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Guest Writers’ Recommended Writing Books
 JANET EVANOVICH:
I recommend Janet Evanovich with Ina Yalof - How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
 STELLA CAMERON: I recommend Writing Fiction. A Guide to Narrative Craft by Janet Burroway.
 SUZANNE BROCKMANN: I really recommend William Goldman's book Adventures in the Screen Trade.
Yeah, it's a different medium -- screenwriting as opposed to novel writing. But keep in mind that Goldman was a novelist before he became a screenwriter. (He wrote Marathon Man and Magic and The Princess Bride as books first, before he wrote the screen versions.)
 DENISE DOMNING: I recommend Lajos Egri’s book The Art of Dramatic Writing.
“Premise is so important.”
 CHRISTINE JANSSEN:
Dare to Be a Great Writer by Leonard Bishop (Writer Digest Books).
Says Christine: “I’ve got paper clips, dog-eared corners, yellow highlighter all over it. You don’t need to read it cover to cover; just open it at random and you’ll find something you might have glossed over before but now that you’ve progressed in your writing, it has meaning for you.”
 PAULINE JONES: Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande (published by Tarcher/ Putnam)
Says Pauline: "Brande's book was this wonderful invitation to explore the possibilities of who you are and what you could be. It's a prewriting book, not an advice book, but as wonderful as a hot bath on a cold day.... "
 KAY LE GRAND: “I really really like Phyllis Whitney's Guide to Fiction Writing.”
Past Guest Writers
» Suzanne Brockmann
» Stella Cameron
» Denise Domning
» Christine Janssen
» Pauline Jones
» Donna Kauffman
» Kay LeGrand
Body Count Productions and Jacqui Jacoby share many opinions with our guest writers, however all of the opinions found in the interview are not necessarily those of the company or Ms. Jacoby herself.
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