Writing How-To Books I Love

I’m excited to share my favorite writing how-to books with you. These are books I have devoured, turn to again and again, and recommend highly. Just click on the image of any book to learn more about it on Amazon.com and/or order it. (Thank you in advance should you do that, as the folks at Amazon will give me a few cents for telling you about it.)

And I’d love to hear which writing how-to books you think WordPlay writers should read.
Please share your favorites by emailing info@wordplaynow.com.

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The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing
by Alice LaPlante

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg

Around the Writer’s Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer’s Resistance
by Rosanne Bane

Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
by Ray Bradbury

The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
by Ann Patchett
(This is an e-book only)

Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by Nancy Kress