Best Books on the Craft of Writing and Editing Fiction

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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer 3.96 avg rating — 985 ratings
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The Novel Editing Workbook: 105 Tricks & Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript
The Novel Editing Workbook: 105 Tricks & Tips for Revising Your Fiction Manuscript 4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Self-editing for Self-publishers: Incorporating—A Style Guide for Fiction
Self-editing for Self-publishers: Incorporating—A Style Guide for Fiction 4.56 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Story and Structure: A complete guide
Story and Structure: A complete guide 4.96 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Word-Loss Diet
The Word-Loss Diet 4.37 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Stealing Hollywood: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your Best Book
Stealing Hollywood: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your Best Book 4.40 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Writing the Sacred Journey: Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir
Writing the Sacred Journey: Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir 4.24 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy
Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Master Lists for Writers: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More
Master Lists for Writers: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More 4.28 avg rating — 717 ratings
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The Elements of Style [Illustrated]
The Elements of Style [Illustrated] 4.18 avg rating — 86,239 ratings
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The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults
The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults 4.41 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc 4.45 avg rating — 473 ratings
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What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers 3.90 avg rating — 1,825 ratings
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Action, Emotion, Surprise and More (Writing Active Hooks #1)
Action, Emotion, Surprise and More (Writing Active Hooks #1) 4.21 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Story Fix: Transform Your Novel from Broken to Brilliant
Story Fix: Transform Your Novel from Broken to Brilliant 4.05 avg rating — 246 ratings
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Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults
Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults 4.50 avg rating — 423 ratings
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Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story 4.19 avg rating — 4,333 ratings
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Break into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells
Break into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells 4.21 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Internal Dialogue (Busy Writer's Guides, #7)
Internal Dialogue (Busy Writer's Guides, #7) 4.38 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Perfecting Plot: Charting the Hero's Journey (Red Sneaker Writers #3)
Perfecting Plot: Charting the Hero's Journey (Red Sneaker Writers #3) 4.21 avg rating — 312 ratings
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The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop: Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing
The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop: Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing 3.86 avg rating — 282 ratings
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Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
by: Syd Field
3.99 avg rating — 8,540 ratings
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Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View
Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View 4.27 avg rating — 840 ratings
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Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling 4.34 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Story Physics: Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling
Story Physics: Harnessing the Underlying Forces of Storytelling 3.92 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Story Structure: The Key to Successful Fiction (Red Sneaker Writers Series #1)
Story Structure: The Key to Successful Fiction (Red Sneaker Writers Series #1) 4.21 avg rating — 475 ratings
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The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience
The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience 4.11 avg rating — 919 ratings
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Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life (Red Sneaker Writers Books)
Creating Character: Bringing Your Story to Life (Red Sneaker Writers Books) 4.23 avg rating — 332 ratings
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Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative
Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative 3.92 avg rating — 258 ratings
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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life 3.83 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict: Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel
Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict: Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel 4.06 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School 4.21 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
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Sizzling Style: Every Word Matters (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series)
Sizzling Style: Every Word Matters (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series) 4.15 avg rating — 171 ratings
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How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author 3.77 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed 4.28 avg rating — 881 ratings
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The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers
The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers 3.76 avg rating — 356 ratings
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Dynamic Dialogue: Letting Your Story Speak (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series 4)
Dynamic Dialogue: Letting Your Story Speak (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series 4) 4.25 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Breathing Life Into Your Characters: How to Give Your Characters Emotional & Psychological Depth
Breathing Life Into Your Characters: How to Give Your Characters Emotional & Psychological Depth 3.81 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Creating Character Emotions
Creating Character Emotions
by: Ann Hood
3.81 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Method and Madness: The Making of a Story
Method and Madness: The Making of a Story 4.24 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
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The Hero's 2 Journeys
The Hero's 2 Journeys 4.39 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Characterization and Sensory Detail (Writing Active Setting #1)
Characterization and Sensory Detail (Writing Active Setting #1) 4.25 avg rating — 391 ratings
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On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist 4.10 avg rating — 3,090 ratings
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5,000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Write Smarter
5,000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Write Smarter
by: Chris Fox
4.19 avg rating — 2,684 ratings
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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace 4.21 avg rating — 2,021 ratings
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
The Rhetoric of Fiction 4.01 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Conflict, Action and Suspense
Conflict, Action and Suspense 3.83 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others
Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others 4.11 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success
The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success 3.91 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
Creating Characters: How to Build Story People 3.93 avg rating — 237 ratings
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The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny 4.24 avg rating — 862 ratings
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Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,474 ratings
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The Writer's Idea Book
The Writer's Idea Book 3.87 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Million Dollar Outlines
Million Dollar Outlines 4.16 avg rating — 835 ratings
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The Weather Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Words and Phrases to Describe the Weather
The Weather Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Words and Phrases to Describe the Weather 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel 3.73 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing
Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing
by: Tom Simon
4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Writing in a Nutshell: Writing Workshops to Improve Your Craft (Writing in a Nutshell, #4)
Writing in a Nutshell: Writing Workshops to Improve Your Craft (Writing in a Nutshell, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Death Carries a Camcorder: Essays on fantasy writing
Death Carries a Camcorder: Essays on fantasy writing
by: Tom Simon
4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary
Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary 4.05 avg rating — 211 ratings
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by: Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Getting the Words Right
Getting the Words Right 4.05 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Emotion, Conflict and Back Story (Writing Active Setting #2)
Emotion, Conflict and Back Story (Writing Active Setting #2) 4.29 avg rating — 203 ratings
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The Pursuit of Perfection: And How It Harms Writers
The Pursuit of Perfection: And How It Harms Writers 4.27 avg rating — 205 ratings
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Anchoring, Action, as a Character and More (Writing Active Setting #3)
Anchoring, Action, as a Character and More (Writing Active Setting #3) 4.36 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing
Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing 4.16 avg rating — 166 ratings
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The Complete How-to Guide with Bonus Section on Hooks (Writing Active Setting #1-3)
The Complete How-to Guide with Bonus Section on Hooks (Writing Active Setting #1-3) 4.71 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints 4.05 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
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Evocative Description, Character, Dialogue, Foreshadowing and Where to Use Hooks (Writing Active Hooks #2)
Evocative Description, Character, Dialogue, Foreshadowing and Where to Use Hooks (Writing Active Hooks #2) 4.38 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends 3.99 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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Writing the Blockbuster Novel
Writing the Blockbuster Novel 3.96 avg rating — 388 ratings
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250 Things You Should Know About Writing
250 Things You Should Know About Writing 3.99 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
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How to Write a Great Synopsis
How to Write a Great Synopsis 4.29 avg rating — 97 ratings
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500 Ways to Be a Better Writer
500 Ways to Be a Better Writer 4.27 avg rating — 497 ratings
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Fiction Writer's Workshop
Fiction Writer's Workshop 3.97 avg rating — 918 ratings
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The Careful Writer
The Careful Writer 4.16 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Writing Deep Scenes: Plotting Your Story Through Action, Emotion, and Theme
Writing Deep Scenes: Plotting Your Story Through Action, Emotion, and Theme 4.08 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Strong Verbs Strong Voice
Strong Verbs Strong Voice 3.88 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice
Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice 4.09 avg rating — 368 ratings
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The Writer's Book Of Wisdom: 101 Rules For Mastering Your Craft
The Writer's Book Of Wisdom: 101 Rules For Mastering Your Craft 4.08 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell
The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell 4.32 avg rating — 398 ratings
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Mastering Showing and Telling in Your Fiction (Busy Writer's Guides, #4)
Mastering Showing and Telling in Your Fiction (Busy Writer's Guides, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene
Plot Perfect: How to Build Unforgettable Stories Scene by Scene 4.25 avg rating — 457 ratings
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Captivate Your Readers: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction
Captivate Your Readers: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction 4.37 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Style That Sizzles & Pacing for Power: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction
Style That Sizzles & Pacing for Power: An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction 4.28 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print 3.97 avg rating — 619 ratings
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Alone With All That Could Happen: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom about the Craft of Fiction
Alone With All That Could Happen: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom about the Craft of Fiction 4.34 avg rating — 180 ratings
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The Weekend Novelist
The Weekend Novelist 3.68 avg rating — 531 ratings
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Write Tight: Say Exactly What You Mean with Precision and Power
Write Tight: Say Exactly What You Mean with Precision and Power 4.04 avg rating — 240 ratings
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How to Develop Story Tension: 13 Techniques plus the Five Minute Magic Trick Guaranteed to Keep Your Readers Turning Pages
How to Develop Story Tension: 13 Techniques plus the Five Minute Magic Trick Guaranteed to Keep Your Readers Turning Pages 3.62 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Powerful Premise: Writing the Irresistible (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series 6)
Powerful Premise: Writing the Irresistible (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series 6) 4.14 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Writing Plots with Drama, Depth and Heart: Nail Your Novel
Writing Plots with Drama, Depth and Heart: Nail Your Novel 4.23 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Writing Fight Scenes: Professional Techniques for Fiction Authors (Writer's Craft Book 1)
Writing Fight Scenes: Professional Techniques for Fiction Authors (Writer's Craft Book 1) 4.14 avg rating — 510 ratings
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Writing the Heart of Your Story: The Secret to Crafting an Unforgettable Novel (The Writer's Toolbox Series)
Writing the Heart of Your Story: The Secret to Crafting an Unforgettable Novel (The Writer's Toolbox Series) 4.11 avg rating — 202 ratings
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Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories 4.21 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Plot with Character Workbook: How to Plot Your Novel and Achieve Character Arc in 40 Scenes
Plot with Character Workbook: How to Plot Your Novel and Achieve Character Arc in 40 Scenes 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel: A Complete and Concise Manual for Fiction Writers
The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel: A Complete and Concise Manual for Fiction Writers 4.34 avg rating — 129 ratings
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How to Write Dialogue (Busy Writer's Guides, #3)
How to Write Dialogue (Busy Writer's Guides, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore
Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore 4.17 avg rating — 455 ratings
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Point of View: How to use the different POV types, avoid head-hopping, and choose the best point of view for your book (Writers’ Guide Series)
Point of View: How to use the different POV types, avoid head-hopping, and choose the best point of view for your book (Writers’ Guide Series) 4.38 avg rating — 179 ratings
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