For Teachers of Creative Writing and Fiction.
Discover the best books for teaching creative writing and fiction. Enhance your curriculum with top resources and guides for creative writing teachers.
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Notes Toward a New Rhetoric
by Francis Christensen
Francis Christensen revolutionized the teaching of writing. These essays document his research, explain his unique numbering system for sentences and paragraphs, and offer immediately usable …
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Aristotle: Poetics
by Aristotle
Richard Janko's acclaimed translation of Aristotle's Poetics is accompanied by the most comprehensive commentary available in English that does not presume knowledge of the original …
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Poetics
by Aristotle
A complete translation of Aristotle's classic work, supplemented with well-chosen notes and glossary of important terms.
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On Rhetoric
by Aristotle,
A revision of George Kennedy's translation of, introdution to, and commentary on Aristotle's On Rhetoric. His translation is most accurate, his general introduction is the …
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The Writer's Journey
by Christopher Vogler
Shows how writers can use mythic structure to give coherence and weight to both narrative fiction and nonfiction.
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
by Wayne C. Booth
A standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts. Its concepts and …
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The Anatomy of Story
by John Truby
"If you're ready to graduate from the boy-meets-girl league of screenwriting, meet John Truby . . . [his lessons inspire] epiphanies that make you see …
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Story
by Robert McKee
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. …
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Don't Sabotage Your Submission
by Chris Roerden
DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION Winner of the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award * Discover why 90% of fiction manuscripts are rejected quickly, long before your characters …
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How Not to Write a Novel
by Howard Mittelmark
"What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted. "Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! …