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| Save The Cat! is a very slender book that
lives up to its subtitle. Click the title at the right to find my full
review.
It's NOT the first or only book you need, it is the LAST -- it puts all the notions of commercial screenplay spec sales into a precise organization so you can actually do it. See Syd Field's works below for the beginnings of screenwriting -- but not the foundation of STORYCRAFT. Screencraft is built on storycraft, and the two disciplines are on a converging path in the modern world. Learn it all. |
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| Here is THE foundational book on the modern screenplay.
It's been updated since its first appearance in 1979. I do however recall reading older books from the 1950's that reveal most of these tips and tricks. Novel writers need to know this in order to write novels that can become screenplays without being wholly distorted.
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| This book brings techniques of combat into the dating arena
-- giving men a new way to try to relate to women as dominant and purely
male.
Read some of the reviews on amazon to get an idea of how popular these ideas are. Women looking for a relationship between equals may find a man attempting this "game" to be deceptively attractive. |
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Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G.
Jung Vol.9 Part 1)by C. G. Jung, Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull This book is likewise essential reading, but you can get it at the library. It's very difficult reading a translation from the German, or even anything written in English by a native German speaker. |
The
Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books)by Joseph Campbell List Price:$16.95 This is a master work on Archetypes every writer must learn to recognize. Besides it's good reading! |
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Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Schmidt
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This approach may work for you where the approach I have
recommended through astrology might not.
Take care not to believe everything in this book - and if you're not going to buy it, go to amazon and read the reviews of it anyway.
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| Beginnings,
Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Nancy Kress
This is of course my own favorite approach and nails many important points that beginners just have to master -- the elements of structure. If you can't afford this book, or even if you can, look over our standing course here in the WorldCrafter's Guild that covers these points, The Essence of Story. |
The
Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book, 14th
Edition by Dan Poynter
Many people have found this helpful, though I don't think self-publishing is really the way to go. There's a reason it takes a whole company to "publish" a book, and a reason they hire people to do their writing for them. |
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| It's a big and nearly unstoppable trend. Authors have
to stop writing to do promotion, and spend most of their earnings on
promotion. Read several of these books and figure out how to use this trend in your own favor. Take your personality into account! |
The
Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity: A Comprehensive Resource--From
Building the Buzz to Pitching the Press by Lissa Warren (Author)
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| On
Writing by Stephen King (Author)
I have heard King address a room full of writers about the technicalities of the craft. He does what he does on purpose and knows HOW he does it. Read his book and see what you can adapt for yourself. |
Body
Language Secrets: A Guide During Courtship & Dating by R. Don Steele
Relationship driven novels will seem implausible, contrived, and badly plotted if the body language described is at variance with the characters deeds. Here's a great sourcebook for writers! |
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Writer's
Digest [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]
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Viewers Like You? by Laurie Ouellette
An October 2002 book, I have not yet read but I think it's going to be
very important for those trying to write to sell.
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| Editors
on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do by Gerald Gross (Editor)
But there are used copies for half this
price!
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Just
the Facts, Ma'Am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Investigation
Techniques (Howdunit) by Greg Fallis
Don't miss the bargains though! If you're writing mystery, you need books like this one. |
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| Amazon.com Fictional life, according to Jack Bickham, is better than real life. You don't get struck by lightning. You are not subject to random acts of cruelty. Events proceed logically. On the other hand, Bickham says, "In fiction, the best times for the writer--and reader--are when the story's main character is in the worst trouble." Not good if you're a fictional character. The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes is as engaging as Bickham wants your fiction to be. It is sharp, focused, funny, and pointed. |
The
38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes : (And How to Avoid Them) by Jack M. Bickham  List Price: $12.99ONE OF THE BEST SELLING BOOKS AT THE WORLDCRAFTERS GUILD SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING. |
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| Self-Editing
for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne, Dave King  List Price: $14.00 |
Amazon.com There's not much of the old-style editing going on at publishing houses today. Renni Browne, veteran of William Morrow and other publishers, founded the Editorial Department in 1980 to teach fiction writers the techniques professional editors (many of whom have gone independent) use to prepare a manuscript for publication. In this book, she and senior editor Dave King share their accumulated expertise in a series of brilliantly compact lessons. |
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| Amazon.com Whether you're a student struggling through Composition 101 or a professional writer on a quest for perfection, The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law is always ready to fill the role of trusted advisor to your creative genius. Revised and updated in 2000, this version contains a 40-page section on media law, guides for punctuation and bibliographies, and specialized glossaries for business and sports writing, all in addition to its 280-page generalized stylebook. |
The
Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law by Norm Goldstein (Editor), Associated Press, Louis D. Boccardi, The Associated Press  List Price: $16.50See our discounts! |
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| Those Who Trespass : A Novel of Murder and Television by Bill O'Reilly  List Price: $6.99See discounts |
The real story in Those Who Trespass, ... is that "the way it is," as Walter Cronkite would have said, is not a very nice way at all. O'Reilly, a veteran of Fox and an Emmy winner himself, reveals the skullduggery that goes on under the anchor desk and on the other side of the camera: correspondents "bigfooting" others' stories, young climbers doing anything to secure the anchor seat, and ratings outfits fixing the game to suit themselves. Once you've read this, you will understand the part of the news that's not fit to print. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | |||||||||||||
| How
To Publish and Promote Online by M. J. Rose, Angela Adair-Hoy  List Price: Paperback - 224 pages (January 2001) Griffin Trade Paperback; ISBN: 0312271913 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 8.25 x 5.48 |
There are hundreds of books
like this one. No doubt you can get a pile of them at your
library. But before you do, read the reviews
of this one.
If there's a writer on your giftlist this season -- consider PUBLISH AND PROMOTE ONLINE as a gift that says "I'm with you 1000%." |
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| Here is the book your High School
English teacher probably made you buy and now you need to replace it.
If he didn't make you buy it, now is the right time.
Editors who work for publishers rely on this book as a standard. If you use these standards, you will never be called "wrong" -- even if the publishing House's style requires something a little different. Or go for the Chicago Manual of Style, the #1 competitor for the modern world. (You really should have both on your reference shelf) The Chicago Manual of Style : The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition)by John Grossman (Preface)  List Price: $45.00
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The
Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell (Afterword)  List Price: $6.95
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