Myths to Live By19 reviews Joseph Campbell, Johnson E. Fairchild Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993 Our own, and the world's, divine ground + Mythology at it's best + Liberate Your Faith + A treasure of knowledge and inquiry + Marvelous             Creating Character Emotions20 reviews Ann Hood Story Press, 1998 Specific and helpful + The Complexity of the human condition. Imagine my surprise when I recognized my own writing mistakes in the examples of bad writing. This immediately helped me take my writing to the next level. I have many cherished writing books, and this one holds up well in comparison. It is helpful because it's specific and focused. I couldn't wait ...             The Plot Thickens16 reviews Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, ... Pocket, 1997 Great This book is great exposure to writers I would not ordinarily read. I bought because I am a HUGE MHC fan. Great read, quick and easy.             Novelists Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes17 reviews Raymond Obstfeld Writers Digest Books, 2000 A Good Resource For Writers + The Name says it All. + So many little gems + How to stifle a talking head!             The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile120 reviews Noah Lukeman Fireside, 2005 No frills, boiled down, extremely useful information for aspiring novelists + The First Five Pages....by Noah Lukeman + Thank You Mr Lukeman I've bought about 10 books on writing so far from different authors and Noah Lukeman's The First Five Pages has been one of the few with any real "meat." I learned so much from this book and will continue to refer to it and study it. Most of the other books I bought spend too much time telling me ...             Every Page Perfect: A Full-Size Writer's Manual for Manuscript Format and Submission Protocol1 review Mary Lynn Toad Hall Inc, 1997 Great help for writers This is one of my favorite reference books because it's so darn practical. When I want a format, I can find it in Every Page Perfect and understand the instructions. There's nothing quite like seeing what you need to do, especially when accompanied by clear comment. I also teach writing, and ...             Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation16 reviews Joseph Campbell New World Library, 2004 Even more enlightening than The Hero with a Thousand Faces + Follow your bliss! + A great intro to Campbell I am grateful for having read this fantastic piece of work that brings together mythology and personal transformation in such a profound and articulate manner. I could notice how it strikes multiple harmonics in my mind as I read on, very much along the lines of Jung's view on the unconscious. ...             Rewrite Right! : Your Guide to Perfectly Polished Prose: 2nd Edition3 reviews Jan Venolia Ten Speed Press, 2000 Fits nicely on th writing desk + You write, you say? + Good functional little book Jan Venolia covers the editing process in essentially five stages: Content, style, punctuation, grammar and mechanical style. Rewrite Right functions better as a grammatical reference book than as a guide for how to edit an article or book. This is because her discussion of style, punctuation and ...             The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition183 reviews Christopher Vogler Michael Wiese Productions, 1998 A via negativa? + Writing as a journey As a teacher my interest in the book was not so much in the hopes I would learn how to write a smashing new hit for Hollywood as how I could better see the patterns in narrative and relate them to my students. Certainly Campbell will remain a first choice in that regard but this suggests some ...             The Power of Myth130 reviews Joseph Campbell Anchor, 1991 Thought-provoking + the Power of Myth + Resonates with the song of the universe deep inside us. + Outstanding + A fitting Introduction             On Writing819 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 2002 Don't wait for the muse...show up every day + really good stuff + Impassioned instruction from the King of horror + On Writing by Stephen King + Great Resource             The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17)109 reviews Joseph Campbell Princeton University Press, 1972 Very Helpful + A journey blending modern psychology with comparative mythology + The Hero with a Thousand Faces + A must read for everyone + A Book with a capital "B."             Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print112 reviews Renni Browne, Dave King Collins, 2004 A Summary By the Authors Themselves... + Great, great book + A wonderful tool for editing your work. + A Tool You Should Have             The Masks of God, Vol. 2: Oriental Mythology8 reviews Joseph Campbell Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Uneven but fascinating commentary + The Masks of God + Valuable For Backround Knowledge + A Review For the Series Entire (& a Brief Review of This Volume)             Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion29 reviews Harper Perennial, 1995 The Art of Living + Oh my... + A quick read! + Perfect intro to Campbell! + We are each living our hero's journey . . .             The Masks of God, Vol. 1: Primitive Mythology22 reviews Joseph Campbell Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 The Masks of God Series: Brilliant & Comprehensive + Excellent As a practical atheist with a spiritual streak, I began to muse about the evolutionary origins of religion many years ago. (It appears that (1) war and (2) religion have been the greatest selective factors in human evolution over the last several thousand years.) Joseph Campbell answered my ...             The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology9 reviews Joseph Campbell Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 The role of myth in the history of the Middle East and Europe + Evolution of Occidental Religious Thought as an Epic Dialogue Between Levantine and European Beliefs + Sign of a true genius + A Review For the Series Entire (& a Brief Review of This Volume)             Creating Character Emotions20 reviews Ann Hood Story Press, 1998 Specific and helpful + The Complexity of the human condition. Imagine my surprise when I recognized my own writing mistakes in the examples of bad writing. This immediately helped me take my writing to the next level. I have many cherished writing books, and this one holds up well in comparison. It is helpful because it's specific and focused. I couldn't wait ...             Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation16 reviews Joseph Campbell New World Library, 2004 Even more enlightening than The Hero with a Thousand Faces + Follow your bliss! + A great intro to Campbell I am grateful for having read this fantastic piece of work that brings together mythology and personal transformation in such a profound and articulate manner. I could notice how it strikes multiple harmonics in my mind as I read on, very much along the lines of Jung's view on the unconscious. ...             Every Page Perfect: A Full-Size Writer's Manual for Manuscript Format and Submission Protocol1 review Mary Lynn Toad Hall Inc, 1997 Great help for writers This is one of my favorite reference books because it's so darn practical. When I want a format, I can find it in Every Page Perfect and understand the instructions. There's nothing quite like seeing what you need to do, especially when accompanied by clear comment. I also teach writing, and ...