The Storyteller's Art: How Not to Bore Your Reader to Sleep, Tears, or Homicide    by Francis Porretto
Price: Free! 36330 words. Published on February 21, 2010. .
Do you want to tell memorable, vivid, life-altering stories? With plots that embed real knowledge about the natures and ways of men? Do you want to create characters that will haunt your readers' dreams? Do you want to learn the discipline to unite all the above, without overdressing your plots or distoring your characters to make them serve a theme for which they're ill-equipped? Start here!

Creating Realistic Characters    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 2640 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .
A realistic character is just like a real human being, and the reader should be able to identify with the protagonist, the antagonist, and a minor character or two as soon as he meets them. The more quickly the reader identifies with the character, the more quickly he will become engaged in the story line.

How to Write a Great Story: A Fiction Writer's Handbook    by Othello Bach
Price: $4.99 USD. 17150 words. Published on April 2, 2011. .
How to Write a Great Story is a powerful little book with explanations, examples and exercises. The author takes you step-by-step through the essential elements of fiction: characterization, dialogue, plotting, action, manuscript preparation, sales, and rejections.

Fallen Heroes: Sixteen Master Villain Archetypes    by Tami Cowden
Price: $4.99 USD. 23400 words. Published on May 15, 2011. .
Product Description The villain is the hero of his own story - and is every bit as important as the heroic characters. This book contains the lectures and exercises from Tami Cowden's popular online class on villain archetypes. The workshop identifies and examines the motivations of the 16 literary villain archetypes, and shows what happens when heroes and heroines turn to the dark side.