Your journey to becoming a writer
- “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” by Stephen King
- “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott
- “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
- “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within” by Natalie Goldberg
- “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert
- “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” by Steven Pressfield
- “Zen in the Art of Writing” by Ray Bradbury
- “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
- “Writing the Breakout Novel” by Donald Maass
- “Stein On Writing” by Sol Stein
- “The Writing Life” by Annie Dillard
- “Save the Cat! Writes a Novel” by Jessica Brody
- “Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting” by Robert McKee
- “Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style” by Benjamin Dreyer
- “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell
- “Writing 21st Century Fiction” by Donald Maass
- “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life” by Twyla Tharp
- “Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers” by James Scott Bell
- “The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller” by John Truby
- “How to Write a Damn Good Novel” by James N. Frey
- “Self-Editing for Fiction Writers” by Renni Browne and Dave King
- “The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great” by Donald Maass
- “The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers” by Betsy Lerner
- “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke
- “Making a Literary Life” by Carolyn See
- “The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop” by Stephen Koch
- “Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish” by Joseph Bates
- “The Portable MFA in Creative Writing” by New York Writers Workshop
- “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly” by Gail Carson Levine
- “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life” by Julia Cameron
- “If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit” by Brenda Ueland
- “The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction” by Chuck Wendig
- “Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success” by K.M. Weiland
- “Structuring Your Novel” by K.M. Weiland
- “The Emotional Craft of Fiction” by Donald Maass
- “Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction” by Jeff VanderMeer
- “The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers” by John Gardner
- “Becoming a Writer” by Dorothea Brande
- “Writing Alone and with Others” by Pat Schneider
- “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers” by Christopher Vogler
- “Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “No Plot? No Problem!” by Chris Baty
- “Writing for Emotional Impact” by Karl Iglesias
- “The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction” by Matt Bird
- “The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines” by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, and Sue Viders
- “How Fiction Works” by James Wood
- “The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing” by Alice LaPlante
- “Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel” by Lawrence Block
- “The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile” by Noah Lukeman
- “Writing with Quiet Hands” by Paula Munier
- “The Breakout Novelist” by Donald Maass
- “The 3 A.M. Epiphany: Uncommon Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction” by Brian Kiteley
- “Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction, and Other Dilemmas” by Bonnie Friedman
- “The Art of Memoir” by Mary Karr
- “The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life” by Marion Roach Smith
- “Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma” by Melanie Brooks
- “The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative” by Vivian Gornick
- “Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose” by Constance Hale
- “Word Work: Surviving and Thriving As a Writer” by Bruce Holland Rogers
- “The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction” by John Dufresne
- “Writing as a Way of Healing” by Louise DeSalvo
- “The Story Within: A Guide to Becoming a Writer” by Laura Oliver
- “Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing True” by Elizabeth Berg
- “Writing Is My Drink” by Theo Pauline Nestor
- “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art” by Joyce Carol Oates
- “Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing” by Margaret Atwood
- “The Writer’s Portable Mentor” by Priscilla Long
- “The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing” by Norman Mailer
- “Several Short Sentences About Writing” by Verlyn Klinkenborg
- “The Art of Slow Writing” by Louise DeSalvo
- “Writing Without Teachers” by Peter Elbow
- “The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing” by Richard Hugo
- “The Art of the Novel” by Milan Kundera
- “How to Write Bestselling Fiction” by Dean Koontz
- “Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer” by Roy Peter Clark
- “The Business of Being a Writer” by Jane Friedman
- “The Successful Novelist” by David Morrell
- “Writing Blue Highways: The Story of How a Book Happened” by William Least Heat-Moon
- “The Passionate, Accurate Story” by Carol Bly
- “Writing Begins with the Breath” by Laraine Herring
- “The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice” by Ben Yagoda
- “The Mindful Writer” by Dinty W. Moore
- “How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One” by Stanley Fish
- “Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction” by Benjamin Percy
- “The Half-Known World: On Writing Fiction” by Robert Boswell
- “Write Your Novel in a Month” by Jeff Gerke
- “The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer” by Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon
- “The Authentic Swing: Notes from the Writing of a First Novel” by Steven Pressfield
- “Writing Brave and Free” by Ted Kooser and Steve Cox
- “The Writer’s Diet” by Helen Sword
- “Mastering the Craft of Writing” by Stephen Wilbers
- “Writing to Be Understood” by Anne Janzer
- “The Soul of Creative Writing” by Richard Goodman
- “Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process” by Peter Elbow
- “How to Grow a Novel” by Sol Stein
- “The Art of Creative Writing” by Lajos Egri
- “Writing in Flow” by Susan K. Perry
- “The Writer’s Idea Book” by Jack Heffron
- “Living the Writer’s Life” by Eric Maisel
- “A Writer’s Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work” by Jack Hart


