Books About Writing - Samuel Delany Filled with writing gems that defy being prised from their substrate, Delany's essays and interviews will reassure new writers and challenge old hands.
Books Voice - James Scott Bell A straightforward method based in acting techniques for distinguishing the voice of your writing with actionable steps and lots of examples.
Books The Way of the Fearless Writer - Beth Kempton A refreshingly gentle take at how to structure a writing practice for those who are beating themselves up for not writing and those working up the courage to share their writing with others.
Books Novelist as a Vocation - Haruki Murakami A decent Murakami biography with a thin veneer of writing advice. However, if you are looking for insight into his specific practice and novels, this is a book for you
Books 2K to 10K - Rachel Aaron Based on a viral blog post from 2011, Aaron attempts to impart her speed demon writing ways. She claims that most people double their writing output following her method.
Books Meander Spiral Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative - Jane Alison Like a natural historian of text, Alison catalogs and describes several alternative narrative structures at both the macrotext and microtext level.
Books 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.
Books Science Fiction 101 - Robert Silverburg A master reminisces on his childhood and teaches you how to pick apart stories for their meaty writing lessons.
Books Techniques of the Selling Writer - Dwight V. Swain A 50’s era pulp writer speed runs your writing knowledge.
Books 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.