Murder Your Darlings - Roy Peter Clark
Clark summarizes over 50 writing books in six categories, with insightful commentary and bullet-pointed lessons at the end of each chapter.
Anything worth doing is worth half-assing
I've got a writing book problem. Every time I have a book writing problem, I pick up a writing book, and since writing is hard I've read dozens of writing books in the last decade.
The List
After a party one night my friend Lance asked me how many writing books I had read in my life. With one thing and another, and no little ammount of whisky, we started what I came to call the The List
Science Fiction 101 - Robert Silverburg
A master reminisces on his childhood and teaches you how to pick apart stories for their meaty writing lessons.
Techniques of the Selling Writer - Dwight V. Swain
A 50’s era pulp writer speed runs your writing knowledge.
The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron
That book with the morning pages. Cameron's OG writing advice book, a twelve step program in reverse, instead of breaking a habit you are building one.