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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,050 ratings — published 1997
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,020 ratings — published 2004
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)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,828 ratings — published 2016
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,452 ratings — published 2012
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,256 ratings — published 1993
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,058 ratings — published 1987
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,459 ratings — published 2007
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 327,853 ratings — published 2000
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,430 ratings — published 1918
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,105 ratings — published 2001
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,299 ratings — published 1949
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,656 ratings — published 2018
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,192 ratings — published 2016
Scene & Structure (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,637 ratings — published 1993
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,744 ratings — published 1988
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,544 ratings — published 2013
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,713 ratings — published 2012
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,550 ratings — published 1992
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,862 ratings — published 2005
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,335 ratings — published 2011
Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 754 ratings — published 2002
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,089 ratings — published 1994
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,786 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,397 ratings — published 1942
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,991 ratings — published 1973
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,444 ratings — published 1986
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,824 ratings — published 2016
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,157 ratings — published 2006
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,927 ratings — published 2014
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,906 ratings — published 2011
Story Physics: Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.92 — 474 ratings — published 2013
The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,808 ratings — published 2009
On Becoming a Novelist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,164 ratings — published 1983
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,459 ratings — published 2021
The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 405 ratings — published 2010
The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.51 — 540 ratings — published 2005
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,684 ratings — published 2013
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,614 ratings — published 1998
Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,321 ratings — published 2015
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,813 ratings — published 2004
The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,069 ratings — published 2016
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,002 ratings — published 2015
Techniques of the Selling Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,638 ratings — published 1965
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript (Bell on Writing)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,293 ratings — published 2014
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,391 ratings — published 1934
How to Write Best Selling Fiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 235 ratings — published 1972
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,700 ratings — published 1987
Making Shapely Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,212 ratings — published 1991
Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,980 ratings — published 2014
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as fiction-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,464 ratings — published 2008
“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Ito finally, who had been keeping very quiet
up to this point.
“Indeed. How much will it cost?” asked Brown
“About twenty million Interplanetary Credits,” said Demba. “A modest investment for
a man of your means.”
“Indeed,” said Brown again. That was all the money he had, which started to strike
him as strange, when his thoughts were interrupted.
“We’ll arrange a visit to the mine,” said Ito. “Show you the place itself.”
“Indeed,” said Brown. Or had he said that? The strange waking memory he had fallen
into started to become repetitive. Reality started to flow back in.
Diamonds, thought Brown. All those diamonds in that mine.”
― The Arbitrator
― The Arbitrator
“Silently she stared at the splintered pieces and felt the flame in her soul gutter. The flame she had nurtured since she was a child. The flame that had in it what little sparks of happiness she had ever known as well as all her hopes and dreams for the future. She had tended it so carefully and for so long, and in one, horrendous, agonizing second, felt it simply... go out.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
