Resources

On this page you will find resources that our members have found helpful for their writing.


Writing Books


General

On Writing by Stephen King

How to write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey

Writing The Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

Writing The Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass


The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass

This Year you Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley


Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

How to Grow a Novel by Sol Stein

Immediate Fiction by Jerry Cleaver

The First 5 pages by Noah Lukemann

The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukemann

How to Write and Sell Your First Novel by Oscar Collier

Creating Character Emotions by Ann Hood

No plot, No Problem (Nanowrimo) by Chris Baty

The Writing Book: a workbook for fiction writers by Kate Grenville.

Six-step Guide: writing from start to finish by Kate Grenville.


Romance related

On Writing Romance by Leigh Michaels

1001 Ways to Be Romantic

The Art of Writing Romance by Valerie Parv

Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies by Leslie Wainger


Writer's Life/Motivational
The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes

The Writer's Book of Hope by Ralph Keyes


The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Beating Writer's Blocks

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

Writing from the Inside Out: transforming your psychological blocks to release the writer within by Dennis Palumbo

Time to Write by Kelly Stone

Wildmind by Natalie Goldberg

Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen & Bud Gardner

Pen on Fire: a busy woman's guide to igniting the writer within by Barbara DeMarco-Barnett


Style
The Style Manual

The Comic Toolbox
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
Elements of Style by William Strunk & EB White



Other
The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Handbook of Short Story Writing by John Updike

Writer's Marketplace 2008/09

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card


Birds on the Wire