You Need Books! To Write!
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shanachie_quillI’ve been promising for a while that I would make a list of my writing books and post them. I finally sat down tonight (after gathering them up) and made a list of the books, then looked them up on Amazon.com. These are the ones I either use frequently or are beginning to use. A few of them I just bought this past weekend and am just beginning to page through. Some of them I have used in the past for teaching.
If you have a book or six that you use and would like to recommend, drop me a link and I’ll check it out…I’m always looking for more books.
I broke them into categories and even though I didn’t include summaries, I did include links. A couple I’ve had for a while so they might be out of print.
Enjoy! And let me know if you have them or get them or find anything here helpful. :-)
Prompt Books
The Daily Spark Journal Writing warm-up activities
A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: image-driven story prompts and exercises for writers by Phillip Sexton Photos by Tricia Bateman
Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity by Hal Zina Bennett
The Pocket Muse: ideas and inspirations for writing by Monica Wood
Reference Books
The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Surviving Boot Camp by Sgt. Michael Volkin
The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by N.E. Genge
The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference from the Editors of Writer’s Digest Books
The New College Latin and English Dictionary by John C. Traupman, Ph.D. 2007
The Writer’s Digest Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Grammar/Vocabulary Books
504 Absolutely Essential Words: 5th Edition by Murray Bloomberg
Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott, Ph.D.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves (Illustrated Edition) by Lynne Truss (caution—British version)
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty
How To Books
Painless Writing by Jeffrey Strausser
Bullies, Bastards, and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction by Jessica Page Morrell
45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Beginnings, Middles, & Endings by Nancy Kress
Conflict, Action, & Suspense by William Noble
The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes & Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, and Sue Viders
Plot versus Character: A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction by Jeff Gerke
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress
Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella
Inspirational Books
It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer by Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo
Under the Covers and Between the Sheets (The Inside story behind classic characters, authors, unforgettable phrases, and unexpected endings) by C. Alan Joyce and Sarah Janssen
Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice from a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant by John Warner
Bang the Keys: four steps to a lifelong writing practice by Jill Dearman
If you have a book or six that you use and would like to recommend, drop me a link and I’ll check it out…I’m always looking for more books.
I broke them into categories and even though I didn’t include summaries, I did include links. A couple I’ve had for a while so they might be out of print.
Enjoy! And let me know if you have them or get them or find anything here helpful. :-)
Prompt Books
The Daily Spark Journal Writing warm-up activities
A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: image-driven story prompts and exercises for writers by Phillip Sexton Photos by Tricia Bateman
Write Starts: Prompts, Quotes, and Exercises to Jumpstart Your Creativity by Hal Zina Bennett
The Pocket Muse: ideas and inspirations for writing by Monica Wood
Reference Books
The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Surviving Boot Camp by Sgt. Michael Volkin
The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by N.E. Genge
The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference from the Editors of Writer’s Digest Books
The New College Latin and English Dictionary by John C. Traupman, Ph.D. 2007
The Writer’s Digest Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Grammar/Vocabulary Books
504 Absolutely Essential Words: 5th Edition by Murray Bloomberg
Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott, Ph.D.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves (Illustrated Edition) by Lynne Truss (caution—British version)
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty
How To Books
Painless Writing by Jeffrey Strausser
Bullies, Bastards, and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction by Jessica Page Morrell
45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Beginnings, Middles, & Endings by Nancy Kress
Conflict, Action, & Suspense by William Noble
The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes & Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, and Sue Viders
Plot versus Character: A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction by Jeff Gerke
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress
Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella
Inspirational Books
It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer by Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo
Under the Covers and Between the Sheets (The Inside story behind classic characters, authors, unforgettable phrases, and unexpected endings) by C. Alan Joyce and Sarah Janssen
Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice from a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant by John Warner
Bang the Keys: four steps to a lifelong writing practice by Jill Dearman
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24/8/11 04:09 (UTC)Now I want all the books on this list. Or a good portion of them, anyway. And my bookshelf is tottering under the weight of its contents already. Not to mention how many of them are unread...
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24/8/11 04:35 (UTC)I bought the kit simply for the great notepads for Scene Development, Master & Major Characters, Minor characters, Chapter log, and Revision Tracker. You just fill in a sheet, tape them up on the wall and watch the story unfold.
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24/8/11 04:40 (UTC)And the ones I am reading now are The Lie that Tells the Truth by John Dufresne and 90 Days to Your Novel--Sarah Domet. I have found most writing how to books to be crap, though you can glean interesting tidbits.
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24/8/11 07:54 (UTC)I love books about writing and I'm really really addicted to "prompt" books and that's the reason I haven't got one! (I don't think I would write after reading them. I think I would just start to read the next book...)
And now you gave me a list of good books??? *is worried*
I'm not sure if this is a good idea...
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