I attended the SCBWI Denver Schmooze yesterday. Hosted by Anna-Maria Crum and Hilari Bell, it’s always an afternoon of writing inspiration. Yesterday’s topic was like show and tell, with us circling around the room sharing our favorite 'how-to-write' books. There are so many writing craft publications available it’s nice to narrow it down to a list of recommended titles. I can’t wait to order Eats Shoots and Leaves and It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences. Here's an alphabetical list of all the books mentioned yesterday. Enjoy!
1.) Checking on Culture: An Aid to Building Story Background - Lee Killough
2.) Children’s Writer’s Word Book - Alijandra Mogilner
3.) Deadly Doses: A Writer’s Guide to Poisons - Serita Deborah Stevens and Anne Klarner
4.) Don’t Murder Your Mystery - Chris Roerden
5.) Don’t Sabotage Your Submission: Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A. - Chris Roerden
6.) Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynne Truss
7.) Elements of Fiction Writing Series - Beginnings, Middles & Ends - Nancy Kress
8.) Elements of Fiction Writing Series - Characters & Viewpoint - Orson Scott Card
9.) Elements of Fiction Writing Series - Conflict, Action & Suspense - William Noble
10.) Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing - Elmore Leonard
11.) English Through the Ages - William Brohaugh
12.) Guide to Fiction Writing - Phyllis A. Whitney
13.) It was the best of sentences, it was the worst of sentences. - June Casagrande
14.) 78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published & 14 Reasons Why it Just Might - Pat Walsh
15.) Screen Play: The Foundations of Screenwriting - Syd Field
16.) Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print - Renni Browne & Dave King
17.) Story Structure Architect: A Writer’s Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters - Victoria Lynn Schmidt
18.) The Fire in Fiction - Donald Maass
19.) The Screenwriter’s Workbook - Syd Field
20.) The Chicago Manual of Style - University of Chicago Press Staff
21.) The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile - Noah Lukeman
22.) The Writer’s Idea Book - Jack Heffron
23.) The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers - Christopher E. Vogler
24.) Making a Good Script Great - Linda Seger
25.) Method and Madness: The Making of a Story: A Guide to Writing Fiction - Alice LaPlante
26.) Novelist’s Boot Camp: 101 Ways to Take Your Book From Boring to Bestseller - Todd A. Stone
27.) On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
28.) Writing the Fiction Synopsis: A Step by Step Approach - Pam McCutcheon
29.) Writing the Breakout Novel - Donald Maass
30.) Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook - Donald Maass
31.) Writing With Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children’s Books - Uri Shulevitz
32.) Yes! You Can Learn How To Write Children’s Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career - Nancy I. Sanders
33.) You Can Write Children’s Books - Tracey E. Dils
34.) Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract: The Complete Guide to Writing Query Letters, Synopses and Proposals for Agents and Editors - Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook
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