Updated January 3, 2004
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Books
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| The Practical Stylist with Readings | Baker & Yarber |
| *Setting | Jack Bickham |
| Dare to Be a Great Writer: 329 Keys to Powerful Fiction | Leonard Bishop |
| Telling Lies for Fun and Profit | Lawrence Block |
| Self-Editing for Fiction Writers | Browne & King |
| The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity | Julia Cameron |
| The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life | Julia Cameron |
| *How to Write & Sell Your First Novel | Collier & Leighton |
| *MLA's Line by Line | Claire Cook |
| *Heroes & Heroines | Cowden, LeFever & Viders |
| Plot: Elements of Fiction Writing Series | Ansen Dibell |
| *GMC | Deb Dixon |
| Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction | Frank & Wall |
| How to Write Fast (While Writing Well): A Guide to Speed, Organization, Concentration, Problem-Solving and Creativity | David Fryxell |
| On Becoming a Novelist | John Gardner |
| Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft | Natalie Goldberg |
| Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life | Natalie Goldberg |
| Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within | Natalie Goldberg |
| Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind (2 in 1 book) | Natalie Goldberg |
| Turning Life into Fiction: Finding Character, Plot, Setting and Other Elements of Novel and Short Story Writing in the Everyday World | Robin Hemley |
| Creating Character Emotions | Ann Hood |
| Revision: A Creative Approach to Writing and Rewriting Fiction | David Michael Kaplan |
| Making Money in Technical Writing | Peter Kent |
| Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror | Stephen King |
| On Writing | Stephen King |
| Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life | Anne Lamott |
| The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers | Betsy Lerner |
| *Guerilla Marketing for Writers | Levinson, Frishman & Larsen |
| *The First Five Pages | Noah Lukeman |
| The Sell Your Novel Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know About Queries, Synopses, Marketing & Breaking In | Elizabeth Lyon |
| The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success | Donald Maass |
| Writing the Breakout Novel | Donald Maass |
| Searching Writing | Ken Macrorie |
| Malicious Intent: A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other Criminals Thinks (Writer's Digest Howdunit Series) | Sean Mactire |
| Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting | Robert McKee |
| Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft | David Morrell |
| Mystery Writer's Handbook | Mystery Writers of America |
| Writing Brief | Elizabeth Cowan Neela |
| Steal This Plot: A Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism | June & William Noble |
| Fiction Writing Step by Step | Josip Novakovich |
| Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Groups | Judy Reeves |
| Writing the Natural Way: Using Right-Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive Powers | Gabriele Lusser Rico |
| *The Book of Love | Christine Schultz |
| Creating Unforgettable Characters | Linda Seger |
| From Book Idea to Bestseller: What You Absolutely, Positively Must Know to Make Your Book a Success | Snell, Baker & Baker |
| The Elements of Style | Strunk and White |
| Creating Characters: How to Build Story People | Dwight Swain |
| Techniques of the Selling Writer | Dwight Swain |
| *Dialogue | Lewis Turco |
| *The Writer's Journey | Christopher Vogler |
| *Creativity Rules | John Vorhaus |
| *The Comic Toolbox | John Vorhaus |
| Jack Woodford on Writing | Jack Woodford |
| Trial and Error | Jack Woodford |
| Deadly Doses (Howdunit Series) | Writer's Digest Books |
| Handbook of Novel Writing | Writer's Digest Books |
| Howdunit: How Crimes are Committed and Solved (Howdunit Series) | Writer's Digest Books |
| Just the Facts Ma'am (Howdunit Series) | Writer's Digest Books |
| Take Your Characters to Dinner | Laurel A. Yourke |
| On Writing Well | William Zinsser |
| *Writing the Blockbuster Novel | Albert Zuckerman |
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