Fiction Books


How Fiction Works Best Price: $16.09 If you write, let's hope you do massive amounts of reading good literature. If you are a reader...	Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) Best Price: $10.44 This little gem cuts through all the noise and gets right down to analyzing the mechanics of...	Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Best Price: $10.29 This book is a good resource for looking at how characters, the emotions they portray and in...	Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print Best Price: $6.95 Any craftsman needs an appropriate mix of the right caliber tools in the chest. For writers,...	Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels Best Price: $12.15 I've always found it fascinating to imagine how a comic book author/illustrator creates the...



Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft Best Price: $57.18 I definitely recommend this book. It has helped me so much in my writing. She breaks things down...	2009 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Novel and Short Story Writer's Market) Best Price: $17.55 For 28 years, Novel & Short Story Writer?s Market has been the only resource of its kind...	How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (How to Write a Damn Good Novel) Best Price: $11.15 James N. Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel will benefit you, but it depends on your writing...	Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) Best Price: $5.95 One of the best books on writing I've found so far. Detailed, clear, encouraging. Other...	The Art of the Short Story Best Price: $13.01 Short stories and advice from 52 great authors of short fiction. Need I really say more? I love...



Writing the Breakout Novel Best Price: $10.38 The book was very helpful, answer many of my questions and if you follow his suggestion I...	Write Great Fiction - Dialogue (Write Great Fiction) Best Price: $10.40 Dialogue by Gloria Kempton has some sound advice for writing dialogue. While not perfect, those...	The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers Best Price: $7.31 John Gardner let's you know in his preface that he is writing this book for the serious writer...	Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School Best Price: $8.76 I recommend this book to every writer I know. Writing Fiction is the first book that I've...	Elements of Writing Fiction - Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) Best Price: $8.19 I have always been told I'm a "good writer" and I have always wanted to...

Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events (Write Great Fiction) Best Price: $5.13 There are many words I could use to say how critically important this book is to aspiring...	Don't Murder Your Mystery [Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book] Best Price: $11.87 This book is a terrific primer for first-time or relatively new writers -- and not just writers...	How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy Best Price: $5.00 I received this book and was very excited to learn things that my writing has been missing. ...	The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer Best Price: $8.11 This book provides excellent guidelines for keeping your writing fresh and moving along. It...	Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days Best Price: $10.33 The concept of this book appealed to me, so I put it on my wish list, and thankfully one of my...

Write Great Fiction Revision And Self-Editing (Write Great Fiction) Best Price: $10.60 So much for magic. So much for mystery. James Bell gives away the farm--and all the secrets of...	BECOMING A WRITER Best Price: $3.99 In this re-issue of Brande's classic (first published in 1934) this author, editor, and writing...	What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers Best Price: $3.99 I bought this for a creative writing course. The book was very helpful, and I really enjoyed the...	Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers (Howdunit) Best Price: $5.80 Today's readers are savvy and quick to pick up on inaccuracies, so it's important for a writer...	An Introduction to Fiction Best Price: $38.95 the book wasnt in that great of a condition as they claimed it to be.. but it was a decent price.

Ron Carlson Writes a Story Best Price: $6.72 A book on the making of a story, not the creation of a novel, but a story by Ron Carlson. When...	Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore Best Price: $5.68 This is a great book for someone who has written a screenplay and now needs help making it better.	How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling Best Price: $11.15 I've read many books that give advice on writing novels. None are as good as this one. "How...	Keys to Great Writing Best Price: $3.68 Wilbers is nationally recognized columnist on writing. His book combines the best ideas and...	No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days Best Price: $5.95 If you're NaNo-er and you enjoy Baty's pep talks throughout November, then you'll like this...

20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them Best Price: $3.44 I was very pleased to find that this "how-to" guide is actually a very well written...	The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot (Art of...) Best Price: $6.72 It is plenty easy to talk about beginnings, middles, and endings, about point of view, about...	First Draft in 30 Days Best Price: $5.99 This books is definitely not for those who need to write by the seat of their pants. It is for...	3 AM Epiphany Best Price: $2.99 After you've read five or six of these kinds of books, the exercises all seem the same. There...	Dynamic Characters Best Price: $3.27 Book Review Dynamic Characters by Nancy Kress Dynamic Characters is the fourth book on...

Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go Best Price: $8.85 It's not only for improving the beginning of ones story but also reveals structure. This is a...	Creating Unforgettable Characters Best Price: $6.99 I thought this would be a great book, but it really wasn't up there in terms of being helpful....	Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook Best Price: $4.49 This book is not just its companion volume in workbook form. This was written four years after...	Keys to Great Writing Best Price: $3.68 Wilbers is nationally recognized columnist on writing. His book combines the best ideas and...	Fiction Writer's Workshop Best Price: $10.49 Once you have read an introductory book like Brayfield's Bestseller or Kings 'On writing' this...

The Heath Introduction To Fiction (English Literature College) Best Price: $55.46 This affordable, chronologically arranged anthology features 72 short stories carefully selected...	Writer's Guide to Character Traits Best Price: $2.60 Consider for a moment Wikipedia; the much criticized and much debated online encyclopedia....	45 Master Characters Best Price: $6.34 Okay, so this book does give you pretty much what you pay for . . . and then some. BUT, the...	Techniques of the Selling Writer Best Price: $16.81 I bought this book on account of all these rave reviews, and everyone was right - this is one of...	Making Shapely Fiction Best Price: $8.99 I first used this book in a creative writing class in college. At the time, I...

Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course Best Price: $7.88 I don't know why I keep reading these books. It's as if I'm looking for some sort of Holy Grail...	From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction Best Price: $7.49 Easily, this is the best writing book I've read. It emphasizes sensory experience over...	The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life Best Price: $7.94 There are many books available that tell you how to write a book according to a formula. This is...	On Becoming a Novelist Best Price: $8.00 For aspiring writers wanting to get some heavy insight into the steps, practices, discipline and...	On Becoming a Novelist Best Price: $8.00 For aspiring writers wanting to get some heavy insight into the steps, practices, discipline and...

Story Structure Architect: A Writer's Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters Best Price: $11.57 This is a fantastic book! It coalesces all the various competing worlds of story structure. I...	The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines Best Price: $10.13 The book is a great tool for aspiring writers and screenwriters. It offers great insight into...	The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics Best Price: $11.44 The DC Comics Guides are great. And this is one of the best in the series. It gives clear cut...	Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel Best Price: $3.00 I bought this book because I recently had an idea for a historical romance with a strong...	The Power Of Point Of View: Make Your Story Come To Life Best Price: $10.00 Because I was looking for a book on point of view to recommend to a student of mine, I...

The Half-Known World: On Writing Fiction Best Price: $8.61 I was fortunate to work with with Robert Boswell as a graduate student and know, first-hand,...	The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing Best Price: $3.00 You want to be a novelist, but are afraid of failure--right?! This is the book you want to...	Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream Best Price: $7.50 I am so glad I bought this book! I write as a hobby and my goal is to become an author. A few...	Writing Mysteries Best Price: $2.99 I used this book as a way to refresh my perspective on a mystery novel after finishing a second...

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