Tier Ranking 38 Writing Advice Books
Apply for my Story Coaching program: https://jedherne.com/coaching Get my free book: '5 Lessons That Transformed My Writing': https://jedherne.com/lessons In this video, I'm ranking the 38 writing advice books that I've read over the past few years. For each book, I'll share my biggest writing lesson that it taught me. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Structuring Your Novel by K. M. Weiland 01:12 - Your First Million Words by Jeff Wheeler 02:00 - 5000 Words Per Hour by Chris Fox 02:49 - The Game Crafter's Apprentice 03:44 - The Game Crafter's Companion 05:00 - 2k to 10k by Rachel Aaron 05:48 - The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass 07:40 - Character by Robert McKee 10:22 - Outlining Your Novel by K. M. Weiland 11:14 - Writing and Releasing Rapidly by Elana Johnson 12:00 - The Emotion Thesaurus 12:57 - Story by Robert McKee 14:34 - Dialogue by Robert McKee 15:00 - Mastering Simple Facebook Ads by Mark Dawson 16:10 - Amazon Ads for Authors by Ricardo Fayet 16:40 - Reader Magnets by Nick Stephenson 17:37 - The Anatomy of Story by John Truby 18:33 - 5 Secrets of Story Structure by K. M. Weiland 19:00 - Creating Character Arcs by K. M. Weiland 19:45 - Write to Market by Chris Fox 20:40 - Newsletter Ninja by Tammi Labrecque 21:11 - Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday 22:05 - Amazon Decoded by David Gaughran 22:36 - BookBub Ads Expert by David Gaughran 23:01 - On Being a Dictator by Kevin J. Anderson 23:32 - Launch to Market by Chris Fox 23:52 - James Paterson by James Paterson 24:37 - The Art and Business of Online Writing by Nicholas Cole 24:59 - Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury 25:19 - A Moveable Feast by Earnest Hemmingway 26:11 - The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield 26:48 - Seinfeldia by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong 27:10 - All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk 27:27 - Amazing Fantasy Incredible by Stan Lee 28:08 - A Marvellous Life by Danny Fingeroth 28:45 - Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon 29:09 - Action by Robert McKee 29:37 - On Writing by Stephen King ✏️ MY FREE WRITING ADVICE BOOK: Get my free book: '5 Lessons That Transformed My Writing': https://jedherne.com/lessons 💌 MY NEWSLETTER: Get a free fantasy story when you sign up to my free, fortnightly author newsletter: https://bit.ly/jednewsletter 📙 MY BOOKS: Check out my fantasy books here: http://jedherne.com/stories 🔨 MY FAVOURITE WRITING TOOLS: Freewrite Traveller (distraction-free writing laptop): https://getfreewrite.com/?rstr=6485 - use this affiliate link for a 5% discount. MailerLite (best email newsletter software for authors): https://www.mailerlite.com/a/awmq7yim... ProWritingAid (editing software that helped a lot with my early books): https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=4301 🧑 ABOUT ME: Hi! My name's Jed. I'm a fantasy author with three published novels and a bestselling video game. On this channel, I draw from my 10+ years of writing experience to help you become a better writer. 💬 CONNECT WITH ME: Follow me on Instagram: / jedherne Send me an email: jed(at)jedherne.com (Note: I don't always get a chance to reply to every email. However, I do my best to read as many of them as possible, and it's my preferred method of communication.)

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