Best Books About Fiction Writing
Discover the best books about fiction writing to master storytelling, craft compelling characters, and hone your creative skills. Explore top-rated guides and expert recommendations for aspiring authors.
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The Art of Fiction
by John Gardner
This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for …
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On Becoming a Novelist
by John W Gardner
"One of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had." —Frederick Busch On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year …
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Creating Short Fiction
by Damon Knight
Distilled from decades of teaching and practice, 'Creating Short Fiction' offers no-nonsense advise on structure, pacing, dialogue, getting ideas, and much more.
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Writing Fiction
by Janet Burroway
Earlier. Topics include free-writing to revision, plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, and point of view. An anthology of diverse and contemporary short stories followed …
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Writing from the Inside Out
by Dennis Palumbo
"Dennis Palumbo has great insight into a writer's psyche.... Every writer should have a shrink or this book. The book is cheaper." —Gary Shandling, actor, …
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From where You Dream
by Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his short-story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, has been praised as …
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Master Class in Fiction Writing: Techniques from Austen, Hemingway, and Other Greats
by Adam Sexton
Do you want to take your fiction writing to the next level? LEARN FROM THE MASTERS "Adam Sexton taught me how to read like a …
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Points of View
by James Moffett
Since its original publication in 1966, this volume has attained classic status. Now its contents have been updated and its cultural framework enlarged by the …
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Making Shapely Fiction
by Jerome Stern
In this book about the craft of writing fiction, Jerome Stern maintains that learning to write spontaneously is the first step to writing well. He …
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If You Want to Write
by Brenda Ueland
An inspirational tract aimed at all those who would write but are prevented from doing so by shyness, fear or humility... I was with [Ueland] …
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Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg
A collection of essays in which the author explores methods of writing based on her experience in Zen meditation.
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Mystery and Manners
by Flannery O'Connor
The essays and articles in this volume are concerned mainly with the art of fiction--its quality, in regional writing; its nature and its aims; and …
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Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
by Flannery O'Connor
Interviews with the author of Wise Blood, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Everything That Rises Must Converge
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Conversations with Eudora Welty
by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
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Room to Write
by Bonni Goldberg
What makes someone a writer? A writer writes, expressing the world through synthesis of mind and magic, sensuality and spirit. With both humor and reverence, …
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Why I Write
by Will Blythe
In this anthology, 26 writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as …
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Fruitflesh
by Gayle Brandeis
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing A sumptuous, sensuous writing guide from the author of the award-winning The Book of Dead Birds
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Pocket Muse
by Monica Wood
The Pocket Muse is every writer's key to finding writing inspiration when and where they want it. It includes hundreds of thought-provoking prompts, exercises and …
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A Writer's Book of Days
by Judy Reeves
A holistic approach to writing offers exercises and practical instruction to encourage the creative process and help make writing a part of daily life.
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Stunning Sentences
by Bruce Ross-Larson
Whether you are composing a Web page on the Internet or agonizing over an annual budget report, these books are the key to clarity, accuracy, …
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Powerful Paragraphs
by Bruce Ross-Larson
Explains how to make strong points and to link paragraphs together to make smooth and readable transistion.