Is there a good book for beginners to learn how to write a damn good book?

Question

any books... be it fiction or non-fiction... Just want to get the general aspects. Thank you.

i am lookig for a good help book which teaches people how to write their own book... be it fictoin or non-fiction.....

Thanks for your hints and wish you an enjoyable day! ;)

Answer 1

writing for dummies, excellent

Answer 2

Here is a good one.

So You Want to Write a Book?
A Guide for New Authors
Table of Contents

Chapter 1: So You Want to Write a Book?

Overview of the Publication Process
A Word About Ourselves
Our Major Book Series
What Topics Are We Interested In?
Chapter 2: The Proposal

What Will the Book Be Good For?
The Market for the Book
The Outline
Schedule
Your Writing Sample
Tools
Who Are You?
Don't Hesitate to Ask Questions
Chapter 3: The Contract

The Form of the Contract
Description of the Book
The Grant of Rights
Format of the Book
Delivery of the Manuscript
Royalties and Advances
You Get to Audit our Books
Free Copies of the Book
Revised Editions of the Book
You Didn't Plagiarize Anything, Did You?
Final Legalese
Chapter 4: Writing and Editing

Working with Your Editor
Technical Review
Your Final Draft
Chapter 5: Design, Graphics, and Production

What Will My Book Look Like?
Getting the Book Ready for Press
Reprints and Revisions
Chapter 6: Marketing Your Book

O'Reilly Sales Channels
An Author Questionnaire
Before Publication
If You Have Questions
Chapter 7: Giving Credit and Requesting Permission

Guidelines for using Material Other than Your Own
Source Checklist
Sample Permission Request Forms

Answer 3

The American writer Sinclair Lewis when asked to give a seminar to would be writers arrived drunk on the podium and asked, " Does anyone here want to be a writer?" When the audience signalled their enthusiasm Lewis said, "Then why ain't you at home writing".
He promptly left the stage never to return.

However, if you would like help from the written word I suggest Writing a Novel by John Braine - considered by some as the daddy of all these kind of books. For really practical advice I recommend 501 Writers Questions Answered by Nancy Smith -published by Piatkus, ISBN 0-7499-1497- hardback or 1512-9 paperback
Good Luck

Answer 4

There are a number of books on writing different types of book. Go to your library and start reading.

You might also be interested in the links I've given. Caro Clarke gives general advice.

The Writers News boards I find interesting. If you read them regularly, or even participate, then I am sure you will get a lot out of them.

But you have already been given the best advice - get writing.

Answer 5

I'm a writer. Listen, just write what's in your heart. Forget 'how'. If you've got something to say, say it. Then have a look at it and see how it is. It would be crippling to not let out what you've got inside before you 'learn' all the apparant ins and outs about 'how' to go about it.

If I knew what an adverb or a sestina or trochee was, it's likely I would think, that by not knowing these things, I had no business putting pen to paper.

Hemmingway, Milton, Pynchon, Baudelaire, Rilke, et al, didn't take night classes in Creative Writing. They just were passionate about their gift, and burned to give that gift to the world.

Unless you're burning, don't bother. If you are, get on with it

Answer 6

Steven King's "On Writing."
Deb Dixon "Goal, Motivation, Conflict"
Lynn Truss "Eats shoots and leaves"
Evan Marshall "The Marshall Plan for novel writing"
Joseph Campbell "The Hero's Journey"

Answer 7

Apart from a dictionary, I don't think there is a book for beginners to write a damn good book. Noone really knows what makes a bestseller and perhaps that's the way it should be.

Answer 8

I'm sorry, but there isn't really a book that'll teach you how to do it.

The only way to learn is to ACTUALLY DO IT! And keep doing it. Write about anything and everything, but most of all, things you are passionate about.

If you want to learn about story structure though (although it is mainly aimed at film, but then a story is a story!), Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey is fantastic.

Answer 9

I like the second half of Stephen King's book "On Writing" and Anne Lamont's book "Bird by Bird." They're both brilliant.

Answer 10

Teach Yourself Writing a novel by nigel watts

Answer 11

Yes, The Book Of The Dead last seen in Egypt approx:4K years ago lost my copy 2K years ago in Rome.