Write On! Part Two

Well last Monday we shared with you five of Capricorn Link and Writer's Digest's best-selling writing-related titles. Today we'd like to share five more of our best-sellers -

Write Like the Masters by William Cane
RRP: $29.99, Paperback, 288 pages, ISBN: 9781582975924

Inspirational and informative, Write Like the Masters is the first book-length explanation of the rhetorical technique of imitation for the modern writer. Comprised of practical, inspirational, easy-to-apply advice, this helpful guide analyses the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, explaining how readers can imitate these authors and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up their own work.

The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell

RRP: $19.99, Paperback, 256 pages, ISBN: 9781582975900

Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles - against the page, against one's own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate battle plan and more - it's Sun Tzu's The Art of War for novelists. Tactics and exercises are provided on idea generation and development, character building, plotting, drafting, querying and submitting, dealing with rejection, coping with envy and unrealistic expectations, and much more.

And Here's the Kicker by Mike Sacks

RRP: $24.99, Paperback, 350 pages, ISBN: 9781582975054

Suitable for aspiring humour writers and fans of comedy, this title discusses the comedy writing process, influences of humour writers from print, TV, and film, their likes and dislikes, and experiences in the industry. It provides interviews that are wide-ranging, funny and informative, and features some of the best names in the business.

Breathing Life Into Your Characters by Rachel Friedman Ballon

RRP: $24.99, Paperback, 320 pages, ISBN: 9781582975979

How do you write about characters who are nothing like you? If you haven't experienced what your characters have experienced, if you don't think the way they think, how do you successfully get inside their heads and portray them as real people whom readers would want to know? "Breathing Life Into Your Characters" has the answers to these questions. Author and psychotherapist Rachel Ballon shows you how to mine your characters' backstories; use transactional analysis for more complex characters; understand the correlation between needs, motivation and emotions; create characters different from yourself; understand a character's internal and external struggles; provide your character with an emotional transformation; understand the influence of a dysfunctional family dynamic; unravel natural defensive mechanisms; and, much, much more.

Take Ten for Writers by Bonnie Neubauer

RRP: $29.99, Paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 9781582975337

Writers are constantly looking for ideas. This book of ten-minute writing exercises gives writers 100 exercises with ten different variables for a total of 1,000 prompts. Guaranteed to get the words flowing, this book gives writers a creative boost by prompting them to play around with starting phrases, the last sentence of the story, locations and more. Best of all, it only takes ten minutes to explore boundless possibilities!