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Reil:
Google the "Snowflake Method."

You might not end up using it, but it's good reading nevertheless.

jeno:
And before anything else - Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.

Starbeam:
Books--ditto for On Writing.  Others I like--Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury and a Terry Brooks book that I can't find for the title.  Also the Donald Maas books--Writing the Breakout Novel and the Fire in Fiction.  Most of the books I get about writing trend more toward author essays/contemplation on why they write more than actual how to stuff.  Also have Janet Evanovich's How I Write, but haven't read that.  Tried Bird by Bird, couldn't get through it.  Read How Not to Write, but honestly couldn't say I took anything from it, since I only remember that I actually read it.

Websites--www.hollylisle.com--haven't been there in a while, but she's got some pretty in depth stuff about worldbuilding and other things.  Mainly for writing speculative fiction.
www.writingexcuses.com  Podcast for writing speculative fiction--3 authors do it--Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, and Howard Taylor--They've written Mistborn, I'm not a Serial Killer, and Schlock Mercenary(respectively)

meg_evonne:
Writing is just the beginning, editing is the hair puller for me. You will never beat "Self-editing for Fiction Writers"  Simple, easy, and every class or craft session has pretty much repeated what I learned in their book first...

Don't want to wade through the Chicago Manual?  Strunk and White is an absolute must, but if I had to pick one...it would be "Self-editing for Fiction Writers".

matorade:
Gee whiz a plenty of book recommendations.  Choices, choices, choices, I know I really don't need many books on the shelves to get me start to develop the writing techniques.  I've narrowed to these books mentioned here or elsewhere and will pick 2-4 out of these:


* The Write Great Fiction Collection Bundle (Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell, Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress, Dialogue by Gloria Kempton, Description & Setting by Ron Rozelle and Revision & Self-Editing by James Scott Bell)
* Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
by Renni Browne
* First Draft in 30 Days by Karen Wiesne
* The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
* Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
* The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great by Donald Maass
* You Can Write A Novel by James V. Smith
* How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Miss​tep Guide by Howard Mittelmark
* On Writing by Stephen King
Any books I missed that I should consider too?

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