Discovering your Authentic and Marketable Life Theme
This short book will help you unlock the convergence of where your authentic theme meets your marketable theme.
More info →Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
More info →Plot & Structure
Techniques and Exercises for Crafting and Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish.
More info →How I Write
Secrets of a Bestselling Author for Beginner Writers
More info →The Artisan Soul
Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art.
More info →How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
A great tool to help outline and write a book.
More info →The Elements of Style
“I’ll tell you right now that every aspiring writer should read The Elements of Style. Rule 17 in the chapter titled Principles”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The Creative Habit
Secrets for developing and honing your creative talents—at once prescriptive and inspirational, a book to stand alongside The Artist’s Way and Bird by Bird.
More info →The Emotion Thesaurus
A Writer's Guide to Character Expression
More info →The First 50 pages
Engage Agents, Editors and Readers, and Set Your Novel Up For Success.
More info →Tribes by Seth Godin
Since it was first published almost a decade ago, Seth Godin's visionary book has helped tens of thousands of leaders turn a scattering of followers into a loyal tribe. If you need to rally fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers around an idea, this book will demystify the process.
More info →Steal like an Artist
An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.
More info →On Writing – Stephen King
Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.
More info →The First Five Pages
Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's the job of the writer to produce a manuscript that immediately stands out among the vast competition. And those outstanding qualities, says New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, have to be apparent from the first five pages.
More info →Writing Fiction for Dummies
So you want to write a novel? Great! That’s a worthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don’t settle for just writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend to sell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is a complete guide designed to coach you every step along the path from beginning writer to royalty-earning author.
More info →Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.
More info →The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.
More info →The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
"As I closed The War of Art, I felt a surge of positive calm. I now know I can win this war. And if I can win, so can you." - From the foreword by Robert McKee, screenwriting guru"
Think of The War of Art as tough love... for yourself.
Since 2002, The War of Art has inspired people around the world to defeat "Resistance"; to recognize and knock down dream-blocking barriers and to silence the naysayers within us.Resistance kicks everyone's butt, and the desire to defeat it is equally as universal. The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success.Though it was written for writers, it has been embraced by business entrepreneurs, actors, dancers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, military service members and thousands of others around the world.
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