The 11 Best Books on Writing I’ve Ever Read
Marie Arana. The Writing Life: Writers On How They Think and Work
James Scott Bell. Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot that Grips Readers from Start to Finish
Brandilyn Collins. Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors
Annie Dillard. The Writing Life
Stephen King. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Dean Koontz. How to Write Bestselling Fiction
Anne Lamott. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Donald Maass. Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
Sol Stein. Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
William Zinsser. On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Now, don’t read any of those books, until…
…you’ve read the bible of writing books:
11. William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style