The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
By: Erik Bork
4.25
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
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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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2. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success
By: K.M. Weiland
4.11
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctl… read more
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"For example, one key character who was definitely not supposed to die did just that. I did everything I could to get her up again, but she just... died on me."-K.M. Weiland, Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success
3. Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
By: K.M. Weiland
4.31
Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition
About the BookPowerful Character Arcs Create Powerful StoriesHave you written a story with an excit… read more
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- film
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4. Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
By: John Yorke
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters
By: James N. Frey
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
A quick look at any fiction bestseller list reveals that thrillers make up most of the titles at th… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. Powerful Premise: Writing the Irresistible (Red Sneaker Writers Book Series 6)
By: William Bernhardt
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Why do some books attract readers while others don't? What are the essential qualities of an irresi… read more
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7. How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
By: Randy Ingermanson
4.25
Format: 234 pages, ebook
A Magical Key to Unlock Your Creative Wizard Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting… read more
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8. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
By: Joseph Campbell
3.79
Format: 32 pages,
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis… read more
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9. Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay
By: Syd Field
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
In a field being transformed by technology, Syd Field shows you what works and why and how to find … read more
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10. 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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"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)
11. The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
By: Matt Bird
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Paperback
The Secrets of Story is a revolutionary and comprehensive writing guide for the 21st century, focus… read more
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12. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
13. The 48 Laws of Power
By: Robert Greene , Joost Elffers
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of Machiavelli, S… read more
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14. Strangers
By: Taichi Yamada , None
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Set in the great human maelstrom of Tokyo, Strangersis a thinking man's ghost story. When Harada, a… read more
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15. The Fantasy Fiction Formula
By: Deborah Chester
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
There's more to writing a successful fantasy story than building a unique world or inventing new ma… read more
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16. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
By: Blake Snyder
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more
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17. Making Movies
By: Sidney Lumet
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more
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18. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more
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19. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
By: Robert McKee
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more
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20. 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
21. The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
By: Erik Bork
4.25
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
THE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the writing process -- the first par… read more
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22. Anatomy of Genres
By: John Truby
4.23
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and a… read more
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23. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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- audiobook
24. The Science of Storytelling
By: Will Storr
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our… read more
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"The gift of story is wisdom"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species."-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Locked inside the black vault of our skulls, stuck forever in the solitude of our own hallucinated universe, story is a portal, a hallucination within the hallucination, the closest we'll ever really…"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Stories work on multiple evolved systems in the brain and a skilled storyteller activates these networks like the conductor of an orchestra, a little trill of moral outrage here, a fanfare of status …"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
25. The Pale Dreamer (The Bone Season, #0.5)
By: Samantha Shannon
3.90
Format: None pages, ebook
The exhilarating prequel to the internationally bestselling Bone Season series. In the perilous … read more
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"it still amused me that criminals had laws."-Samantha Shannon, The Pale Dreamer (The Bone Season, #0.5)
"You see this, O my lovely? This is yours,' he said. 'This street, this path, is yours to walk. If you follow it, it will you into the labyrinth of London's underworld, where you truly belong. All you…"-Samantha Shannon, The Pale Dreamer (The Bone Season, #0.5)
26. Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick— And How to Get Better
By: Sally K. Norton MPH
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An eye-opening guide that exposes the toxins lurking within certain leafy greens, sweet potatoes, t… read more
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27. Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay
By: Christopher Nolan
4.78
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer centers on the life of th… read more
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- film
"Albert Einstein: So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities, and needing certainty."-Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay
28. Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life
By: Lisa Cron
4.06
Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition
“A practical, heartfelt manual for anyone who needs to change minds and actions. Lisa Cron shares t… read more
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29. The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script
By: Jim Mercurio
4.29
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
A professional screenwriter’s master class in writing the most critical and challenging script elem… read more
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- film
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30. Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
By: Robert McKee
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, Action offers writers the keys to propulsive sto… read more
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31. Publishing Story Collections and Anthologies: Success Strategies for Authors and Publishers (Writer's Craft)
By: Rayne Hall
4.25
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
Do you want to showcase your stories in a book? Do you want to become an anthology editor and selec… read more
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