Best Books About Writing Fiction
Discover the best books about writing fiction to hone your craft. Explore top-rated guides, expert tips, and essential reads for aspiring authors to master storytelling, character development, and plot structure.
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Dare to be a Great Writer
by Leonard Bishop
Outlines techniques for aspiring novelists to improve writing skills through the development of scene, plot, character, conflict, relationships, perception, dialogue, and overall structure
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The Forest for the Trees
by Betsy Lerner
Successful editor and agent Betsy Lerner offers advice to aspiring and accomplished authors based on six writer personality types and provides guidance through the process …
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A Passion for Narrative
by Jack Hodgins
This book is not intended to persuade you to take up writing novels or short stories – “It’s going to be a lot of work,” …
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Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue …
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Write Great Fiction Revision And Self-Editing
by James Scott Bell
Don't let the revision process intimidate you any longer. Discover how to successfully transform your first draft into a polished final draft readers won't be …
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Story
by Robert McKee
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. …
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Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose
Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says …
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The Art of the Novel
by Milan Kundera
Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on …
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Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain
Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. …
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Solutions for Writers
by Sol Stein
Aimed at writers of all standards, this book presents practical guidance on how to create interesting pieces of writing. Sol Stein''s book includes advice on …
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Zen in the Art of Writing
by Ray Bradbury
"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest …
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition
by Renni Browne
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the …
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Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint
by Orson Scott Card
Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made. &break;&break;This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. …
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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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Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg
With insight, humor, and practicality, Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers alike to take the leap into writing creatively in this revised edition of the …
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On Writer's Block
by Victoria Nelson
"Creative blocks are as old as the written word and a source of guilt and frustration that have afflicted the lives of many of the …
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The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction
by John Dufresne
"This is an essential guide for writers in general, fiction writers in particular, beginning writers, serious writers, and anyone facing a blank page"--Page 4 of …
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A Broom of One's Own
by Nancy Peacock
" ... Explores ... what it means to be a writer"--Page 4 of cover.
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Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande
A reissue of a classic work published in 1934 on writing and the creative process, Becoming a Writer recaptures the excitement of Dorothea Brande's creative …
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The Elements of Style
by William Strunk
Strunk and White's classic writing manual has now been enriched with the vibrant, witty, and instantly recognizable images of noted illustrator Maira Kalman in this …
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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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Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters written to F.X. Kappus during the years 1903-1908.
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Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between
by Carole Burns
In this literary tell-all, authors reveal how they work, giving insight into their writing process. Editor Burns has woven their wisdom into chapters illuminating to …
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
by Diana Wynne Jones
The definitive edition of a cult classic by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones. Imagine that all fantasy novels—the ones featuring dragons, knights, wizards, and magic—are …
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The Romantic Manifesto
by Ayn Rand
In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book, Ayn Rand throws a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. …
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The Tolkien Reader
by J.R.R. Tolkien
An absorbing collection of stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Renowned around the world as …
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On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner
"One of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had." -Frederick Busch
