Bell on Writing: Write Your Novel From The Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between (Paperback)

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: purchased on Kindle. This short (85 pages) craft book turned out to be worth buying despite its brevity, because (apart from some cutesy stuff at the beginning about Pam Pantser, Paul Plotter and so on-why do people DO that?-James Scott Bell does a pretty good job of getting...

from porch_reader

This short book introduces an interesting idea. According to Bell, there is often a moment in the middle of a book or movie in which the main character takes stock and wonders what he is becoming and how s/he will continue to battle death - physical, professional, or psychological. If you are wri...

from zot79

Quick read about a useful way to develop a story. If you have any background in story outlining, the title pretty much says it all. But the inside of the book contains concrete examples of how this approach can work.

from Amelia_Smith

This is a short book which illuminates a new (to me) way to understand and structure plot. It was a bit short, but the add-ons at the end were all useful. At the end I stopped to outline the book for future reference, something I've done with only a few other books on writing.

from Anna_Erishkigal

Middles are the bane of a writer's existence. At first the new blush and excitement of a story carries you along, but eventually you hit this point where you look at your plot outline and realize that everything you wrote is utter crap. Sure, maybe you've got some big reveal at the end (maybe eve...