What’s in it
Tap a tag: ❤ = this matters to me · tap again ✕ = don’t care · again to reset. The list below updates each time.
24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorUnderstanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud · 215 pages
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerful but misunderstood art
Stein on Writing
Sol Stein · 308 pages
Whether you are a newcomer or an accomplished professional, a novelist, story writer, or a writer of nonfiction, you will find this book a wealth of immediately useful guidance not available anywhere else. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of useable solutions--how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
David Ball · 96 pages
Using Hamlet as illustration, the author provides the tools for students and practitioners to use as they investigate plot, character, theme, exposition, imagery, motivation/obstacle/conflict, theatricality, and the other crucial parts of the superstructure of a play.
On Becoming a Novelist
John Gardner · 150 pages
Contains advice to young writers organized around three main questions: Am I talented enough? How should I educate myself? Can I make a living from writing fiction?
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester · 265 pages
Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction
Tracy Kidder, Richard Todd · 209 pages
From the inside flap: ...*Good Prose* explores three major nonfiction forms: narratives, essays, and memoirs. Kidder and Todd draw candidly, sometimes comically, on their own experience--their mistakes as well as accomplishments--to demonstrate the pragmatic ways in which creative problems get solved. They also turn to the works of a wide range of writers, novelists as well as nonfiction authors,
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
Ronald B. Tobias · 238 pages
Identifies and analyzes twenty common plots, including revenge, rivalry, adventure, maturation, and love, discusses physical and character plots, and offers advice for developing a story
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
Orson Scott Card · 140 pages
A good read covering world creation, what is and isn't science fiction, what to do if you want to have a career in sci-fi and story creation. Well written and enjoyable, good for anyone considering writing sci-fi or fantasy.
The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
Ayn Rand, Robert Mayhew · 200 pages
A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers--now available for the first time in print.Culled from sixteen informal lectures Ayn Rand delivered to a select audience in the late 1960s, this remarkable work offers indispensable guidance to the aspiring writer of nonfiction while providing readers with a f
The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
Ted Kooser · 166 pages
Contains advice from United States poet laureate Ted Kooser on the art of writing poetry with insights and tools to help writing, revising, and practicing.
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay · 360 pages
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once l
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know
Shawn Coyne · 344 pages
Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
Les Edgerton · 256 pages
Agents and editors agree: improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If a novel or short story has a bad beginning, then no one will keep reading. It's just that simple. "Hooked" provides readers with a detailed understanding of what a beginning must include, (setup, backstory, the inciting incident, etc.); instruction on how to successfully develop the story pro
Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction
Jessica Page Morrell
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim · 378 pages
Classical Mythology
Mark P.O. Morford, Michael Sham, Robert J. Lenardon · 798 pages
This edition of 'Classical Mythology', is a survey of classical mythology available in one volume. Featuring the authors' translations of original sources as well as their explanations and commentary, the book brings to life the myths and legends of Greece and Rome in a lucid and engaging style.
Description
Monica Wood · 171 pages
Monica Woods helps you squeeze out the greatest flavor from the language. She segments description like an orange, separating its slices to let you sample each one. Wood teaches by example, developing stories with characters in various situations, to show you how you can apply description techniques. You'll also see samples of work by such noted writers as Mark Helprin, Anne Tyler and Raymond Carv
Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life
Elizabeth George · 296 pages
Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside information on how she meticulously researches and writes her novels. George's solid understanding
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
James N. Frey · 174 pages
Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles.