Favorite Books on Writing
The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr
The Art of Revision: The Last Word, Peter Ho Davies
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book, Courtney Maum
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative, Melissa Febos
Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different, Chuck Palahniuk
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping, Matthew Salesses
Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals, Dinty W. Moore
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process, John McPhee
How to Write a Book Proposal, Michael Larsen
The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction, Stephen Koch
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King
Pen On Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within, Barbara DeMarco Barrett
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, Matt Bell
Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, Erica Jong
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, Dani Shapiro
Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories, Steve Almond
Writing Is My Drink: A Writer’s Story of Finding Her Voice, Theo Pauline Nestor