Writer Craft: Books & Articles

If you’re a new writer, here is an article by Ariadne Lukas with a wonderful breakdown of common terms: AuthorZ: An A to Z resource for writers at any stage.

Books

Story Genius by Lisa Cron

Story Genius is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages only to realize that something’s not working and they have to start again. Informed by story consultant Lisa Cron’s science-based insights into how story structure is built into the architecture of the brain, this guide shows writers how to plumb the nitty-gritty details of their raw idea to organically generate a story scene by scene. Once writers reach the end of Cron’s program, they will have both a blueprint that works and plenty of compelling writing suitable for their finished novel–allowing them to write forward with confidence.

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

Backed by recent breakthroughs in neuroscience as well as examples from novels, screenplays, and short stories, Wired for Story offers a revolutionary look at story as the brain experiences it. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of the brain, its corresponding revelation about story, and the way to apply it to your storytelling right now.

Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View by Jill Elizabeth Nelson

Would you like your readers to live your stories, not merely read them? Deep Point of View anchors your readers inside the point of view character(s) of your novel. This handbook shows you how to perform the transformation from ordinary narrative to deep narrative in clear, easy-to-master steps. I invite you to sweep your writing to the next level with a technique that creates immediacy and intimacy with your readers and virtually eliminates show/don’t tell issues.

Websites & Articles

Helping Writers Become Authors – K. M. Weiland
One Stop For Writers
Worksheets For Writers – Jami Gold
Story Structure 101 – The Index Card Method – Alexandra Sokoloff