(Part 3) Best writing & grammar books according to redditors

If you're writing about people who use swords, you should read Guy Windsor's short work on that: Swordfighting, for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists

Except those who don't and get books like these regularily into the bestseller lists.

I found this book really good in how to make things not boring
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Emotion-Tension-Conflict-Techniques-ebook/dp/B00G8OIFYU/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1467736049&sr=1-2&keywords=conflict+writing

My favorite: Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present (almost 900 pages): https://www.amazon.com/Facts-About-Worlds-Languages-Encyclopedia/dp/0824209702

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1000 languages (very nice, very underrated for some reason): https://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-Languages-Living-Endangered/dp/0520255607

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Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Languages-Definitive-Reference-More/dp/0231115695

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Compendium of the World's Languages (1700 pages) https://www.amazon.com/Compendium-Worlds-Languages-George-Campbell-ebook/dp/B00E5CIHRC

You can get an older addition much cheaper that comes in two separate volumes. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415029376

Concise Version: https://www.amazon.com/Concise-Compendium-Worlds-Languages-Campbell/dp/041511392X

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The World's Major Languages https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Major-Languages-Bernard-Comrie/dp/0195065115

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Languages of the World: An Introduction https://www.amazon.com/Languages-World-Introduction-Asya-Pereltsvaig/dp/1316621960

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The Languages of the World https://www.amazon.com/Languages-World-Kenneth-Katzner-ebook/dp/B000FBFFKE

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World's Chief Languages https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Chief-Languages-Mario-Pei/dp/0913298077

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Start here:

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/what-is-journalism/elements-journalism/

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Journalism-Revised-Updated-3rd-ebook/dp/B00DAD25I4

http://www.amazon.com/Will-Last-Reporter-Please-Lights-ebook/dp/B0053Q1VU4

here ya go!

They still don't know much you can't read in a book or online. Think about it like this: there are general things about what makes a good application, and there are specific things that some random person in the admissions office reading your application will care about. The general ones you can get a book or read about online, and the specific ones this consultant won't know anyway because they aren't the person at that school. The only people I would recommend it for are people for whom the general advice clearly doesn't make sense, such as a student who hasn't been in a typical school in a few years due to psychiatric problems but now she's doing better and wants to go to college, or an adult trying to go to a top-tier college after working for a while or something. If you're basically an 18 year old high school senior, you're not that different from all the other 18 year old high school seniors.

This is one book I think is great for writing a college essay though in case that's useful to you: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-College-Application-Essay-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B004PYDNF6

Well if you would like there are some extremely boring books on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Having-Success-NSF-Practical-Guide-ebook/dp/B00AFGRHAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521582941&sr=8-1&keywords=nsf+grants

https://www.amazon.com/Writing-effective-pre-proposal-David-Stephens-ebook/dp/B00GTVT1T0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521582941&sr=8-2&keywords=nsf+grants

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I think you can do what you described. But, at some point, you'll have to realize. This is all great background info, but I'm not telling a story here. I'm just talking about a futuristic society. A story involves a character - that character has some type of goal. Bad things happen to that character and interferes with the character achieving that goal. And what does the character do to try and overcome the obstacles and bad things in order to achieve that goal.

You might want to check out some of these books:

https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Writing-Fantasy-Science-Fiction-ebook/dp/B003VYC9FQ/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=writing+science+fiction+for+dummies&qid=1564148273&s=gateway&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Fantasy-Science-Fiction-This-World/dp/1599631407/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1346ESSPD2TC0&keywords=how+to+write+science+fiction&qid=1564148479&s=gateway&sprefix=blue+yeti%2Caps%2C405&sr=8-5

But, for now, have tons of fun coming up with all these ideas about factions, cities, races, etc.

Practice using GRE vocab words in context. Merely memorizing terms won't suffice. Merriam-Webster has great examples https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incredulous Write your own sentences using the words as well :D

https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Vocabulary-Builder-Merriam-Webster-ebook/dp/B003IS768K/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

This may be a bit advanced but I think it's worth checking out.

This free kindle book (Joseph Alexander for Mark Dawson's SPF) is good: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learn-Amazon-Ads-Readers-Books-ebook/dp/B06Y6BSRLR/ref=sr_1_7?crid=27BRQG0QRITI1&keywords=amazon+ads&qid=1562264719&s=digital-text&sprefix=amazon+ads%2Caps%2C133&sr=1-7

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Choosing book now I had one but I changed my mind ignore this asorgjsigjs

WHY IS NOTHING AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

Edit: Okay, this is really important

Let me just hunt down some links:

how not to write a novel

A good albeit dry one I read recently

First 50 pages

Edit: moved the links around

Not really an easy answer to this. You can spend years studying it before you get any good. Trying to write beautiful prose for the sake of sounding smart without having anything of value to say will not work. You need to decide what you want to say first, then you work out how to say it.

This book is a good starting point.

The book that had the biggest impact on how I write was Peter Elbow's Writing without Teachers, which introduced the concept of freewriting. The book's central message: "Don't edit while you create!"

The other book that had a large impact on how I view myself as a writer, and the purpose of writing in general, was John Gardenr's On Moral Fiction.

Susie's Bright's How to Write a Dirty Story has great advice on writing in general, as well as writing erotica.

I've also heard that Stephen King's book on writing is pretty good, though I haven't read it.

Character Sympathy by Jordan McCollum


The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Romance by Marg McAlister

5 Tips for Getting Unstuck in Our Story by Jami Gold

This isn't a book but this article has helped me to overcome writer's block in the past

No Plot? No Problem, by Chris Baty has helped me more than any other book on writing. It's written by the creator of National Novel Writing Month and geared to get you banging out that word count. Though I don't write at such a frenetic pace any longer, (50k words in 30 days), the lessons learned from this book have served me well over the years.

I also highly recommend the Writing Excuses podcast, with Brandon Sanderson. This leans more toward speculative fiction, but can work for any genre.

What specifically do you struggle with? There's a book I read titled "Story Genius" by an author called Cron. That revealed to me what has been my mojo ever since, it saved me years of time. Give it a look. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Genius-Science-Outlining-Riveting-ebook/dp/B0180T2YZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511069256&sr=8-1&keywords=story+genius+by+lisa+cron