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