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So, You Want to Be a Writer?

Delve into the craft of writing with this selection of books dedicated to creating the written word in a variety of genres.

Tacoma Public Library

15 items

  • Your Life Is a Book

    How to Craft & Publish Your Memoir

    Peterson, Brenda, 1950-
    BookSeattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2014] — 808.06692 P44263Y 2014
  • The Writer's Guide to Self-editing

    Essential Tips for Online and Print Publication

    Saleh, Naveed,
    BookJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] — 808.027 SA323W 2019
  • The Book Bible

    How to Sell Your Manuscript - No Matter What Genre - Without Going Broke or Insane

    Shapiro, Susan,
    BookNew York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2022] — 070.52 SH228B 2022
  • How to Write Short

    Word Craft for Fast Times

    Clark, Roy Peter
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, ©2013. — 808.042 C5494H 2013
  • Book[Cincinnati, Ohio] : Writer's Digest Books, [2021] — 070.52 W9393W 2021
  • Now Write! Mysteries

    Suspense, Crime, Thriller, and Other Mystery Fiction Exercises From Today's Best Writers and Teachers

    BookNew York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2011] — 808.3872 N86N 2011
  • Writing Monsters

    How to Craft Believably Terrifying Creatures to Enhance Your Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction

    Athans, Philip,
    BookCincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2014] — 808.02 AT35W 2014
  • Craft in the Real World

    Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

    Salesses, Matthew,
    BookNew York : Catapult, [2021] — 808.3 SA327C 2021
  • A Writer's Workbook

    Daily Exercises for the Writing Life

    Sharp, Caroline
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2000. — 808.02 SH23W
  • Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

    Speculative Genre Exercises From Today's Best Writers and Teachers

    BookNew York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2014] — 808.38762 N86N 2014
  • On Writing

    a Memoir of the Craft

    King, Stephen, 1947-
    BookNew York : Scribner, [2000] — 813 K587O
  • Now Write! Screenwriting

    Exercises by Today's Best Writers and Teachers

    Ellis, Sherry, 1950-
    BookNew York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2010] — 808.23 EL596N 2010