Writer’s Adventure Guide Suggested Reading List
Writer’s Adventure Guide Suggested Reading List
From The Writer’s Adventure Guide
MYTH AND THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth
Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. Women Who Run With The Wolves
Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey
PUBLISHING
Herman, Jeff, Write the Perfect Book Proposal: 10 That Sold and Why, 2nd Edition
Howry, Michelle, Agents, Editors and You: The Insider’s Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Writers Market Library
Larsen, Michael, Literary Agents: What They Do, How They Do It, and How to Find and Work with the Right One for You, Revised and Expanded
Lyon, Elizabeth, Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write (Revised and Updated)
Maisel, Eric, The Art of the Book Proposal
Page, Susan, Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book
Rabiner, Susan and Fortunato, Alfred, Thinking Like Your Editor:
How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction–and Get It Published
Sambuchino, Chuck. Guide to Literary Agents 2008
Whalin, W. Terry, Book Proposals That Sell
PLOTTING
Atchity, Kenneth and Wong, Chi-Li. Writing Treatments that Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry. Henry Holt and Company: New York, c 1997.
Dixon, Deb, GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Gryphon Books for Writers, c. 200x. www.gryphonbooksforwriters.com
Kercheval, Jesse Lee. Building Fiction: How to Develop Plot and Structure. The University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisconsin, c. 1997. www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress
McCutcheon, Pam and Waite, Michael. The Writer’s Brainstorming Kit, Gryphon Books for Writers. c. 2001. www.gryphonbooksforwriters.com
Schmidt Victoria Lynn, Ph. D. Story Structure Architect. Writer’s Digest Books. c2005.
Tobias, Ronald B. 20 Master Plots (and How to Build Them). Writer’s Digest Books: Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1993.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Your personal Writers AdventureTM Guide, Beth Barany is the author of educational material for writers including, Overcome Writer’s Block, the Writer’s Adventure Guide e-course, and is a contributor to Writing Romance: The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation, and Industry Connections. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Beth lectures and teaches across the United States and internationally and has helped aspiring authors through her school, and her coaching and consulting practice for years.
