• Home
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Bio
  • Appearances
  • Links
  J M Beal

5 books every writer should read.

10/13/2014

1 Comment

 
Shh, don't ask me why this is Miscellaneous Monday and not Well Written Wednesday. Just go with it. 

So, I'm going to post my top 5 books every writer should read. We'll call it Nano prep. Also, I am entirely too lazy to hunt down most of these covers.

1) Redshirts by John Scalzi
There is no way for me to tell you why you should read this, as a writer, without giving everything away. Just go. Read.

2) Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
So many of us have issues with Mr Card, but this is one of the best writing books I've ever read. If you haven't looked at the series give it a go. 

3) Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss
The 'in tray' joke is still my favorite. But on a more serious note, it's been invaluable for teaching me things about grammar I really should have known.

4) Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Generally I think the overly kitchy 'how to write a best-seller' genre is better off left in the refuse pile, but this one actually had some worth-while things in it. 

5) No Plot, No Problem! by Chris Baty
It's a fun little book, and it can be suitably helpful if you're participating in nano. Actually, if it's your first time I'd almost call it a required read!

Come back Wednesday and we'll have some sort of book review. We all love books, right? It'll be fun.
1 Comment
Rambling Setal link
7/5/2023 04:32:22 pm

This is a great post thankks

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    There's a link to my bio at the top of the page, but for these purposes it's probably best to just say I'm strange.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    June 2021
    August 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    August 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    Categories

    All
    Aliens!
    #atozchallenge
    Book Lover's Bazaar
    Book-Lovers' Bazaar
    Book Review
    Bunny
    Camp Nano
    Canyons
    Contest
    Cornucopia Conundrum
    Editing
    Fantasy Friday
    Goals
    Guest Posts
    I Don't Know How To Tag Anymore
    Kids Stuff
    Life
    Misc
    Miscellaneous Monday
    Movie Books
    Movies
    Nanowrimo
    Outlines
    Procrastination
    Pseudoscience
    Publishing
    Science!
    Sci Fi Friday
    Sci-Fi Friday
    Screaming Fits
    Short Fic
    Snowballs
    TerribleMinds Challenges
    That Title Makes Absolutely No Sense
    The OUTDOORS!
    Three Day Novel
    Unholy Vacuums Of Suck
    Weirdness
    Well Written Wednesday
    Wellwritten Wednesday
    Writing
    Year Of Creative Pursuits

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.