13 Best writing books like Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out by Jennie Nash

Cover of Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out by Jennie Nash

Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out

By: Jennie Nash

4.50

Format: 89 pages, Kindle Edition

How to write novel in the most efficient way by tackling the hardest part before you start to write…

If you liked the writing plot in Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out by Jennie Nash , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

1. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

By: Michael Bungay Stanier

4.02

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your d… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) by Lisa Cron

2. Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

By: Lisa Cron

4.21

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story , this writing guide rev… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"We don't turn to story to escape reality. We turn to story to navigate reality."

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

"In a nutshell: A story is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result."

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

"But the simple fact remains that without the first half of the story, there can be no second half. The first half establishes where the problem came from and who the protagonist is to begin with, so …"

-Lisa Cron, Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Cover of Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

3. Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott

4.24

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Cover of Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen Hayes

4. Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels

By: Gwen Hayes

4.40

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book? Writing a well-structured ro… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing

5. Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message

By: None

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking women's leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical… read more

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Cover of The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

6. The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

By: Donald Maass

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plott… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Plot happens outside but story happens inside. Readers won't get the true story, though, unless you put it on the page--both the big meaning in small events, and the overlooked implications of large …"

-Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

7. Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

By: Lisa Cron

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that … read more

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8. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

By: Terry Tempest Williams

3.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Refugereturns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebra… read more

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Cover of Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker

9. Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing

By: Libbie Hawker

4.25

Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition

This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00UKC0GHA When it comes to writing books, are you a … read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing

10. If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

By: Brenda Ueland

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules s… read more

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Cover of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

11. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

By: Jessica Brody

4.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology … read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"We call that real problem the SHARD OF GLASS. It's a psychological wound that has been festering beneath the surface of your hero for a long time. The skin has grown over it, leaving behind an unsigh…"

-Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Cover of 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg

12. 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s gui… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Jane    Friedman

13. The Business of Being a Writer (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

By: Jane Friedman

4.43

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often miss… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez

14. The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

By: Felicia Rose Chavez

4.59

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innov… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Mothering, for me, means willpower, fortitude, grit. It is the transcendent power to multiply oneself, succeeded by the supreme humility to serve that second self."

-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

"I didn't know then that I hated school, only that school hated me, so much so that I bent my brown body into a bow to appease it. I broke out in hives, in tears, because I couldn't yet differentiate …"

-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

"I didn't know then that I hated school, only that school hated me, so much so that I bent my brown body into a bow to appease it. I broke out in hives, in teachers because I couldn't yet differentiat…"

-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

"Membership necessitates mutual participation. How can we possibly achieve membership when our presence-the feat of occupying space in brown skin-is deemed illegitimate? We're non-people, exploited fo…"

-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

Cover of Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series by Zoe York

15. Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series

By: Zoe York

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

“Genre fiction series are the bread and butter of mid-list writers. For many, they make the differe… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Write the most commercial story of your heart."

-Zoe York, Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series

Cover of You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys

16. You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Life is story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view it from a different a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of Big Shot by Mindy Kaling

17. Big Shot

By: Mindy Kaling

4.28

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

Is almost $2,000 a lot to drop on someone else’s dinner, just to be a big shot? Hell yeah! But what… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Themes and Variations

By: David Sedaris

4.21

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this Kindle-exclusive essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rew… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. Main Character Energy

By: Jamie Varon

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Poppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Though… read more

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"Life can continue to surprise you right up until the end, if you're brave enough to take risks."

-Jamie Varon, Main Character Energy

"I have been living in service of my fear for too long. And I did it again. Cowered in the face of it."

-Jamie Varon, Main Character Energy

"All you have to do is stay. And when you feel the urge to flee in fear, you don't. You stand firm. And you choose courage. You keep choosing courage over fear, until it feels natural. Until you reali…"

-Jamie Varon, Main Character Energy

"I've realized that another person's greatness takes nothing from my own. And that the bravest thing you can do is support people and celebrate their success with as much excitement as it deserves. It…"

-Jamie Varon, Main Character Energy

Cover of Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out by Jennie Nash

20. Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out

By: Jennie Nash

4.50

Format: 89 pages, Kindle Edition

How to write novel in the most efficient way by tackling the hardest part before you start to write… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel: Write Faster, Write Better, Be More Organized by Becky Clark

21. Eight Weeks to a Complete Novel: Write Faster, Write Better, Be More Organized

By: Becky Clark

4.47

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to speed up your writing process and complete a top-notch novel in only two months? Do you st… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing

16 Top nonfiction books like Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out by Jennie Nash

Transform Your Habits

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay Stanier

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Lisa Cron

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels

Gwen Hayes

4.40

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9 Best adult books like Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

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Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between

James Scott Bell

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success

K.M. Weiland

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

K.M. Weiland

4.31

Transform Your Habits

5 Secrets of Story Structure: How to Write a Novel That Stands Out

K.M. Weiland

4.23

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