Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer (Author), Jeremy Zerfoss (Illustrator), John Coulthart (Illustrations)
I am not sure anymore why I got this book, but I suspect that I saw some of the illustrations somewhere and liked them. I do not plan to write imaginative fiction any time soon. But this has the potential to improve understanding for what I read and it would probably be a great resource for those who do want to improve their writing.
“This all-new definitive guide to writing imaginative fiction takes a completely novel approach and fully exploits the visual nature of fantasy through original drawings, maps, renderings, and exercises to create a spectacularly beautiful and inspiring object.“
from the blurb
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
Okay, yeah. I can see where this book’s images would be a huge draw. I just skimmed the “look inside” pages at Amazon, and wow. There’s some evocative imagery there.
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Yes, there were some fun graphics and very inventive imagery.
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I too got this book for the absolutely gorgeous illustrations! If I remember correctly, they had snippets from various authors on how they get inspired to plot and write. It’s a great coffee table book gift for anyone who’d like to write, I think.
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Yes, snippets, excerpts, quotes by a wide variety of authors. I did not read everything, but what I did read seems like a great guideline of how to write better.
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