Incoming Resources
- Writing new adult fiction, Deborah Halverson ; [foreword by Sylvia Day]
- Writing a novel, Nigel Watts
- Everything and less, the novel in the age of Amazon, Mark McGurl
- Janet Evanovich's how I write, secrets of a bestselling author, with Ina Yalof and Alex Evanovich
- Description, by Monica Wood
- Craft in the real world, rethinking fiction writing and workshopping, Matthew Salesses
- The art of fiction, notes on craft for young writers, John Gardner
- The story begins, essays on literature, Amos Oz ; translated by Maggie Bar-Tura
- Writing fiction step by step, Josip Novakovich
- Writing magic, creating stories that fly, Gail Carson Levine
- The hidden machinery, essays on writing, Margot Livesey
- The rural setting thesaurus, a writer's guide to personal and natural places, Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglishi
- From where you dream, the process of writing fiction, Robert Olen Butler ; edited, with an introduction by Janet Burroway
- The Marshall plan for novel writing, a 16-step program guaranteed to take you from idea to completed manuscript, Evan Marshall
- (Don't) stop me if you've heard this before, and other essays on writing fiction, Peter Turchi
- The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr
- The science of storytelling, Will Storr
- Storyville!, an illustrated guide to writing fiction, John Dufresne ; illustrated by Evan Wondolowski
- Dialogue, a socratic dialogue on the art of writing dialogue in fiction, by Lewis Turco (with "Fred Foyle")
- Negotiating with the dead, a writer on writing, Margaret Atwood
- So you want to write, how to master the craft of fiction and the personal narrative, Marge Piercy & Ira Wood
- Beyond the first draft, the art of fiction, John Casey
- Writing the popular novel, a comprehensive guide to crafting fiction that sells, Loren D. Estleman ; foreword by John Lescroart
- Writing with Rosie, you can write a story too, Patricia Reilly Giff
- How not to write a novel, 200 classic mistakes and how to avoid them--a misstep-by-misstep guide, Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman
- The Writer's digest handbook of novel writing, edited by Tom Clark [and others]
- How to write a story, by Kate Messner ; illustrated by Mark Siegel
- This year you write your novel, Walter Mosley
- Telling the tale, narration and point of view, Valerie Bodden
- The 38 most common fiction writing mistakes (and how to avoid them), Jack M. Bickham
- So you want to write a novel, Lou Willett Stanek
- Look! I wrote a book! (And you can too!), by Sally Lloyd-Jones ; illustrated by Neal Layton
- Writing the breakout novel, Donald Maass ; foreword by Anne Perry
- Write great fiction, dialogue : techniques and exercises for crafting effective dialogue, by Gloria Kempton
- Setting, by Jack M. Bickham
- The art of character, creating memorable characters for fiction, film, and tv, David Corbett
- Story engineering, mastering the 6 core competencies of successful writing, Larry Brooks
- The novelist's notebook, Laurie Henry
- Story genius, how to use brain science to go beyond outlining and write a riveting novel (before you waste three years writing 327 pages that go nowhere), Lisa Cron
- Six walks in the fictional woods, Umberto Eco
- The story cure, a book doctor's pain-free guide to finishing your novel or memoir, Dinty W. Moore
- The art & craft of novel writing, Oakley Hall
- The modern library writer's workshop, a guide to the craft of fiction, Stephen Koch
- The last draft, a novelist's guide to revision, Sandra Scofield
- Voice & style, Johnny Payne
- Pity the reader, on writing with style, Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell
- Beginnings, middles, and ends, by Nancy Kress
- Perfecting plot, charting the hero's journey, William Bernhardt
- Elements of fiction, Walter Mosley
- Wonderbook, the illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction, Jeff VanderMeer ; art by Jeremy Zerfoss (and many others)