Reviews of books for writers
I can never find my copy of Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook. It’s always somewhere else other than on my bookshelf, because this is indeed a working writer’s workbook that is constantly in use.
Originally a book for screenwriting, the popularity of The Writer’s Journey has spread into all walks of fiction. There is much a novelist, short-story writer, songwriter, or any writer dealing with story elements can learn from Vogler’s analysis of story structure.
James Scott Bell’s Art of War for Fiction Writers gets a 5 star rating for not only a great book on writing, but for a manual you’ll pick up repeatedly and learn something new every time.
By Edie Ramer It’s a new world for writers now, and in many ways it’s a more hopeful world than the old one. Instead of toppling the publishing industry, e-books are revitalizing it. According to the Association of American Publishers, traditionally published book sales plummeted in September, but e-book sales jumped 158.1%. J.A. Konrath, who … [Read more…]
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain is one of those books every writer interested in creative write (aka fiction) really has to read. Unfortunately, due to the density of the prose, you really may not want to. And there I guess my book review could stop, but it won’t, because well, we … [Read more…]