Every once in a while we need
to give ourselves a refresher course on various writing techniques. Here's a
short list of books we've found to be helpful. Check them out. If you have other
books that you like, drop us a note, leave a comment and write the book
title/author. We'd really love to expand our list.
All the best.
Tia Dani
Characterization
1. Make
Your Words Work by Gary Provost
2. Writer’s Mind Crafting Fiction by
Richard Cohen
3. Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott
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4. Creating Characters by Dwight V. Swain
Show Vs Tell
1. The 38
Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them) by Jack M.
Bickham
2. The 28
Biggest Writing Blunders (And How to Avoid Them) by William
Nobel
3. Show,
Don’t Tell by William Noble
4. Make
Your Words Work by Gary Provost
5. How To
Write a Damn Good Novel (Book 1 and 2) by James N. Frey
6. Building Fiction How to develop plot and
structure by Jesse Lee Kercheval
7. Techniques Of The Selling Writer by
Dwight V. Swain
8. Writer’s Mind Crafting Fiction by
Richard Cohen
9. Description by Monica Wood
Motivation
1. Characters And Viewpoint by Orson Scott
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2. Creating Characters by Dwight V.
Swain
3. Techniques Of The Selling Writer by
Dwight V. Swain
4. Beginnings, Middles And Ends by Nancy
Kress
5. Make
Your Words Work by Gary Provost
6. Writing To Sell by Scott
Meredith
View Point
1. The
Art & Craft of Novel Writing by Oakley Hall
2. Setting by Jack M. Bickham
3. Characters And Viewpoint by Orson Scott
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4. Show
Don’t Tell by William Noble
5. Lessons From A Lifetime of Writing by
David Morrell
Rounding Off A Chapter With A
Hook
1. Crafting Scenes by Raymond
Obstfeld
