Craft Books

Here are recommended craft books for writers.

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    NGLS Notes: 22 Steps to becoming a master storyteller

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    NGLS Notes: Brand new edition (2023). There’s some good basic information for the person who is shy about putting their book on KDP by themselves. This book takes out a lot of the mystery so that, even if you have someone else do it for you, you’ll know enough to ask intelligent questions… And maybe even venture to do it yourself. Check it out.

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    NGLS Notes: Advice on writing and on life from an acclaimed best selling author

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    NGLS Notes: developing good characters

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    NGLS Notes: The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.

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    NGLS Notes: help in developing strong characters

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    NGLS Notes: Truss’s entertaining rant about punctuation and the intricacies of the English language.

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    NGLS Notes: Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

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    NGLS Notes: writing advice from the owner of the Donald Maass Literary Agency

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    NGLS Notes: One of the writers in the Spout Springs Library Writers’ Group was reading this book.

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    NGLS Notes: One of the Spout Springs writers is reading this book.

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    NGLS Notes: advice and wisdom from the master storyteller

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    NGLS Notes: tips for editing your novel before you send it out

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    NGLS Notes: A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer’s craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art.

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    NGLS Notes: Three good technical books on Story Writing