-selling books on the craft of writing, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, and The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth, has now written what is certain to become...
Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream
AuthorAnn Rittenberg
ISBN1582973881
In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques,...
Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice
AuthorLaraine Herring
In this distinctive guide to the craft of writing, author Laraine Herring shows us how to tune into our bodies and connect with our emotions so that our writing becomes an expression of our full beings, rather than just an intellectual exercise. With warmth and wisdom, Herring offers a path to discovering...
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...
The Write-Brain Workbook
AuthorBonnie Neubauer
ISBN1582973555
Never face a blank page again! With unique daily prompts and stimulating pages, you'll be able to easily incorporate writing into your life, and you'll never have to face another wordless day. "The Write-Brain Workbook" is the first of its kind–an easy, fun, and playful way to exercise your creative...
The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success
AuthorSage Cohen
ISBN1582979952
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...
Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course
AuthorJerry Cleaver
ISBN0312302762
The Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need

From the legendary creator of the Writer's Loft in Chicago, comes a writing course for those who want to see results now. Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing including manuscript preparation, time management, finding an idea, getting...
The Writer's Block: 786 Ideas To Jump-start Your Imagination
AuthorJason Rekulak
ISBN0762409487
Anxious to write that Great American Novel but don't know where to begin? Help is on the way with our Writer's Block! This guide to beating writer's block comes packaged in the shape of an actual block: 3" x 3" x 3", with 672 pages and more than 200 photographs throughout. Next time you're stuck, just flip...
Damn! Why Didnt I Write That?: How Ordinary People are Raking in $100,000.00 or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!
AuthorMarc McCutcheon
ISBN1884956556
More nonfiction books are breaking the 100,000-copy sale barrier than ever before. Amateur writers, housewives, and even high school dropouts have cashed in with astonishingly simple best-sellers.
 
This guide, by best-selling author Marc McCutcheon, shows the reader how to get in on...
Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
AuthorLawrence Rust Hills
ISBN0618082344
This is one of the best writer's guides I've ever read about the structure of the short story. Some of Rust Hill's opinions on popular fiction get pretty elitist. But his advice on how to write a quality short story has given me a lot to think about. It's a very good book.

One of my favorite passages...
90 Days to Your Novel: A Day-By-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book
AuthorSarah Domet
ISBN1582979979
Got 90 Days? Then You Can Be a Novelist...

Many famous authors write their novels in a matter of weeks. William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks. Joyce Carol Oates often cranks out two or three books a year. Stephen King believes first drafts should take no more than three months to complete....
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author
AuthorChuck Sambuchino
ISBN1599635755
Creating a platform isn't just beneficial--"it's essential"!In today's world of blogging, websites, Twitter feeds, and Facebook updates, building a writer platform from the ground up can seem a daunting task. Never fear--author and editor Chuck Sambuchino provides expert, practical advice...
Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use
AuthorBill Brohaugh
ISBN1582974438
This is a small little non-fiction/comedy book which focuses on the etymology of words. Most of the words that the author chooses to focus on are fairly dark and gloomy, about torture or nasty things (hence the name Unfortunate English).

I liked this for what it was, but I think the Americanisms...
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