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u/AwkwardMe · 3 pointsr/books

Hmmm... depends on exactly what you are looking for... (you may also want to pose this question in /r/writing).

Start with these if you're looking for fiction writing help: The 10% Solution by Ken Rand

The Elements of Fiction series (I personally liked Nancy Kress's: Beginnings, middles & ends.

Immediate Fiction I haven't read it yet, but it looks pretty good.

There are a hundreds of other books out there, and a couple that focus more specifically on style, but Elements covers the majority of the subject fairly well. This one might be a little closer to what you're wanting.

Hope this helped.

u/Eleret · 2 pointsr/freelanceWriters

I would suggest you look up George Gopen's work, e.g. The Sense of Structure. Part of what his books cover is also available in The Science of Scientific Writing, an American Scientist article that's readily viewable online. I attended one of his workshops, and it did a lot for my writing. It also explained in clear terms things I'd innately recognized but always had trouble conveying to others when I proofread their work.

Despite the title referring to "scientific writing", the takeaways are applicable to any English writing. Namely, rather than focusing on the 'rules' of English, he focuses on how readers parse English sentences and paragraphs, and thus how writers should structure their ideas in order to convey the message they intend readers to receive.

u/microburst · 2 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

I would recommend the book Sense of Structure I'm a Ph D in Comp Sci and we use it as our writing guidebook. I suffer from the same types of stress. The stress is rooted in a desire to succeed and perform at the highest level. Something you have already achieved! You have run successful experiments, forging a new path for your life. Continue to do so, in the grand scheme of life a few weeks is a mere moment.