Book Notes

  • A List of Recommended Books
  • More Recommended Books
  • Book Reviews

    1. Scene and Structure by Jack Bickham
    2. Scene & Structure by Jack M. Bickham
    3. How to Write Poetry by Nancy Bogen
    4. Zen and the Art of Writing -- Ray Bradbury
    5. Becoming A Writers by Dorothea Brande
    6. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
    7. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King (an outline)
    8. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
    9. Plot by Ansen Dibell
    10. How To Write A Romance And Get It Published by Kathryn Falk
    11. Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster
    12. How to Write a Damn Good Novel, Vols. I & II, by James N. Frey
    13. The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
    14. Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
    15. Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
    16. The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes
    17. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
    18. On Writer's Block: A New Approach to Creativity by Victoria Nelson
    19. Steal This Plot by June and William Noble
    20. The Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novokavich
    21. The Paris Review Interviews
    22. Honk if You're a Writer by Arthur Plotnik
    23. The thirty-six dramatic situations by Georges Polti
    24. 20 Master Plots (And How to Build Them) by Ronald B. Tobias
    25. The writer's journey: mythic structures for screenwriters and storytellers by Christopher Vogler
    26. The writer's journey: mythic structures for screenwriters and storytellers by Christopher Vogler
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