Lists of Books Referenced in Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s & Mary E. Knippel’s “Be Your Own Editor” session at SFWC
Tool #1 Grounding Reader with the four Ws (Who? When? Where? What?) “What does Protagonist want?” (in prescriptive nonfiction “What does Reader need?”)
Tool #2 Hooking Reader from first page to last with core themes.
Tool #3 In Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction (both genres are forms of “story-telling”) — Who are your protagonist, antagonist(s), and other archetypes?
Fiction:
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Lost In Yonkers – a play by Neil Simon
Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer! children’s picture book by Frances Kawugawa
Love Made of Heart – mother-daughter novel by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Charlotte’s Web – a children’s classic by E. B. White
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever by Judith Marshall
Narrative Nonfiction:
Woven of Water by Luisa Adams
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother – anthology edited by Kate Farrell
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me by Lynn Scott
A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams (poetry) by Joan Gelfand
Prescriptive Nonfiction:
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life – photo/gift book by Margie Yee Webb
Break Through the Noise: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message by Elisa Sasa Southard
My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation by Angie Choi
Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know by Lori Hope
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson
TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir: How To Tap Memory and Write Your Story Capturing Character & Spirit by Lynn Cook Henriksen
Correct Me If I’m Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! by Arlene Miller
Social Media Just for Writers: The Best Online Marketing Tips for Selling Your Books by Frances Caballo
The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages: A Book Promotion Reference Guide for Authors and Small Press Publishers by Christine Pinheiro e-book published by http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Myers
Marriage Meeting Starter Kit by Marcia Naomi Berger
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
Also, please refer to the SFWC list of presenters
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3 Top Tools for Editing Your Manuscript After You’ve Written Your First Draft with Coach Teresa
· April 10, 2013 at 10:30am Pacific Time / 1:30pm Eastern Time
· April 25, 2013 at 4:30pm Pacific Time / 7:30pm Eastern Time
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cares about helping fiction and nonfiction writers build their platforms and work on their craft simultaneously with ease. She says: “Wear the dual hats as promoter and writer and be happily published. Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”