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Articles about Writing

 

“On Writing” by Raymond Carver from The Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. 6th Edition. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003. 

 

Books about writing

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  • Eric Auerbach, Mimesis (Princeton: Princeton UP, 1953)

  • Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux, The Poet’s Companion, W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (22 Nov. 2010)

  • Mieke Bal, Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative 2nd edition (Toronto: U of Toronto Press, 1997)

  • Roland Barthes, Image, Music, Text (London: Fontana, 1977)

  • Kate Bendelow, The Real CSI: A Forensics Handbook for Crime Writers, , The Crowood Press Ltd (10 Aug. 2017)

  • James Scott Bell, Revision and Self Editing

  • Jo Bell and Jane Commane, How to be a Poet, Nine Arches Press. 2017.

  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life 

  • The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.114

  • Carole Blake, From Pitch to Publication: Everything you need to know to get your novel published

  • Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

  • Peter Brooks, Reading For The Plot (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard, 1992 Wayne C. Booth, The Rhetoric of Fiction (Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1961)

  • Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need: The Last Book On Novel Writing That You'll Ever Need.

  • Chandler, R. (1950) The Simple Art of Murder. London: Vintage

  • David Dowling, Mrs Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness (Boston: Twayne, 1991)

  • Dove, G. N. (1997) The Reader and the Detective Story. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.

  • Mark Edmundsen, Why Write?: A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

  • David Edgar, How Plays Work (Nick Hern Books)

  • James Fenton, An Introduction to English Poetry

  • James Fenton, How to Read a Book

  • Stanley Fish, How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

  • Joseph Flora, Ernest Hemingway: A Study of the Short Fiction (Boston: Twayne, 1989)

  • Monika Fludernik, An Introduction to Narratology (London: Routledge, 2008)

  • Dewey Ganzel, ‘What the Letter Said: Fact and Inference in The Good Soldier’, Journal of Modern Literature: 11.2 (1984 July), pp. 277-290.

  • Glen Garrod  The Psychology of the "Sopranos": Love, Death, Desire and Betrayal in America's Favorite Gangster Family

  • Gerard Genette, Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method (Ithaca: Cornell, 1980)

  • Highsmith, P. (1983) Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction. London: Sphere.

  • Why I Write Poetry: Essays on Becoming a Poet, Keeping Going and Advice for the Writing Life. Edited by Ian Humphreys, Nine Arches Press, 2021

  • Steven James, Story Trumps Structure

  • Stephen Jeffreys, Playwriting: Structure, Character, How and What to Write 

  • Maira Kalman, The Elements of Style Illustrated

  • Bruce Kaplan, Editing Made Easy

  • Steven Keogh, Murder Investigation Team, John Blake, (2022)

  • https://library.college.police.uk/docs/NPCC/Major-Crime-Investigation-Manual-Nov-2021.pdf

  • Stephen King, A Memoir of the Craft 

  • Stephen King, On Writing

  • Anne Lammot, Bird by Bird

  • Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel

  • Lodge, David The Art of Fiction (London: Vintage, 2011).

  • Mullan, J.,How Novels Work (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)

  • Nicola Morgan, Write a Great Synopsis – an Expert Guide

  • O’Connor, Flannery, The Nature and Aim of Fiction (Mystery & Manners: Occasional Prose, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969)

  • James Phelan, Living To Tell About It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration (Ithaca: Cornell, 2004)

  • Larry W. Phillips(ed), Ernest Hemingway on Writing

  • H. Porter Abbott, The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative (Cambridge: CUP, 2008)

  • Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

  • Christopher Riley, The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style, Michael Wiese Productions, (2021)

  • Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics (London: Methuen, 1983)

  • Nicholas Royle, The Art of the Novel, 1st edn. (Cromer: Salt, 2015). 

  • Rowe, R. (2014) Writing Crime Fiction. London: John Murray Learning. 

  • Robert Scholes ed. Approaches to the Novel (Scranton: Chandler, 1966)

  • Paul Smith, New Essays on Hemingway’s Short Fiction (Cambridge: CUP, 1998)

  • Blake Snyder, Save the Cat!: The Only Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

  • Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How To Tell Them Better

  • William Strunk Jr, EB White, Elements of Style, 2nd edition

  • W., Swales, M. and Vilain, R. (eds.) The Art of Detective Fiction. Basingstoke: Macmillan

  • Virginia Woolf, The Common Reader (London: Vintage, 2003)

  • Vogler, C.,The Writers Journey (Studio City, CA, Michael Wise Productions, 1998)

  • Wood, James, How Fiction Works (London: Vintage, 2009)

  • Writer's Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and LiteraryTerms, Bloomsbury Press, 2021

  • Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Write, Bloomsbury, 2021

  • Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent, Bloomsbury, 2020

  • Writers' & Artists' Guide to Self-Publishing, Bloomsbury, 2020

  • Writers' & Artists' Guide to Writing for Children and YA, Bloomsbury, 2019

  • Writers' & Artists' Guide to Getting Published, Bloomsbury, 2019

  • Crime and Thriller Writing, Michelle Spring, Larry R King, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

  • Writing Children’s Fiction, Linda Newberry, Yvonne Coppard, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

  • Writing Historical Fiction, Celia Brayfield, Duncan Sprott, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

  • Writing Short Stories, Courttia Newland, Tania Hershman, Bloomsbury, 2014

  • Writing for TV and Radio, Sue Teddern, Nick Warburton, Bloomsbury, 2015

  • Literary Non-fiction, A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion, Sally Cline, Midge Gillies, Bloomsbury, 2015

  • Novel Writing, Romesh Gunesekera, A.L. Kennedy, Bloomsbury, 2015

  • Play Writing, Fraser Grace, Clare Bayley, Bloomsbury, 2015

  • Life Writing, Sally Cline, Carole Angier, Bloomsbury, 201

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  • The Science of Writing Characters, Using Psychology to Create Compelling Fictional Characters, Kira-Anne Pelican, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020 

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