A List of Books for Aspiring Writers

• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

• The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

• Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

• On Writing Well by William Zinsser

• Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark

• On Writing by Stephen King

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

• On Moral Fiction by John Gardner

• Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on the Writing Life by Anne Lamott

• The Successful Novelist: A lifetime of lessons about writing and publishing by David Morrell

• STORY: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

• Story Engineering: Mastering the six core competencies of successful writing by Larry Brooks

• Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys To Creativity by Hugh McLeod

• The Pursuit of Perfection and how it harms writers by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

• Turning Pro: Tap your inner power and create your life’s work by Steven Pressfield

• The War of Art: Break through the blocks and win your creative battles by Steven Pressfield

• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

• The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know by Shawn Coyne

• Writing Down The Bones: Freeing the writer within by Natalie Goldberg