Maybe not terribly relevant to LessWrong, and is not really a textbook per se, but considering that a lot of Yous are aspiring authors:
How to NOT write a novel by Mittelmark and Newman
What I also read:
Writing a Novel in 30 days
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print
On Becoming a Novelist—Gardner, John
Why? HtNWaN condenses all the good advice similar books have into extremely memorable snippets that stay with you. It will not make you a great writer, but it prevents you from being a terrible one, by instilling in you certain useful “taboos” against typical bad writing pitfalls. Its less of a guide and more of a crude memetic tool to bludgeon your own imagination with until a readable novel emerges.
Maybe not terribly relevant to LessWrong, and is not really a textbook per se, but considering that a lot of Yous are aspiring authors:
How to NOT write a novel by Mittelmark and Newman
What I also read:
Writing a Novel in 30 days
Writing the Novel from Plot to Print
On Becoming a Novelist—Gardner, John
Why? HtNWaN condenses all the good advice similar books have into extremely memorable snippets that stay with you. It will not make you a great writer, but it prevents you from being a terrible one, by instilling in you certain useful “taboos” against typical bad writing pitfalls. Its less of a guide and more of a crude memetic tool to bludgeon your own imagination with until a readable novel emerges.