Write Great Fiction: Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure (Paperback)

from SimonHaynes

Highly recommended. Despite the fact I have three novels in print, I will never stop devouring how-to books. This is one of the best I've read on the subject of plotting a gripping novel, giving plenty of detail and examples.

from CKmtl

A great two-for-one guide, encompassing advice on the construction of plot and scenes. Bell's writing style is engaging and encouraging to the new writer. His teaching style is replete with mnemonics/acronyms and diagrams; which I really appreciated as a slightly visual learner. The only theoreti...

from FloridaWriter

I learned more about writing an interesting story from this book than from all the other good writing books I've read. James Scott Bell distills the most crucial aspects of constructing an interesting plot into an easily read and understood book which should be a reference for beginning writers.

from Anna_Erishkigal

The bones of your story. A good, solid, start-to-finish at-home guide to plotting out the architecture of your overarching story and all the little smaller plot arcs.

from lauraodom

Marissa Meyer recommended this book on her blog recently, and I thought if she recommended it, it was worth a read. I felt it was a fabulous "craft" book, and I underlined a lot of points that I know I will come back to. I see this as a great reference book that I will use when I'm both writing a...