So You Want to be a Writer: A Book List

by Greg on February 9, 2013

These days everyone wants to be a writer, everyone has a book in them but no one know how to go about it. The books below will not make you a New York Times Bestselling author but they may help you get to the end of the book and perhaps even make a sale.

So You Want to be a Writer?

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Accidental Genius: Revolutionize your Thinking through Private Writing by Mark Levy

Breathing Life into your Characters: How to give your characters emotional and psychological depth by Rachel Friedman Ballon

Deep Writing: 7 Principles That Bring Ideas to Life by Eric Maisel

The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland

Is Life like This?: A Guide to Writing your First Novel in Six Months by John Dufresne

Janet Evanovich’s How I Write: Secrets of A Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich

The Liar’s Bible: A Handbook for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block

Literary Market Place: The Directory of the American Book Publishing Industry with Industry Yellow Pages edited by Information Today, Inc.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition) by Stephen King

Reading like A Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose

The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron

So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Fiction and the Personal Narrative by Marge Piercy and Ira Wood

Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties by Julia Cameron

This Year You Write your Novel by Walter Mosley

What Would your Character Do?: Personality Quizzes for Analyzing your Characters by Eric Maisel

Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron

Write Mind: 299 Things Writers Should Never Say to Themselves, (and What They Should Say Instead) by Eric Maisel

The Writer’s Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published by Writer’s Digest Books

A Writer’s Space: Make Room to Dream, to Work, to Write by Eric Maisel

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