Writer's Resources


These are some character development charts that have been developed by myself, my mentor and 'Builing Believable Characters' by

Simple Chart
Deborah Turner's Chart
'Believable Character's' Chart


Resource Books

My mentor is big about telling me to do my research and make good use of the public library! That's what its there for she always tells me.

So anyway, here is a list of all sorts of books. As for specifics like time periods or specific subjects like Vikings and what they wore,(which a damned hard to find online!) the library is your best bet.

These are just a few books that I have found useful while researching for character development, structure, and well just to give me a guide for my crazy writing!

Hope you find these helpful as well.

Sources

  • Thesaurus
  • Dictionary
  • Rodgers, Bruce Holland - Word Work
  • Smith, James V. - You Can Write a Novel
  • Rae, Colleen Mariah - Movies in the Mind, How to build a short story
  • Harrison, Charles H. - How to Write for Magazines
  • Smith, James V. - You Can Write a Novel
  • Novakovich, Josip - Writing Fiction Step by Step
  • Novakovich, Josip - Fiction Writer's Workshop
  • Lavene, Joyce & Jim - Everything Guide to Writting a Novel
  • Lyon, Elizabeth - A Writer's Guide the Fiction
  • Kipfer, Ph.D., Barbara Ann - Flip Dictionary
  • Terban, Marvin, Otfinoski, Steve, Young, Sue - Writer's Desk Reference
  • Lamb, Nancy - Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children
  • Chiarella, Tom - Writing Dialogue
  • Davis, Madison J. - Creating Plot
  • Obstfeld, Raymond - Crafting Scenes
  • Hills, Rust - Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular Christian
  • Herr, Ethel - An Introduction to Christian Writing
  • Stokes, Ph.D., Penelope J. - Writing and Selling the Christian Novel Romances
  • Wainger, Leslie - Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies
  • Kent, Alison - Complete Idiots Gude to Writing Erotic Romance Character
  • Cowden, Tami D., LaFever, Caro, Viders, Sue - Heros & Heroines
  • Kress, Nancy - Dynamic Characters
  • Edlestein, Ph.D., Linda N. - Character Traits
  • Hood, Ann - Creating Charater Emotions
  • McCutcheon, Marc - Building Believable Characters
  • Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Characters Naming Sourcebook Specialized
  • Schmidt, Stanley - Aliens and Alien Societies
  • McCutcheon, Marc - Everyday Life in the 1800's
  • Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
  • Culver, Henry B. - The Book of Old Ships
  • Clutterbuck, Richard - Guerrillas and Terrorists
  • Card, Orson Scott - How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Paterson, Michael - Voice's from Dicken's London
  • Cordingly, David - Under the Black Flag
  • Chounas, George - The Pirate Primer
  • Many Authors - Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference
  • Owen, David - Hidden Secrets
  • Sifakis, Carl - Mob Speak
  • Newton, Michael - Armed and Dangerous
  • Melton, J. Gordon - The Vampire Book


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