Leslie Adkins: book reviews

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Leslie's Favorite Writing Books

20 Master Plots (and How to Build Them), Ronald B. Tobias, Writer’s Digest Books
Bird By Bird, Anne Lamont, Doubleday
Characters and Viewpoint, Orson Scott Card, Writers Digest Books
Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul, Canfield, Hansen and Gardner, Health Communications Inc.
Creating Characters: How to Build Story People, Dwight V. Swain
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Noah Lukeman, Fireside
For Writers Only, Sophy Burnham, Ballantine Books
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice To Writers, Betsey Lerner, Riverhead Books-Berkley
How to Write a Damn Good Novel I and II, James M. Frey, St. Martin's Press
If You Want To Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit, Brenda Leeland, G. P. Putnam’s Sons

No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days, Chris Baty, Chronicle Books

On Writing, Stephen King, Writer’s Digest Books
Save The Cat: The Last Book On Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need
Blake Snyder , Michael Wiese Productions
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life, Noah Lukeman, St. Martin’s Press
The Right to Write and The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron, Putnam
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, Rennie Browne & Dave King, Harper Resources
Telling Lies For Fun and Profit, Lawrence Block, William Morrow
The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters
Christopher Vogler, Michael Wiese Productions
Writer’s Digest Books: Writers Market books and the Guide to Literary Agents
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Goldberg, Bantam
Writing For Story, John Franklin, Penguin
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Guide to Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level, Donald Maass, Writers Digest Books