Dear
Fiction Writing Friends,
Below
is my personal and growing list of outstanding how-to books on the
fiction writer's craft and career.
Be
blessed!
~ Beth
The
List
The
Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell (Writer's Digest
Books, 2009)
The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Christian Fiction
by Ron Benry (Alpha Books, 2007)
Deep
and Wide: Advanced Fiction Techniques for Making Your Characters Deeper
and Your Plot Wider by Susan May Warren (My Book Therapy,
2010).
The
Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose, and Techniques to Make Your Novel
Great by Donald Maass (Writer's Digest Books, 2009)
From
the Inside . . . Out: Discover . . . Create . . . and Publish the
Novel in You! by Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck (My
Book Therapy, 2008)
Guide
to Fiction Writing
by Phyllis A Whitney (The Writer, Inc., 1982)
Plot
& Structure
by James Scott Bell (Writer's Digest Books, 2004)
Revision
& Self-Editing
by James
Scott Bell (Writer's Digest Books, 2008)
Self-Editing
for Fiction Writers
by
Renni Browne and Dave King (Harper Collins Publishers, 1993)
Techniques
of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain (University of Oklahoma Press, 1965)
Thanks,
But This Isn't for Us: A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your
Writing is Being Rejected by Jessica Page Morrell (Jeremy
P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2009)
Writing
the Breakout Novel Workbook
by Donald Maass (Writer's Digest Books, 2004)
Copyright
2012 Beth Ann Ziarnik