Categories | Writers Bookstall
Writers Bookstall
Book Categories
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Writers' Reference | Essential reference books for writers, including directories which list agents and publishers, and some writing reference books. | |
General Guides | A wide-ranging category, which includes general guides to writing and handbooks for authors, as well as more specific titles such as those on research. | |
Writing Guides | Books about writing in general, including improving your style, grammar and word use. Also books on copy editing and proof-reading. | |
Fiction Writing | A wide range of books on writing fiction, including titles on plotting the novel, creative writing and editing your own fiction. | |
Genre Fiction Writing | Books which advise on genre writing, including science fiction and fantasy, horror, romance and crime. | |
Non-fiction Writing | Books on general non-fiction writing, including writing articles and journalism, writing for business, and specific categories such as travel, history and autobiography. | |
Play and Script-writing | Writing for performance: TV, film-scripts and screenplays, plays, soaps and comedy. | |
Other Types of Writing | Miscellaneous, including titles on writing for children, writing poetry and writing humorous material. | |
Educational and Academic | How to write textbooks and writing for students and academics. | |
'Creative' Writing | Titles which explore writing as a means of personal growth or healing, including writing a memoir as a form of self-discovery. | |
Personal Accounts | First-hand accounts, from the great writers of the past and bestselling contemporary authors, and more racy insiders' stories. | |
Selling your Work | Books on literary agents, proposals, selling your own work and publicity. | |
Business of Writing | Everything to do with the business side of authorship, including books on money, contracts and the legal side of being an author, as well as books on publishing. | |
Software | Office software which is useful for the writer. | |
Writers' Software | Software specially produced to help writers. |