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 Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:00 am
How To Write Science Fiction And Fantasy (by Orson Scott Card)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898794161/103-6484753-2575052?v=glance&n=283155
I love this book! In reading it I think that I have actually learned more about the writers craft then I have from just about any web site, writing class or for that mater any other book on writing fiction.
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:47 am
But are there any other books/sites or so you can recommend as I can't buy off the internet?
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:20 pm
Buwaro But are there any other books/sites or so you can recommend as I can't buy off the internet? So far this is the best book on writing that I have ever come across, any one can post here if they know of a good book or two.
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:19 am
I know of two good books, although I don't know how you'd obtain them.
The Elements Of Style By William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White is a book just about writing in general, and about writing style
The Book Of Werewolves by Baring-Gould is more fantasy and lore, but it has a good deal of psychology in it as well, which in my humble opinion is very useful in writing Science fiction or fantasy. It's pretty old though, so you may have some trouble finding it.
Just a suggestion. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:24 am
Writing for Dummies is pretty funny. But as I said before go to www.tamorapierce.com and then to her FAQ's, and then to the bottom ten questions. She gives advice on getting published and finding an agent. She also talks about how she comes up with ideas and so on. This way you don't have to buy anything!
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 7:00 am
'The Everything Book of Writing' (I think that's the title) is really good too. It's written by an author/publishing agent, so he knows writing from all angles.
In fact, if you want a really good resource for just about anything, the Everything series is pretty good.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:16 pm
"No Plot? No Problem" by Chris Baty gives some down and dirty advice for putting together a novel quickly. Same guy who does the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) every year.
I've also gotten a lot of mileage out of "The Plot Thickens" by Noah Lukeman. It has a TON of questions designed to help you flesh out your story's characters, settings, and plot(s). It's not only given me some great ideas for works in progress already, but also started me thinking about new plots and characters I could create.
For people with questions about other languages, check here: The Alternative Dictionary
I also recommend Seventh Sanctum - Page of Random Generators because you never know when it will jiggle something loose in your brain.
And last (for now), I always recommend checking out your favorite writer's pages AND THEIR PUBLISHERS. They often have advice (and other goodies) posted for beginning writers, like here: Lynn Veihl's Blogsite.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:18 pm
Oh, and I've never heard of Tamora Pierce, but she's mentioned all over these forums. I'll have to check her out....
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:50 pm
There are so many books to check out.. Hopefully my library has them! The Writing for Dummies that Saber Alli is funny by the way. I laughed myself silly while reading it.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:37 pm
I found a lot of really good books on writing fiction at my local library.
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:37 am
exdraghunt I found a lot of really good books on writing fiction at my local library.
Oh, and Janet Evanovich (mystery/crime/romance writer) has a very amusing book out on how SHE writes(How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, FYI), which also has some EXCELLENT directions about setting up submissions, writing cover letters, and other professional writer tidbits. I found it at the library. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:37 pm
The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman. It's moreso a guide as to getting a publisher hooked on your story, but I always like to use it, even in fanfiction, to hook the readers. It's really an awesome book, and can help with all genre's of fiction. Some of the points he goes over: A weak opening hook
Overuse of adjectives and adverbs
Flat or forced metaphors or similes
Melodramatic, commonplace or confusing dialogue
Undeveloped characterizations and lifeless settings
Uneven pacing and lack of progression
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:35 pm
SugarRos The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman. It's moreso a guide as to getting a publisher hooked on your story, but I always like to use it, even in fanfiction, to hook the readers. It's really an awesome book, and can help with all genre's of fiction. I agree. I have that one, too. I just have noticed, even in larger publishing houses, a distressing trend of bad punctuation. Bad grammer, too. *sigh* Both a peeves of mine and I hate having to put aside a book with a really great premise because I can't manage to make sense of the mass of run-on sentences and fragments to get meaning out of it. A similar book is by Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:36 pm
I just picked up the How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by OWS, and I love, love, love it!
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