“There isn’t any secret. You sit down and you start and that’s it.”
Your Toolbox
Books
THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosely
BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott
THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron
WRITE FROM THE HEART by Hal Zina Bennett
FEARLESS CREATING by Eric Maisel
THE FOREST FOR THE TREES by Betsy Lerner
WRITER’S MARKET (Annual Series)
ARTIST’S & WRITER’S COLONIES by Gail Hellund Bowler
“THE MAKING OF A STORY” A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante
HOW FICTION WORKS by James Wood
THE FIRST 50 PAGES by Jeff Gerke
A STORY IS A PROMISE by Bill Johnson
ON WRITING by Stephen King
HOW TO GROW A NOVEL by Sol Stein
A YEAR OF WRITING DANGEROUSLY by Barbara Abercrombie
WRITING A NOVEL by Richard Skinner
NAMING THE WORLD (and other exercises for the creative writer) edited by Bret Anthony Johnston
ELMORE LEONARD’S 10 RULES OF WRITING
LIVING BY FICTION by Annie Dillard
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE by Charles Baxter
THE EMOTION THESAURUS: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
THE NEGATIVE TRAIT THESAURUS: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
THE POSITIVE TRAIT THESAURUS: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
WHY WRITE? by Mark Edmundson