Ghostwriter Talks About... Learning From the Greats

How do you become a better writer? Read and write. Those are the two basics. However, when you are struggling with inspiration or feel unready to tackle your next project, you may find help from the GREATS. Today, I recommend various books and authors who have interesting viewpoints and stories about writing.
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General List of Textbooks/Coursebooks:
Creative Writing Print Books: libguides.libr...
General List of Books about Creative Writing by Writers:
Essential Books for Writers: centerforficti...
School Textbook Example
The Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook / Edition 1 by Paul Mills: www.barnesandn...
Creative Writing: A Practical Guide by Julia Casterton:
bookshop.org/p...
Famous Writers Talk About Writing:
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King: www.amazon.ca/...
On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions by C.S. Lewis: www.amazon.ca/...
Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Hemingway: www.amazon.ca/...
The Writer's Journey - 25th Anniversary Edition: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler: www.amazon.ca/...
Targeted Books/Exercise Books:
Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card: www.amazon.ca/...
The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry by Bell and Magrs: www.amazon.com...
Stuff I Have Enjoyed:
The Elements of Style: Fourth Edition by Strunk and White: www.amazon.ca/...
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-of-This-World Novels and Short Stories by Orson Scott Card and other Authors: www.amazon.ca/...
(OR: The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card: www.amazon.ca/...)
Brandon Sanderson Lectures: • Lecture #1: Introducti...
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry: www.amazon.ca/...

[@shae899]

I've consumed some of this stuff already, so I feel a little ahead of the curb, lol! Can't wait to read some of the rest of it. Thanks for the video!

[@chiekokurokumo]

Really? Awesome! Which book do you think is the most helpful for you?

[@shae899]

@@chiekokurokumo it's interesting to me that you asked that question specifically because Characters and Viewpoint from the Elements of Fiction Writing series WAS very helpful when I picked it up - but I realize NOW that I picked up the one that I most gravitated to in the first place. It did a lot for what was already my strength, and NOW I encourage anyone who wants to get into those targeted books to pick the one(s) that least appeal to them, because they're probably the ones they need.
Literally, if you stack all the books up and look at the spines and any of them make you go "ew", pick them up .