Larry Brooks's books on story structure are my go-to references for organizing and plotting my stories. My books probably would have been crap without them. And I might have only written one and then given up because it was so bad. :-)
I’m beginning to figure out that CWA is front loaded with prose writers, but in the unlikely event there are other poets out there - James McAuley’s Versification is a helpful short guide to uses of rhythm and line in poetry.
Thrill Me! By Benjamin Percy has been essential. Teaches literary fiction writers to write with the essence of genre fiction to keep the pages turning and the plot moving.
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg; Agree on King and LeGuin
Larry Brooks's books on story structure are my go-to references for organizing and plotting my stories. My books probably would have been crap without them. And I might have only written one and then given up because it was so bad. :-)
I’m beginning to figure out that CWA is front loaded with prose writers, but in the unlikely event there are other poets out there - James McAuley’s Versification is a helpful short guide to uses of rhythm and line in poetry.
Thrill Me! By Benjamin Percy has been essential. Teaches literary fiction writers to write with the essence of genre fiction to keep the pages turning and the plot moving.