While we often write in isolation, we are also part of a community of writers rich in wisdom. This page is dedicated to helping writers tap into resources that may widen their perspective, give them a leg up, or simply inspire.

Writing Craft Books

  • Lukeman, Noah - The First Five Pages

  • Maass, Donald - The Emotional Craft of Fiction

    & The Fire in Fiction

  • McKee, Robert - Story

  • Peck, Richard - Invitations to the World

  • Pressfield, Steven - The War of Art

  • See, Carolyn - Making a Literary Life

  • Sepetys, Ruta - You the Story

  • Shapiro, Dani - Still Writing

  • Stiefvater, Gratton, & Yovanoff - The Curiosities

  • Strunk & White - The Elements of Style

  • Tatar, Maria - The Heroine with 1,001 Faces

  • Ueland, Brenda - If You Want to Write

  • Vogler, Christopher - The Writer's Journey

  • Ackerman & Puglisi - The Emotion Thesaurus

  • Barry, Lynda - What It Is & Syllabus

  • Bettelheim, Bruno - The Uses of Enchantment

  • Bradbury, Ray - Zen and the Art of Writing

  • Cameron, Julia - The Artist’s Way

  • Carriger, Gail - The Heroine’s Journey

  • Cron, Lisa - Story Genius & Wired for Story

  • DeSalvo, Louise - The Art of Slow Writing

  • Dillard, Annie - The Writing Life

  • Gilbert, Elizabeth - Big Magic

  • Goldberg, Natalie - Writing Down the Bones

  • Henderson, Kathy - Market Guide for Young Writers

  • King, Stephen - On Writing

  • Lamott, Anne - Bird by Bird

 

When in doubt, go to the library.

— J. K. Rowling