6 must-read writing books like Writing the Novella by Sharon Oard Warner

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Writing the Novella

By: Sharon Oard Warner

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“A novella compresses the world with a short story’s focus, but it explores that smaller space with…

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Cover of Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between by James Scott Bell

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

By: James Scott Bell

4.20

Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful secret, and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction! What's the best way to wri… read more

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Cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

2. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

By: Carmen Maria Machado

3.84

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more

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"I'm having a crisis of function."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"None of us will make it to the end."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."

-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

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3. McGlue

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.67

Format: None pages,

Selected for the inaugural Fence Modern Prize in Prose by Rivka Galchen. Salem, Massachusetts, 1851… read more

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4. Gilead (Gilead, #1)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.85

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more

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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

5. Grief is the Thing with Feathers

By: Max Porter

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more

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6. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

By: Angela Carter

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more

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"Her hair falls down like tears"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"ordered me a sky from a florist"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My spite was sharp as broken glass"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

7. How to Write a Novella in 24 Hours: And other questionable & possibly insane advice on creativity for writers

By: Andrew Mayne

4.00

Format: 268 pages,

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8. Foster

By: Claire Keegan

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when s… read more

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9. The Call: A Virtual Parable

By: None

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the screenwriter of The Zero Theorem comes the book that inspired the film. Roberts is not int… read more

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10. Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1

By: Ryoko Kui

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a… read more

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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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"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

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12. Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

By: Matt Bell

4.46

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done… read more

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13. Out There

By: Kate Folk

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Ka… read more

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14. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

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15. The Factory

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.34

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more

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"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory

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16. 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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17. Rainbow Rainbow

By: Lydia Conklin

3.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the qu… read more

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18. This Is Pleasure: A Story

By: Mary Gaitskill

3.47

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

Starting with Bad Behavior in the 1980s, Mary Gaitskill has been writing about gender relations wit… read more

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19. The 5 Sentence Method: How to Write Your D*mn Book, Already.

By: Rebecca Thorne

4.56

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Experience TikTok's viral 5 Sentence plotting method, written by bestselling author Rebecca Thorne!… read more

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20. Boy Oh Boy

By: Zachary Doss

4.49

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Boy Oh Boy is a collection of queer fabulist stories and flash fictions told via second person, ask… read more

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21. Writing the Novella

By: Sharon Oard Warner

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“A novella compresses the world with a short story’s focus, but it explores that smaller space with… read more

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11 must-read adult books like Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between by James Scott Bell

Transform Your Habits

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

Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules

Steven James

4.39

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