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✍️ Author As Character

Metafictional works where the writer steps into their own narrative, blurring the boundary between creator and creation in playful or unsettling ways.
The Facts
by Philip Roth • 1988
A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.
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1k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir✍️ Writers On Writing✡️ Jewish Identity
The Facts Summary
The Facts 90%
A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.
by Philip Roth 1988
3.70
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir✍️ Writers On Writing✡️ Jewish Identity
Q's Legacy
by Helene Hanff • 1985
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
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🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education
Q's Legacy Summary
Q's Legacy 90%
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
by Helene Hanff 1985
4.05
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster • 1927
A novelist dismantles fiction into its working parts: story, plot, and the characters who breathe.
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5k+
🛠️ Novel Craft🎭 Character Development🏗️ Narrative Structure
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel 89%
A novelist dismantles fiction into its working parts: story, plot, and the characters who breathe.
by E.M. Forster 1927
3.80
5k+ ratings
🛠️ Novel Craft🎭 Character Development🏗️ Narrative Structure
Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott • 1994
How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.
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112k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Author Memoir🧱 Writer'S Block
Bird by Bird Summary
Bird by Bird 89%
How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.
by Anne Lamott 1994
4.24
112k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Author Memoir🧱 Writer'S Block
Consider This
by Chuck Palahniuk • 2020
Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.
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6k+
🖋️ Writing Craft📖 Craft Memoir✂️ Literary Minimalism
Consider This Summary
Consider This 89%
Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.
by Chuck Palahniuk 2020
4.37
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Writing Craft📖 Craft Memoir✂️ Literary Minimalism
You Are a Writer
by Jeff Goins • 2012
Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.
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4k+
🪪 Writer Identity🏗️ Platform Building🏷️ Personal Branding
You Are a Writer Summary
You Are a Writer 89%
Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.
by Jeff Goins 2012
3.80
4k+ ratings
🪪 Writer Identity🏗️ Platform Building🏷️ Personal Branding
The Princess Diarist
by Carrie Fisher • 2016
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
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92k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Memoir🌟 Fame And Identity
The Princess Diarist Summary
The Princess Diarist 89%
She was nineteen, he was a married star. The diaries Carrie Fisher kept on the Star Wars set.
by Carrie Fisher 2016
3.70
92k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir😂 Comic Memoir🌟 Fame And Identity
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway • 1984
Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.
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5k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Literary Memoir🎭 Truth In Fiction
On Writing Summary
On Writing 89%
Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.
by Ernest Hemingway 1984
4.02
5k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Literary Memoir🎭 Truth In Fiction
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling
by Holger Weßling • 2019
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 89%
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
by Holger Weßling 2019
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books
Seldom Disappointed
by Tony Hillerman • 2001
Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.
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794
✍️ Writer'S Memoir📝 Craft Of Writing🏹 Native American Culture
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed 89%
Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.
by Tony Hillerman 2001
4.01
794 ratings
✍️ Writer'S Memoir📝 Craft Of Writing🏹 Native American Culture
You're Never Weird on the Internet
by Felicia Day • 2015
A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.
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51k+
🖥️ Internet Culture🎮 Gaming Culture🎯 Perfectionism
You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary
You're Never Weird on the Internet 89%
A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.
by Felicia Day 2015
4.07
51k+ ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture🎮 Gaming Culture🎯 Perfectionism
Just Write
by James Scott Bell • 2016
How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.
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546
📖 Fiction Writing🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Development
Just Write Summary
Just Write 89%
How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.
by James Scott Bell 2016
4.29
546 ratings
📖 Fiction Writing🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Development
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
by Alexander Chee • 2018
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
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13k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 89%
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
by Alexander Chee 2018
4.38
13k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience
Story Engineering
by Larry Brooks • 2011
Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.
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3k+
🏗️ Story Structure✍️ Novel Writing🎬 Screenwriting Craft
Story Engineering Summary
Story Engineering 89%
Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.
by Larry Brooks 2011
4.10
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Story Structure✍️ Novel Writing🎬 Screenwriting Craft
The Situation and the Story
by Vivian Gornick • 2001
Memoir is not the events. It is the honest self-interrogation that makes them finally matter.
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3k+
🧾 Literary Memoir📝 Personal Essay🛠️ Memoir Craft
The Situation and the Story Summary
The Situation and the Story 89%
Memoir is not the events. It is the honest self-interrogation that makes them finally matter.
by Vivian Gornick 2001
3.93
3k+ ratings
🧾 Literary Memoir📝 Personal Essay🛠️ Memoir Craft
The Art and Craft of Storytelling
by Nancy Lamb • 2008
Fiction's core toolkit: structure that moves, characters who breathe, and revision that polishes.
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204
📖 Fiction Writing🎭 Storytelling Craft👤 Character Development
The Art and Craft of Storytelling Summary
The Art and Craft of Storytelling 89%
Fiction's core toolkit: structure that moves, characters who breathe, and revision that polishes.
by Nancy Lamb 2008
4.06
204 ratings
📖 Fiction Writing🎭 Storytelling Craft👤 Character Development
This Year You Write Your Novel
by Walter Mosley • 2007
Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.
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2k+
📖 Novel Writing📅 Daily Writing Practice🌊 Creative Subconscious
This Year You Write Your Novel Summary
This Year You Write Your Novel 89%
Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.
by Walter Mosley 2007
3.81
2k+ ratings
📖 Novel Writing📅 Daily Writing Practice🌊 Creative Subconscious
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II
by James N. Frey • 1994
Most novelists fail at the premise, not the prose. The craft rules for getting it right.
4.07
720
✍️ Novel Writing🎭 Dramatic Structure👤 Character Development
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II Summary
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II 89%
Most novelists fail at the premise, not the prose. The craft rules for getting it right.
by James N. Frey 1994
4.07
720 ratings
✍️ Novel Writing🎭 Dramatic Structure👤 Character Development
Storyteller
by Kate Wilhelm • 2005
Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.
3.93
350
🛠️ Fiction Craft✍️ Writing Workshops🚀 Speculative Fiction
Storyteller Summary
Storyteller 89%
Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.
by Kate Wilhelm 2005
3.93
350 ratings
🛠️ Fiction Craft✍️ Writing Workshops🚀 Speculative Fiction
Good Prose
by Tracy Kidder • 2013
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
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📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style
Good Prose Summary
Good Prose 89%
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
by Tracy Kidder 2013
3.92
1k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami • 2015
Originality is subtraction: how writing badly in English gave a Japanese novelist his voice.
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19k+
✍️ Writing Craft📚 Literary Life🎨 Creative Process
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation 89%
Originality is subtraction: how writing badly in English gave a Japanese novelist his voice.
by Haruki Murakami 2015
3.89
19k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📚 Literary Life🎨 Creative Process
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer
by J. Michael Straczynski • 2021
Writer's block is a myth. Revise like a surgeon, diversify across media, and outlast the industry.
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439
🖋️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Process✂️ Manuscript Revision
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer 88%
Writer's block is a myth. Revise like a surgeon, diversify across media, and outlast the industry.
by J. Michael Straczynski 2021
4.44
439 ratings
🖋️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Process✂️ Manuscript Revision
Writing 21st Century Fiction
by Donald Maass • 2012
Plot alone won't keep readers. The craft of making scenes and sentences pull with equal force.
4.34
882
📝 Fiction Craft⚖️ Commercial Literary Blend💔 Emotional Stakes
Writing 21st Century Fiction Summary
Writing 21st Century Fiction 88%
Plot alone won't keep readers. The craft of making scenes and sentences pull with equal force.
by Donald Maass 2012
4.34
882 ratings
📝 Fiction Craft⚖️ Commercial Literary Blend💔 Emotional Stakes
The Anatomy of Story
by John Truby • 2007
The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.
4.25
7k+
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Screenwriting✍️ Fiction Craft
The Anatomy of Story Summary
The Anatomy of Story 88%
The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.
by John Truby 2007
4.25
7k+ ratings
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Screenwriting✍️ Fiction Craft
Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish
by Joseph Bates • 2015
Your novel, start to finish: a guide that treats structure as discovery's framework, not a cage.
4.21
184
🖊️ Fiction Writing👤 Character Development📈 Plot Structure
Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish Summary
Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish 88%
Your novel, start to finish: a guide that treats structure as discovery's framework, not a cage.
by Joseph Bates 2015
4.21
184 ratings
🖊️ Fiction Writing👤 Character Development📈 Plot Structure
The Secrets of Character
by Matt Bird • 2022
Plot draws them in. Hero keeps them there. A character-first toolkit for the opening ten.
4.10
278
🎭 Character Development✍️ Fiction Writing📄 First Pages
The Secrets of Character Summary
The Secrets of Character 88%
Plot draws them in. Hero keeps them there. A character-first toolkit for the opening ten.
by Matt Bird 2022
4.10
278 ratings
🎭 Character Development✍️ Fiction Writing📄 First Pages
The Art of War for Writers
by James Scott Bell • 2009
Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.
4.20
2k+
✍️ Fiction Craft🧑 Character Development💬 Dialogue Craft
The Art of War for Writers Summary
The Art of War for Writers 88%
Finish your novel, then sell it: tactical fiction-writing maneuvers from a veteran mentor.
by James Scott Bell 2009
4.20
2k+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft🧑 Character Development💬 Dialogue Craft
How to Grow a Novel
by Sol Stein • 1999
The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.
4.06
845
📝 Fiction Craft👁️ Showing Vs Telling💬 Dialogue Craft
How to Grow a Novel Summary
How to Grow a Novel 88%
The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.
by Sol Stein 1999
4.06
845 ratings
📝 Fiction Craft👁️ Showing Vs Telling💬 Dialogue Craft
Characters & Viewpoint
by Orson Scott Card • 1988
Shape characters your readers will follow anywhere: the techniques that turn ink into people.
4.04
5k+
🎭 Character Creation👁️ Point Of View✍️ Fiction Craft
Characters & Viewpoint Summary
Characters & Viewpoint 88%
Shape characters your readers will follow anywhere: the techniques that turn ink into people.
by Orson Scott Card 1988
4.04
5k+ ratings
🎭 Character Creation👁️ Point Of View✍️ Fiction Craft
The Art of Character
by David Corbett • 2013
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
4.25
681
✍️ Character Development🧠 Character Psychology⚔️ Dramatic Conflict
The Art of Character Summary
The Art of Character 88%
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
by David Corbett 2013
4.25
681 ratings
✍️ Character Development🧠 Character Psychology⚔️ Dramatic Conflict
About Writing
by Samuel R. Delany • 2006
The sentence, not the world, is science fiction's true unit of meaning. A master explains why.
4.26
459
🚀 Science Fiction Craft📚 Genre Theory🌊 New Wave Sf
About Writing Summary
About Writing 88%
The sentence, not the world, is science fiction's true unit of meaning. A master explains why.
by Samuel R. Delany 2006
4.26
459 ratings
🚀 Science Fiction Craft📚 Genre Theory🌊 New Wave Sf
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
by Randy Ingermanson • 2014
From one sentence to a full novel draft, one step at a time, without the pain.
4.24
3k+
📝 Novel Writing🧱 Incremental Planning🏗️ Story Structure
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method Summary
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method 88%
From one sentence to a full novel draft, one step at a time, without the pain.
by Randy Ingermanson 2014
4.24
3k+ ratings
📝 Novel Writing🧱 Incremental Planning🏗️ Story Structure
Your Creative Writing Masterclass
by Jürgen Wolff • 2012
A hundred great novelists teach you fiction's craft secrets, from character to voice.
3.88
182
✍️ Fiction Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer🎭 Character Development
Your Creative Writing Masterclass Summary
Your Creative Writing Masterclass 88%
A hundred great novelists teach you fiction's craft secrets, from character to voice.
by Jürgen Wolff 2012
3.88
182 ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer🎭 Character Development
William Faulkner
by André Bleikasten • 2017
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
4.23
13
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness
William Faulkner Summary
William Faulkner 88%
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
by André Bleikasten 2017
4.23
13 ratings
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness
Dialogue
by Gloria Kempton • 2004
Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.
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1k+
📝 Fiction Writing💬 Dialogue Craft🎭 Character Voice
Dialogue Summary
Dialogue 88%
Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.
by Gloria Kempton 2004
3.97
1k+ ratings
📝 Fiction Writing💬 Dialogue Craft🎭 Character Voice
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
by Nancy Kress • 1992
Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.
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3k+
📖 Fiction Craft🏗 Story Structure📈 Plot Development
Beginnings, Middles & Ends Summary
Beginnings, Middles & Ends 88%
Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.
by Nancy Kress 1992
4.00
3k+ ratings
📖 Fiction Craft🏗 Story Structure📈 Plot Development
Draft No. 4
by John McPhee • 2013
How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.
4.09
4k+
📝 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ The Revision Process🏗️ Narrative Structure
Draft No. 4 Summary
Draft No. 4 88%
How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.
by John McPhee 2013
4.09
4k+ ratings
📝 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ The Revision Process🏗️ Narrative Structure
Creating Character Arcs
by K.M. Weiland • 2016
Why your character believes a lie, and how that single flaw designs your entire plot.
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🎭 Character Arcs🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Three-Act Structure
Creating Character Arcs Summary
Creating Character Arcs 88%
Why your character believes a lie, and how that single flaw designs your entire plot.
by K.M. Weiland 2016
4.31
4k+ ratings
🎭 Character Arcs🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Three-Act Structure
Dynamic Characters
by Nancy Kress • 1998
Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.
4.09
562
🖊️ Fiction Writing🎭 Character Development👁️ Show Don'T Tell
Dynamic Characters Summary
Dynamic Characters 88%
Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.
by Nancy Kress 1998
4.09
562 ratings
🖊️ Fiction Writing🎭 Character Development👁️ Show Don'T Tell
Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain • 1965
Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.
4.33
2k+
🎬 Scene Structure⚡ Dramatic Tension👥 Character Development
Techniques of the Selling Writer Summary
Techniques of the Selling Writer 88%
Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.
by Dwight V. Swain 1965
4.33
2k+ ratings
🎬 Scene Structure⚡ Dramatic Tension👥 Character Development
How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels
by Jim Driver • 2014
How pulp writers finished novels without writer's block, and how you can do the same.
3.78
572
🖋️ Novel Writing💰 Commercial Fiction🏗️ Story Structure
How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels Summary
How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels 88%
How pulp writers finished novels without writer's block, and how you can do the same.
by Jim Driver 2014
3.78
572 ratings
🖋️ Novel Writing💰 Commercial Fiction🏗️ Story Structure
Writing the Memoir
by Judith Barrington • 1996
The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.
4.04
715
🖋️ Memoir Writing📝 Creative Nonfiction🏗️ Narrative Structure
Writing the Memoir Summary
Writing the Memoir 88%
The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.
by Judith Barrington 1996
4.04
715 ratings
🖋️ Memoir Writing📝 Creative Nonfiction🏗️ Narrative Structure
Create Your Writer Platform
by Chuck Sambuchino • 2012
Your book deal depends less on your manuscript and more on the audience you bring to the table.
4.07
356
🏗️ Author Platform📕 Book Marketing📣 Audience Building
Create Your Writer Platform Summary
Create Your Writer Platform 88%
Your book deal depends less on your manuscript and more on the audience you bring to the table.
by Chuck Sambuchino 2012
4.07
356 ratings
🏗️ Author Platform📕 Book Marketing📣 Audience Building
The Art of Fiction
by John Gardner • 1984
Master the craft that makes readers forget the page and live inside your story.
3.99
6k+
🖊️ Fiction Craft✍️ Prose Style📖 Narrative Technique
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction 88%
Master the craft that makes readers forget the page and live inside your story.
by John Gardner 1984
3.99
6k+ ratings
🖊️ Fiction Craft✍️ Prose Style📖 Narrative Technique
The Art of Intimacy
by Stacey D'Erasmo • 2013
Fiction's real intimacy lives in the subjunctive, the white space, and the shared glance.
3.93
248
🎓 Literary Criticism✍️ Craft Of Fiction🗣️ Narrative Voice
The Art of Intimacy Summary
The Art of Intimacy 88%
Fiction's real intimacy lives in the subjunctive, the white space, and the shared glance.
by Stacey D'Erasmo 2013
3.93
248 ratings
🎓 Literary Criticism✍️ Craft Of Fiction🗣️ Narrative Voice
Creating Characters
by Dwight V. Swain • 1990
Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.
3.92
240
🖋️ Fiction Craft🎭 Character Development🧠 Writing Psychology
Creating Characters Summary
Creating Characters 88%
Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.
by Dwight V. Swain 1990
3.92
240 ratings
🖋️ Fiction Craft🎭 Character Development🧠 Writing Psychology
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
by Nancy Kress • 2005
Viewpoint controls what your readers know, who they root for, and what the story finally means.
4.05
2k+
🖋️ Narrative Craft👁️ Point Of View🎭 Character Development
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Summary
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint 88%
Viewpoint controls what your readers know, who they root for, and what the story finally means.
by Nancy Kress 2005
4.05
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Narrative Craft👁️ Point Of View🎭 Character Development
The Lonely Voice
by Frank O'Connor • 1961
The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.
3.89
246
📐 Short Story Theory✍️ Writers On Writing🔨 Craft Of Fiction
The Lonely Voice Summary
The Lonely Voice 88%
The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.
by Frank O'Connor 1961
3.89
246 ratings
📐 Short Story Theory✍️ Writers On Writing🔨 Craft Of Fiction
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne • 1993
The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.
4.25
7k+
✍️ Fiction Editing🔍 Self-Editing🎭 Show Don'T Tell
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Summary
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers 88%
The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.
by Renni Browne 1993
4.25
7k+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Editing🔍 Self-Editing🎭 Show Don'T Tell
The Language of the Night
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1979
Beauty is morality, prose is the novel, and fantasy speaks to the unconscious.
4.28
2k+
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Essays On Writing🐉 Genre Fiction Defense
The Language of the Night Summary
The Language of the Night 88%
Beauty is morality, prose is the novel, and fantasy speaks to the unconscious.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 1979
4.28
2k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Essays On Writing🐉 Genre Fiction Defense
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