McD 521 Reading List (Most of It)
Some people (Hi, Pam) have been asking me to post the McDaniel reading list for the first course (521). I’m still rewriting the PDFs for the course and looking for the last novel, and I have to put in the specific chapters from the McKee book, and the internet posts may be changed, but otherwise this is the reading list for the next 521 class. The Burroway, Browne, and McKee books will be used in the next three classes, too. (Note: The chapter numbers shift depending on what edition of Burroway you’re using; read the topic, not the chapter number.)
521-1 Intro to Romance, Story Basics
The Romance Novel PDF
Story Basics PDF
Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction, Chapter 1. The Writing Process” and Chapter 3 “Showing and Telling.”
Robert McKee, Story, [Chapters to be named shortly]
Andrew Stanton, “The Clues to a Great Story,” TED talk, http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stant...
Chuck Wendig, Terrible Minds blog, “25 Things To Know About Your Story’s Stakes, http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/...
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Heaven, Texas
Wendelin Van Draanan, Flipped
521-2 Writing Scene
Scene PDF
Brown and King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Chapter 1: Show and Tell
Robert McKee, Story
Joe Fassler, “Why Stephen King Spends Months and Even Years Writing Opening Lines,” The Atlantic, July 23, 2013. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainm...
Chuck Wendig, Terrible Minds blog,“25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists” http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/...
—. “25 Things You Should Know About Protagonists” http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/...
Loretta Chase, Lord of Scoundrels
Beverly Jenkins, Indigo
521-3 Point of View/Voice, Critiquing Fiction
POV & Voice PDF
Brown and King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. Chapter 3 POV, Chapter 12 Voice.
Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction. Chapers 7&8: POV.
Jennifer Crusie, Argh Ink, “Be Yourself Because It’s Too Damn Hard To Be Somebody Else,” http://www.arghink.com/2012/10/08/7671/
—. “Lost in Translation: First to Third and Back Again.” http://www.arghink.com/2012/02/19/los...
Robert McKee, Story
Chuck Wendig, Terrible Minds blog,“25 Things You Should Know About Narrative POV” http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/...
—. “25 Things Writers Should Know About Finding Their Voices” http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/...
Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
Anne Stuart, Eileen Dreyer, and Jennifer Crusie, The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes
521-4 Rewriting, The Romance Novel
Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction. Chapter 11. Revision.
Robert McKee, Story
Nora Roberts, Montana Sky
[Novel to be Named Later]
Mamet, David, “Memo to the Writers of the Wire” http://movieline.com/2010/03/23/david...
Chuck Wendig, “25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling” http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/...
