Recommended Reading

Story Trumps Structure 

Steven James               Writer’s Digest Books, 2014

Writing 21st Century Fiction 

Donald Maass             Writer’s Digest Books, 2012

Writing the Breakout Novel

Donald Maass             Writer’s Digest Books, 2001

The Fire in Fiction

Donald Maass             Writer’s Digest Books, 2009

Plot and Structure

James Scott Bell          Writer’s Digest Books, 2004

Conflict & Suspense

James Scott Bell          Writer’s Digest Books, 2011

Revision and Self-Editing

James Scott Bell          Writer’s Digest Books, 2008

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy       

Orson Scott Card        Writer’s Digest Books, 1990
Don’t be thrown off by the title. The principles he presents apply to all fiction writing

Character & Viewpoint

Orson Scott Card        Writer’s Digest Books, 1988

Write Away

Elizabeth George         Harper Collins Books, 2005

Plot versus Character

Jeff Gerke                   Writer’s Digest Books, 2010

Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors

Brandilyn Collins        Wiley, 2002

Emotional Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression

Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi      CreateSpace, 2012

Fiction Writing for Dummies

Randy Ingermanson and Peter Economy        For Dummies, 2009

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

Renni Browne and Dave King            William Morrow, 2004

The Elements of Style

Strunk and White        Longman, 4th Edition, 1999

Chicago Manual of Style

University of Chicago Press, 16th Edition, 2010

Miss Myrtle Frag, the Grammar Nag

LaWanda Bailey          Absey & Company, 2003

Grammar Girls Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty          St. Martin’s Griffin 2008

Woe Is I

Patricia T. O’Conner  Riverhead Books 2003