Books on Writing

I had a really light summer. My work hours were halved and I didn't have any classes to take, so I ended up making a list of writing books and started working though them. My goal is to write and publish original fiction some day so I'm trying to grow my skills.

There is a lot of repetitive and non-specific advice out there. Some of it doesn't apply to me because of the type of writer I am, but the advice might really help someone else. Out of the list of books I've read I'd recommend:

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield for motivation,

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr and EB White and Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark to improve the technical parts of your writing,

and On Writing by Stephen King for general writing advice.

This is not at all a comprehensive list of writing books.

books I've read:

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr and EB White

Making a Living as A Writer by James Scott Bell

On Writing by Stephen King

Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark

You are a Writer by Jeff Goins

Still to read:

15 Days to Write and Submit a Short Story by Joe Bunting

Draft, Fix and Finish by Roz Morris

How to Write Sizzling Synopsis by Bryan Cohen

Outlining your Novel by K.M. Weiland

Reading like a Writer by Francine Prose

Structuring your Novel by K.M. Weiland