See helpful articles on writing, by Leslie Adkins, on the Writing Clips page.

"Keep in mind that learning how to write novels is a process.  It takes a lot of time and infinite labor.  After only a few months of lessons you would be foolish to conclude that you were unfit to become a concert violinist.  With writing novels too, if you have a passion for it, you must give yourself years to practice, to learn to overcome your mistakes, and to prove to yourself that you possess the necessary skills."                         Albert Zuckerman

Some of 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

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