Books to help you write the brilliant novel that’s bubbling inside you

by Roz Morris
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6 books
We’ve all got a book in us – but how do we get it out? And what secret techniques do we need to learn along the way so that the book will be as rewarding for readers as it was to write? And how do we keep going on the days when it’s all become a heap of chaos and we can’t see the way to finish?
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Wired for Story

The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Lisa Cron, 2012
Sensible, brilliant advice on how stories work.

Steering the Craft

A Twenty-first Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
Ursula K. Le Guin, 2015
Beautifully written guide to the fundamentals of narrative. Inspirational and revitalising.

Reading Like a Writer

A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Francine Prose, 2012
You learn as much by reading as by writing. How does that work? Francine Prose shows you how writers read – what they notice, what they look for.

On Writing

A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King, 2020
Sitting at the knee of another master. Practical details, hard graft. When to persist, what you can control, what you can’t, when to set a book aside and why the boys in the basement are your friends.

Into the Woods

A Five-Act Journey Into Story
John Yorke, 2014
One of my personal favourites. Stories are all so different and individual, but somehow John Yorke has found what they all have in common. Read this and understand what good writers are doing with your mind and emotions.

Nail Your Novel

Why Writers Abandon Books And How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence
Roz Morris, 2012
After several years as an editor and writing coach, I understood what authors were missing was a process. I’d advise them to think about their story’s structure, or the balance of their characters and themes, and they’d look at me in absolute panic. I was totally used to doing this myself as a ghostwriter of commercial fiction. So I wrote this book, which is my method. Step by step it takes you from first idea to development to solving problems to figuring out a writing routine that suits your personality, to revising and polishing.