SOME RECOMMENDED BOOKS
The Elements of Style
Strunk and White
The Elements of Style (illustrated)
Strunk/White/Kalman
(Fun!)
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The 10% Solution
Ken Rand
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Description & Setting
Ron Rozelle
Series: Write Great Fiction
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Scene & Structure
Jack M. Bickham
Series: Elements of Fiction Writing
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Plot & Structure
James Scott Bell
Series: Write Great Fiction
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Stein on Writing*
Sol Stein
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Writing for Story
Jon Franklin
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Word Painting
Rebecca McClanahan
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Writing the Natural Way*
[Using Right-Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive Powers]
Gabriele Lusser Rico
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Sin and Syntax
How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
Constance Hale
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The Lie that Tells a Truth
John Dufresne
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Characters & Viewpoint
Orson Scott Card
Series: The Elements of Fiction Writing
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Setting Jack M. Bickham
Series: The Elements of Fiction Writing
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A Manual of Writer's Tricks
David L. Carroll
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Fearless Creating*
Eric Maisel, Ph.D.
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20 Master Plots and How to Build Them
Ronald B. Tobias
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Dialogue
Lewis Turco
Series: The Elements of Fiction Writing
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The Writer's Journey*
Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters
Christopher Vogler
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A Writer's Book of Days
Judy Reeves
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bird by bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
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Becoming a Writer**
Dorothea Brande
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If You Want to Write**
Brenda Ueland
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Writing Down the Bones*
(and anything else she has written)
Natalie Goldberg
http://www.nataliegoldberg.com/books.html
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On Writing - a Memoir of the Craft*
Stephen King
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The Courage to Create
Rollo May
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* Among the most highly recommended books by writing instructors, authors and - well by anyone who reads, writes and reviews books on writing.
**These two books were written before any of us were born and they are still considered a must for any writer's bookshelf.
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Eat your heart out, Hemingway!
"Eat your heart out, Hemingway!"
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NOT ON WRITING BUT CONTAINS GREAT INFO:
Man and His Symbols
Carl G. Jung
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey
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