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Books for Novelists
A Listmania! list by Candy Gourlay "Author of TALL STORY" (London)

1. Plot and Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot that Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Write Great Fiction) by James Scott Bell

The list author says:
	"Comprehensive and practical. LOVE unpretentious language (doesn't use 'inciting event'). NOT SO LOVE: chapters end in schoolmarmy exercises"

�9.79 Used & New from: �4.53

(27 customer reviews)

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2. How to Write a Blockbuster (Teach Yourself Creative Writing) by Helen Corner

The list author says:
	"A great overview of what it takes to get published. Crap title makes it embarrassing to read it in public though. Cover in plain paper."

Used & New from: �0.01

(13 customer reviews)

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3. Solutions for Novelists: Secrets of a Master Editor by Sol Stein

The list author says:
	"The Master Editor in the title is Sol Stein. Will change your writing life."

�9.09 Used & New from: �3.20

(5 customer reviews)

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4. Solutions for Writers: Practical Craft Techniques for Fiction and Non-fiction by Sol Stein

The list author says:
	"Pretends to cover other forms of writing like Journalism but it's really about novel-writing."

�9.09 Used & New from: �6.24

(6 customer reviews)

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5. How NOT to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to avoid at All Costs if You Ever Want to Get Published by Howard Mittelmark

The list author says:
	""Try any of our strategies and you too can cut narrative momentum at the ankles." Hilarious!"

�6.99 Used & New from: �1.67

(50 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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6. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (Methuen Film) by Robert McKee

The list author says:
	"If you don't get it, you've still got a ways to go in your writing journey. Seminal. Love: Principles of Ironic Asenscion. Hate: pompous, incomprehensible diagrams"

Used & New from: �10.00

(64 customer reviews)

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7. Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard

The list author says:
	"I know this list pisses a lot of authors off. But I like it! (Not that you have to stick to it) ... the book is a bit of a scam. Don't buy it, google Elmore Leonard's list and read it for free online."

�8.40 Used & New from: �4.51

(4 customer reviews)

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8. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

The list author says:
	"Why Stephen King is so cool. He despairs, he edits, he reads while walking on his treadmill."

�5.29 Used & New from: �3.83

(143 customer reviews)

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How NOT to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to avoid at All Costs if You Ever Want to Get Published forum What is your favourite writer's guide?	1	1 Jan 2010