Joanna Friedman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami
I so enjoyed this book and highly recommend it: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami https://t.co/dJooSResEv via @goodreads #WritingCommunity
Paperback, 2017
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
βI thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.β β Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar #writingcommunity https://t.co/w4PS9tnBlx
Paperback, 2005
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Edit Your Own Romance Novel
Ebony McKenna
This novel is very user friendly and I'm going to use it for revisions on my current WIP, Online Friends. π Edit Your Own Romance Novel: the Romance-Friendly Structure Authors Need to Be Objective About Their Own Work. by Ebony McKenna https://t.co/eyLz8XinzJ via @goodreads
Paperback, 2018
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sorry for Your Trouble
Richard Ford
Really loved this anthology of short stories about quirky and real relationships. βββββ Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories by Richard Ford https://t.co/YZRP4VCY33 via @goodreads
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Structure of Story: How to Write Great Stories by Focusing on What Really Matters
Ross Hartmann
I've read many books on story structure, and this one is among the best. π The Structure of Story: How to Write Great Stories by Focusing on What Really Matters by Ross Hartmann https://t.co/mW2MUsj9oQ via @goodreads #writingcommunity
Paperback, 2020
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Letters to a Young Poet
Maria Rilke Rainer
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke https://t.co/UFup4JkrsT via @goodreads Such lovely sentiments in these letters: "There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write." #writingcommunity
Hardcover, 2012
$14.97$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner
William Maxwell
I recently read this book and thought is was beautifully written. Here's an audio version of Maxwell reading it: WILLIAM MAXWELL Reads SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW (unabridged, part one) https://t.co/jUzfTDTs1J via @YouTube #writingcommunity
Paperback, 1996
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Jules Verne
It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite'...The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it? In it is supreme tranquility.β β Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea #WritingCommunity https://t.co/e6PaGjMPV9
Paperback, 2018
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
John Truby
The revelation should be important enough to cause your hero to make a decision and change his course of action. - Truby, Anatomy of Story:22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller #WritingCommunity https://t.co/wH1QvHkvg2
Paperback, 2008
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Letters to a Young Poet: A New Translation and Commentary
Rainer Maria Rilke
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke https://t.co/UFup4JkrsT via @goodreads Such lovely sentiments in these letters: "There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write." #writingcommunity
Hardcover, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book