The 4 Best Books on Writing Every Fiction Writer Must Read

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I read pretty much every writing book out there - these are the 4 best books that completely transformed my writing and landed me a 6-figure 2-book deal with HarperCollins!
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@TheEccentricRaven 5 месяцев назад

David Farland's "Million Dollar Outlines" is great. He gets into the try/fail cycle and how stories can resonate with readers. RIP man.

@laurenkaywrites 4 месяца назад

I haven't read this one - will have to check it out!

@lynnamoroso7474 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for giving so much of your time. I enjoy your presentation style and your content.

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! I actually took public speaking classes a while back. So I'm glad they worked -- haha!

@annworthington7253 6 месяцев назад

Excellent suggestions. I’ve read two of the four, and plan to read the others very soon. And I love cats, too!

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Cats truly are angels on earth. I am 100% serious when I say I couldn't have written my novel without the support of my cat. lol. Hope you find those craft books helpful!

@MediaAttorney 6 месяцев назад

I loved Stephen King's "On Writing"

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

He's wonderful. And his approach to writing is as well!

@t0dd000 5 месяцев назад

Great memoir. As a craft book though ... eh ...

@brianoverland5474 3 месяца назад

The best.

@nightskyarty Месяц назад

Yes!! There is a general structure that every book/movie follows for sure! „Into the woods” by John Yorke explains this perfectly

@picasso114 6 месяцев назад

These are well-explained. Good job :)

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! :)

@JeszikaLeVye 2 месяца назад

The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird was a game-changing book for me as a writer. I've read so many craft books on writing, and none of them came close to having such a useful impact on me as this one. This book focuses on what things make a good story into a great story - how theme and irony can elevate your story. It goes through in detailed actionable steps how to take all the disparate pieces of a story and turn them into an impacting experience for the reader. So many craft books I've read go over the same material and a lot of it reads as a how to with character, plot, dialog, etc - much like as an artist, I learned basics like light and shading and how to draw an egg realistically - instead this book zoomed out and felt like it was teaching me composition. What shapes and values do you design in a painting to make it beautiful and impacting. What shapes and values do you give a story to make it meaningful and impacting? I highly recommend this book!

@Ozgipsy 6 месяцев назад

This is really useful. Thank you.

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Thank YOU for watching!

@wronghandlane9665 5 месяцев назад

Coming back to say I decided to give Story Genius a shot, and never heard of it, and I am finally breaking out of my stuckness with the 40,0000 word book I had been working on, thank you for helping me get to these breakthroughs!

@laurenkaywrites 4 месяца назад

Yesss! Love hearing this :)

@t0dd000 5 месяцев назад

Bird by Bird is just crazy good.

@laurenkaywrites 4 месяца назад

I love it too!

@KitchenTableChatsENM 6 месяцев назад

I love Save the Cat! and Story Genius...I am currently reading Bird by Bird per your recommendation and can't wait to read the final one as well. I'm having a harder time finding newly released lighthearted crossover (New Adult) fiction that isn't primarily about the romance but more on the rites of passage arc. Any recommendations anyone?

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Hm ... might have to think on this and get back to you! Any sub-genre in particular?

@bigbossvi429 6 месяцев назад

I dig it.

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! I digged (dug?!) them too. ;)

@MM-xm8ot 3 месяца назад

Hearing you describe "Writing Down the Bones" reminded me of "The Emotional Craft of Fiction" by Donald Maass. Have you read this one? It's my favorite!

@laurenkaywrites 3 месяца назад

I haven't! But I'll check it out :)

@sickdream4067 6 месяцев назад

I’ve heard that if you plot your novel using the 15-beat structure from Save The Cat, that will peg you as a new unexperienced writer and might be a red flag for agents. Is that true? Did you use the 15-beat structure?

@laurenkaywrites 6 месяцев назад

I don't think this is true at all. Having a plot that alternatives pinch-points and plot points drives narrative tension and creates a page-turner. And every agent wants to work with a page-turner, because page-turners make $$$!

@t0dd000 5 месяцев назад

Yeah. That's BS.

@t0dd000 5 месяцев назад

I struggled with and DNFed Story Genius. Just didn't like it. I intend to give it a try again some time.

@laurenkaywrites 4 месяца назад

I totally get that! I often find that, when I revisit a book - especially a craft book - later, it sometimes reads entirely differently to me than the first time and I end up loving it. I wonder if that will be the case for you and Story Genius!