ON WRITING
Books for Writers (and Readers too)
I’m often asked what I would recommend, so this is the beginning of a possibly infinite list. Never too obvious to add the old advice: read, read, read. Thanks to all who made suggestions here. If you have a favourite book, do please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.
Getting Published
From Pitch to Publication: everything you need to know about getting your novel published Carole Blake
Write to be Published Nicola Morgan
The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook
Becoming a Better Writer
Negotiating with the Dead: a writer on writing Margaret Atwood
On Writing: a memoir of the craft Stephen King
Why I Write George Orwell
Writing Fiction David Lodge
How to Write (Guardian) Philip Olterman
Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life Anne Lamott
The Forest for the Trees: an editor’s advice to writers Betsy Lerner
The Seven Basic Plots: why we tell stories Christopher Booker
The Writing Life: authors speak British Library audio
The Writing Life Annie Dillard
Helpful websites
Brain Pickings: 9 Books on Reading & Writing
Misc
Read William Goldman on screenwriting, Diana Athill on editing (and her life)
Books About Books
Howard’s End is on the Landing: a year of reading from home Susan Hill
Ex Libris: confessions of a common reader & At Large and at Small: confessions of a literary hedonist Anne Fadiman
Outside of a Dog: a bibliomemoir Rick Gekoski
The Reading Promise: 3218 nights of reading with my father Alice Ozma
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: a memoir, a history Lewis Buzbee
The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford
So Many Books So Little Time: a year of passionate reading Sara Nelson
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