Writing Book List
I'm a writing book junkie. I collect them hoping to find some morsel of wisdom that resonates.
Reference:
The Elements of Style - Strunk and White
The Elephants of Style - Walsh
Lapsing into a Comma - Walsh
Eats, Shoots & Leaves - Truss
Chicago Manual of Style
Transitional Words and Expressions - Pellegrino
Brave New Words - Prucher
The Fantasy Reference Guide -Brooks, Kenyon, et al.
Mythology - Litton, editor *
Advice:
The Forest for the Trees - Lerner
How to Get a Literary Agent - Larsen
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing - Calvani & Edwards
The First Five Pages - Lukeman
How I Write - Janet Evanovich
The Fire in Fiction - Donald Maass *** (ETA)
Craft:
The Writer's Little Helper - Smith *
Creating Fiction - Checkoway
The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing - Leder, Heffron, et al.
Improvement/Revision:
Revision & Self Editing - Bell *
Writing the Breakout Novel - Maass ***
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook - Maass ***
Characters:
Character Naming Sourcebook - Kenyon **
Heroes & Heroines - Cowden, Lefeer, Viders **
Character Traits - Edelstein *
Dynamic Characters - Kress
45 Master Characters - Schmidt **
Body Language - Pease & Pease
Emotion:
Characters, Emotions & Viewpoint - Kress
Writing for Emotional Impact - Iglesias **
Creating Character Emotions - Hood
On Writing Romance - Michaels
Dialogue:
Writing Realistic Dialogue and Flash Fiction - Stanbrough
Dialogue - Kempton
Scene and Plot:
Make a Scene - Rosenfeld
Scene & Structure - Bickham
20 Master Plots - Tobias
Plot & Structure - Bell **
Conflict, Action & Suspense - Noble
Description:
Description - Wood
Description & Setting - Rozelle
The Describer's Dictionary - Grambs *
Eyes Like Butterflies - Chambers *
Style/Words:
Word Painting - McClanahan
Getting the Words Right - Cheney ***
Between the Lines - Morrell **
* Books that appealed to me more than the rest.
** Books that I found especially helpful.
*** Books I highly recommend.