Again, there are a blue-zillion of these out there. There are more by each author, too. These are just the texts I've sourced either as a requirement for a class or workshop or on my own and find myself returning to, if only in part.


Memory Into Memoir by Laura Kalpakian

Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell

Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
Romancing the PDF by Gwen Hayes

Save the Cat by Blake Snyder

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

Save the Cat Writes a YA Novel by Jessica Brody

Story Genius by Lisa Cron

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby

The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works by John Truby

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
The Emotion Thesaurus (Online Edition)

The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carrier

The Making of a Story by Alice LaPlante

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron

Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer

Writing Without Teachers by Peter Elbow