Learning How to Improve your Writing Skills

This Lübeck Haus Bookstore catalogue page has our recommended books on learning how to improve your writing skills. These books were selected for this catalogue page to be of interest for writers of all levels of experience and skill.
We have listed books that teach how to write short stories, novels, and fiction. These books cover writing short stories, creating dynamic characters and writing dialogue, writing clildern's books, writing fantasy and science fiction, and learning calligraphy.
And a few guidebooks that tell you where to sell your novels, short stories, childern's books and illustrations are included. These include the Writers Digest Handbook, the 2010 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market Guide, Childern Writer's Guide, the Calligrapher's Handbook

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Books to Improve your Writing Skills

• Movies in the Mind: How to Build a Short Story ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Colleen Mariah Rae / Paperback 141 pages / Published July 1997
Colleen Rae is an excellent writer and her book teaches a reliable method for writing that all writers can profit from. It will guide a writer through the creative process and teach writers how to effectivily access their imaginations and how to overcome writer's block. Creating a story is compared to sculpting with clay or stone, or woodcarving, and that is to form an mental image and carve away the excess material, then refine the details until you end up with the final piece of art.
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• How to Write Short Stories ~Usually Ships Within 2-3 Days
-Sharon Sorenson / Paperback 133 pages, 3rd Edition / Published March 1998
An excellent guide to writing short length fiction stories. Useful tips and techniques
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• Creating Short Fiction ~Usually Ships in 24 Hours
-Damon Knight / Paperback, 3rd Edition / Published April 1997
This book teaches clear and efective instructions on structure, dialogue, and developing characters. Includes examples and exercises.
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• Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: And Getting Published
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-Brian Stableford / Paperback 192 pages / Published April 1998
From the Teach Yourself Series this book is brimmimg with practical tips and suggestions.
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• Writing the Short Story: A Hands On Program ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Jack M. Bickham / Paperback 224 pages / Published July 1998
This excellant book presents a useful writing course. This is by planning the basic plot to your story by using notecards to plan the basic structure and to define your story charactors, then write in the logical details for everything and then fill in the finishing details.
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• 20 Master Plots (And How to Build Them) ~Usually Ships Within 1-2 Business Days
-Ronald B. Tobias / Hardcover 236 pages / Published September 1993
With this book you will find twenty of literture's most enduring plot categories and how to use these templates to write complling fiction. Categories include adventure, discovery, love, quest, rivalry, pursuit, and transformation.
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• The Writer's Digest Sourcebook for Building Believable Characters
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-Marc McCutcheon / Hardcover 282 pages / Published March 1996
This excellent source for descriptions of human traits, mannerisms, and faults will let you reveal your character's fears and desires, physical features, and much more. Includes a Character Questionaire.
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• Dynamic Characters: How to Creat Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated
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-Nancy Kress / Hardcover 272 pages / Published July 1998
An excellent resource book. To sell your book to editors, and to your readers, your characters must be fascinating people. This book shows you how to fill your fiction with characters that people will love, or really hate.
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• Creating Character Emotions ~Usually Ships Within 2-3 Days
-Ann Hood / Paperback 176 pages / Published February 1998
Learn how to write compelling expressions of your character's emotions. Both good and not so good examples are examined. Click on the book title to read more.


• Writing Dialogue ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Tom Chiarella / Paperback 176 pages / Published February 1998
Learn to write dialoue that sounds authentic while using gestures instead of speech. Specific strategies for making conversations more compelling. Also includes formatting, punctuation and how to use dialogue tags.
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• Elements of the Writing Craft ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Robert Olmstead / Hardcover 272 pages / Published March 1997
Presents more than 150 lessons to help you build great narrative by masterfully describing only a small portion of the whole at one time. And building upon each segment until the complete story plot is complete.
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• Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Rebecca McClanahan / Hardcover 256 pages / Published March 1999
Learn to observe the world like an artist would and describe what you see, with your eyes and in your imagination, into clear, vivid, and gripping descriptions.
Includes word exercises.
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• Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Joyce Carol Oates, Editor / Paperback 750 pages / Published January 1998
A prolific writer and creative writing instructor has prepared an excellent anthology with over ninety narritive works of art. These stories were choosen to inspire beginning as well as experienced writers.
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• Writers Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Frank Dickson, Sandra Smythe, Editors / Paperback / Published February 1982
An excellent collection of helpful articles from the Writer's Digest Magazine covering every aspect of the short story writing craft. Useful information for writers of all levels of skill and experience.
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• Writer's Digest Handbook of Making Money Freelance Writing ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Writer's Digest Magazine, Editors: Amanda Boyd, Thomas Clark / Hardcover 320 pages / Published March 1997
The editors of Writer's Digest have compiled this collection of articles by top writers, editors and agents. This manual is designed to help part-time and full-time freelancers find income-producing opportunities and how to make the most of them. Each of this collection of articles written by professional writers covers tips, tricks, and helpful techniques, and timely information that every beginning freelancer needs to know. From how to get published, to the basics of running your own freelance business, this book covers it all. Topics covered also include keeping editors once you have them, useful tax tips, and even time management so you can get that writing done. However, this book is not is a market guide, and there are no contact information in here for editors, magazines, or other sources.
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• Freelance Writing for Magazines and Newspapers: Breaking in Without Selling Out
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-Marcia Yudkin / Paperback 160 pages / Published Octoner 1993
This comprehensive book provides crucial information about constructing an article, and managing your time.. Covers dealing with editors for contract details like first serial rights, second serial rights, one-time rates, kill fees, and more. A twelve-page list of resources directs readers to books, magazines, and annual guides that expand on the book's topics.
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• 2002 Writers Market: 8000 Editors Who Buy What You Write
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-Kirsten Holm, Editor / Paperback 1112 pages / Published August 2001
This latest up to date Writer's Market provides you with a huge list of places for what you're looking for to place your writing. This edition has listings for 1,100 book publishers, 1,900 magazines, 700 contests and awards, and 75 agents interested in the work of new writers. You'll also find insider suggestions on writing for pet magazines, women's magazines, and sports magazines.
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• Childern Writer's & Illustrator's Market, 2002: 800 Editors & Art Directors Who Buy Your Writing & Illustrations
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-Alice Pope, Editor / Paperback 391 pages / Published November 2001
This one-stop resource is indispensable in getting your stories and art published. You'll find the details you need to make successful contact with book and magazine publishers, plus greeting card, puzzle and game companies, each one looking for work from artists and authors just like you. From editors to Web site addresses, you'll find it all right here. In addition, you'll find guidelines for writing query letters, getting an agent, attending conferences, workshops and more, along with special market listings for young writers and illustrators.
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• Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, 2002: 2000 Places to Sell Your Fiction
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-Barbara Kuroff, Tricia Waddel, Editors / Paperback 675 pages / Published January 2000
Find the people that will buy your fiction with information on literary agents who are open to beginning writers. Plus book publishers and more.
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• 2002 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Mary Cox, Editor / Paperback 675 pages / Published August 2001
This comprehensive up-to-date guide will help you to sell your work, get a commission, have your work shown and be published. Contains thousands of industry contacts, including ad and design agencies, magazine and book publishers, greeting card companies, art galleries and record labels, along with invaluable advice forpromoting your work through direct mail. This important guide and reference book provides valuable indispensable information that is available at your fingertips.
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• 2002 Photographer's Market ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Donna Poehner, Editor / Paperback 636 pages / Published August 2001
No matter what your level of photographic experience, this is the resource you must have. Use this easy-to-use reference and market guide to get your photographic work shown and sold. Contains thousands of up-to-date market listings for magazines, book publishers, stock agencies, advertising firms, businesses, newspapers, galleries and additional sources. This book is a wonderful reference for beginning and experienced photographers alike wishing to make money from his/her photography work. In addition to the comprehensive list of markets and individual sources, this book covers basics such as copyright law, license types, and provides valuable insider information.
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• The Photographer's Market Guide to Photo Submissions and Photo Formats
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-Michael Willins / Paperback 160 pages / Published August 1997
For beginners or experienced photographers this guide will show you the way to finding buyers and selling more of your photos. Covers submitting your work, business basics, contracts, promotions, copyright law and your rights, building a winning portfolio, establishing clients, and how-to become more productive and profitable.
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• Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Marc Drogin / Paperback 198 pages / Published December 1989
Marc Drogin is both a paleographer and a skilled calligrapher provides in-depth information on the history of our writing system from the Roman period to the Renaissance. Explains the basics of why we write and print the alphabet the way that we do, and use punctuation. This book meticulously documents this information and is an essential reference for calligraphers and art historians. In addition readers interested in language origins and usage, typography, European history, or interesting trivia will find this book interesting and useful.
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• The Calligrapher's Handbook ~Usually Ships Within 2-3 Days
-Heather Child, Editor / Paperback 260 pages, 2nd Edition / Published August 1986
This latest edition is a comprehensive collectiom of 18 authoritive articles written by acknowledged experts in this field for the calligrapher seriously practicing, or learning about the skills and the art of fine writing. Unlike most books teaching calligraphy techniques which are largely devoted to being lettering guides, this book goes beyond that. This book describes gilding in detail, cutting quills, binding books, and preparing vellum. In short, this book provides expert instructions on those lovely calligraphy materials and techniques so often described briefly by many other calligraphic how-to's books. Clearly written so that persons of all skill levels can follow the instructions, this book is a must for every calligrapher who wants to succeed in producing outstanding works of art.
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• Scribes and Illuminators ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Christopher De Hamel / Paperback 72 pages / Published July 1992
From the Medieval Craftsmen Series, this book is an excellant addition to your research library. Clearly written, interesting, facinating, quite informative, with a fine selection of pictures. The entire construction of a medieval book is explained, from the making of the parchment, bookbinding, and the finishing final covers. Examples of unfinished manuscripts are shown, which are usually not shown in facimile books. This book provides the reader with a fascinating insight into medieval scribes and illuminators, and the whole production process of medieval bookmaking.
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This page was last reviewed and updated September 18, 2015.