Writing Books

Reading these is the easy part:

TECHNIQUES OF THE SELLING WRITER, by Dwight Swain

WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL, by Donald Maass

LESSONS FROM A LIFETIME OF WRITING, by David Morrell

WRITER’S GUIDE TO CHARACTER TRAITS, by Linda Edelstein

CHARACTERS & VIEWPOINT, by Orson Scott Card

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

SCENE AND STRUCTURE, by Jack M. Bickham

SETTING, by Jack M. Bickham

WORD PAINTING, by Rebecca McClanahan

CREATING CHARACTER EMOTIONS, by Ann Hood

SELF-EDITING FOR FICTION WRITERS, by Renni Browne and Dave King

NOVELIST’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CRAFTING SCENES, by Raymond Obstfeld

THE 38 MOST COMMON FICTION WRITING MISTAKES, Jack M. Bickham

THE FIRST FIVE PAGES, by Noah Lukeman

THE PLOT THICKENS: 8 WAYS TO BRING FICTION TO LIFE, by Noah Lukeman

GMC: GOAL, MOTIVATION, AND CONFLICT, by Debra Dixon

WRITE AWAY, by Elizabeth George

BIRD BY BIRD, by Anne LaMott

ON WRITING, by Stephen King

CONFLICT, ACTION, AND SUSPENSE, by William Noble

THE WRITER’S JOURNEY, by Christopher Vogler

FICTION WRITER’S BRAINSTORMER, by James. V. Smith Jr

PLOT & STRUCTURE, by James Scott Bell

NO MORE REJECTIONS, by Alice Orr

I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING, Lillian Glass, Ph.D.

THE POWER OF BODY LANGUAGE, by Tonya Reiman

CAUSE OF DEATH, by Keith D. Wilson, M.D.

THE NOVEL WRITER’S TOOLKIT, by Bob Mayer

ON WRITING WELL, by William Zinsser