Favorite Books on Writing

The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr

The Art of Revision: The Last Word, Peter Ho Davies

Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book, Courtney Maum

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott

Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative, Melissa Febos

Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different, Chuck Palahniuk

Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping, Matthew Salesses

Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals, Dinty W. Moore

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process, John McPhee

How to Write a Book Proposal, Michael Larsen

The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction, Stephen Koch

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King

Pen On Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within, Barbara DeMarco Barrett

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, Matt Bell

Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, Erica Jong

Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, Dani Shapiro

Writing Is My Drink: A Writer’s Story of Finding Her Voice, Theo Pauline Nestor