Writers Bookcase
This page is dedicated to writers of all genres and will be updated with books that are good resources for writers. If you have a book that you think should be here and it hasn’t made the list please leave a comment stating title, author or editor and why you think it is useful.
The First Five Pages – Noah Lukeman
On Writing – Stephen King
The Elements of Style – William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers – Renni Browne and Dave King
Writing the Breakout Novel – Donald Maass
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook – Donald Maass
The Writer’s Digest Writing Clinic – Kelly Nickell
The Australian Editing Handbook – Elizabeth Flann and Beryl Hill
The Australian Writer’s Marketplace – Queensland Writers Centre
Writing Fiction Step By Step – Josip Novakovich
Story – Robert McKee
A Writer’s Guide to Book Publishing – Richard Balkin
Bird by Bird – Anne Lamont
The Right to Write – Julia Cameron
The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers – Christopher Volger
Collins Improve Your Grammar – Graham King
Collins Improve Your Punctuation – Graham King
Style Manual – For authors, editors and printers – John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
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What a great idea! I better go out and borrow/purchase some of these books!
If you can get your hands on it I recommend going for The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman. The Elements of Style is another good one to have on hand, but you can usually find a copy of that in the Library if you want to try before buying.
Hey Kel,
Here are four books that have helped me so far in my journey:
The Writer’s Journey – Mythic Structure for Writers – Christopher Volger
Collins – Improve your Grammar – Essential for those of us who were Maths majors at school
Collins – Improve your Punctuation
Style Manual – For authors, editors and printers. – Damn handy…
😉
AJ
Hi AJ,
Thank you for your suggestions, they will be added to the list tonight.
Regards
Kelly.
‘Bird by Bird’ – Anne Lamont because it’s witty, honest and provides some good insight to characterisation, dialogue, POV, writers block etc.
‘The Right to Write’ – Julia Cameron because it’s a book not about rules or how to write the perfect query letter, but a book about bringing clarity into your life about why you write and why it’s important to connect to creativity etc.
Hope these make your book shelf/list 🙂
Thanx Michele
Hi Michele,
Thanks for your suggestions and for reading my page. These books will be added to the list soon.
Regards,
Kelly
Hi Kelly
‘Story’ by Robert McKee is a good one. Also, ‘A writer’s Guide to Book Publishing’ by Richard Balkin.
Cheers
Maggie 🙂
Hi Maggie,
Thanks for your suggestions and for checking out my new page. These books will also make it onto the list soon.
Regards,
Kelly