Whether you're a veteran writer or new to the craft, these books offer wisdom to help overcome hurdles and spark inspiration.
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808.02 Lam
Lamott offers a gift through this book, a step-by-step guide on how to write and on how to manage the writer's life. If you have ever wondered what it takes to be a writer, what it means to be a writer, what the contents of your school lunches said about what your parents were really like, this book is for you.
810.8092 How
The authors of this book challenge the reader to consider what it means to work through resistance from supposed mentors, to face rejection from publishers and classmates, and to stand against traditions that silence people.
808.3 Geo
This book is great for those who are wanting to add more structure to their creative writing process. It includes practical advice and explicit descriptions of the author's process.
808.3 Bat
NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty gives pep talks and strategies for writing a novel while empathizing with the various emotional stages of writing during NaNoWriMo.
800.92 King Kin
Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.
808.3 Bro
Want to make your manuscript worthy of publication? Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript.
808.02 Leg
This book is short but precise in its advice, including a rare emphasis on certain elements of creative writing such as voice, perspective, sentence length and complex syntax, and indirect narration.
808.3 Cro
This book describes how story structure is built into the architecture of the brain and shows writers how to plumb the nitty-gritty details of their raw idea to organically generate a story scene by scene.
808.042 Gol
This book combines the writing life with spiritual practice through memoir and instruction.
808.3 Van
This guide to writing imaginative fiction takes an artistic approach and exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, and exercises to create a beautiful and inspiring work. It energizes and motivates while also providing practical, nuts-and-bolts information needed to improve as a writer.