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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Listmania: favorite craft books.

Here's my listmania list of craft books. They've all been helpful.

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Favorite Craft Books
by anniecollie, Writer/teacher

1. The Writer's Journey, Second Edition : Mythic Structure for Writers
by Christopher Vogler (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Another current textbook. Great framework for a rip-roaring story

2. First Draft In 30 Days: A Novel Writer's System for Building a Complete and Cohesive Manuscript
by Karen S. Wiesner (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
writing the preliminaries. Setting up your novel.


3. A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits
by Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Great fodder for horror and fantasy novels



4. The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines
by Tami D. Cowden, et al (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Great way to plan out just who those heroes and heroines are going to be and how they interact with each other.



5. SELF-EDITING FOR FICTION WRITERS: How to Edit Yourself into Print
by Renni Browne, et al (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Oh the pain, oh the agony. OH the help this book offers.

6. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
by William Strunk Jr., et al (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Don't leave home without it.



7. Illustrated reverse dictionary
by Reader's Digest (Hardcover)
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anniecollie's comments:
this is sooooo useful


8. Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively
by Rebecca McClanahan (Paperback)
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9. Oxford Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
by A. P. Cowie (Paperback)
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10. Bartlett's Roget's Thesaurus
by Bartlett's (Hardcover)
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anniecollie's comments:
A very heavy verbal bible.

11. 2004 Writer's Market Online (Writer's Market Online)
by Kathryn Struckel Brogan, Robert Lee Brewer (Paperback)
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12. On Writing
by Stephen King (Paperback)
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He has a marvelous writer's toolkit

13. Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott (Paperback)
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14. 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
by Ronald B. Tobias (Paperback)
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15. Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight Swain (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
My current textbook and learning guide


16. Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande (Paperback)
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anniecollie's comments:
Everytime I read this I have to stop and write something. It's the darndest thing


17. Romance Writer's Phrase Book (Perigee Book)
by J. Kent (Paperback)
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18. Writing the Breakout Novel
by Donald Maass (Foreword) (Paperback)
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19. Webster's New World College Dictionary, Indexed Fourth Edition
by Michael E. Agnes (Hardcover)
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20. The Marshall Plan Workbook : Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish
by Evan Marshall (Paperback)
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21. Body Trauma: A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries (Howdunit Series)
by David W. Page
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22. Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases (Howdunit)
by Elaine Raco Chase, et al
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23. True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them
by Randy Sutton (Compiler), Cassie Wells (Hardcover)
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24. Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons (Howdunit Series)
by Michael Newton (Paperback)
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25. Cause of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine (Howdunit Series)
by Keith D. Wilson
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