Top Writing Craft Books

Here’s the list -- my favorite How-to-Write books. Read, devour, assimilate and enjoy.

Dwight Swain, TECHNIQUES OF THE SELLING WRITER

Donald Maass, WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL

Donald Maass, WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL WORKBOOK

Noah Lukeman, THE FIRST FIVE PAGES

Ann Hood, CREATING CHARACTER EMOTIONS

Linda Edelstein, THE WRITERS GUIDE TO CHARACTER TRAITS

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

Brandilyn Collins, GETTING INTO CHARACTER: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors

Jack M. Bickham, SCENE AND STRUCTURE

Jack M. Bickham, SETTING

Robert McKee, STORY

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

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