Wednesday, January 27, 2010

75 books every writer should read

You can find the list HERE.

Now I'm not sure I agree with every choice on the list, but I think it's an interesting list to ponder and definitely somethings to check out on it. I know I have more than a couple books on the list.

Some of my faves:
Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler
Elements of Writing Fiction: Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (if you haven't read this, you really should)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynn Truss (for those of us that are comma-phobic this is essential)
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
The Marshall Plan Workbook: Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish by Evan Marshall
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

2 comments:

Sheila said...

"Eats Shoots And Leaves" is as valuable for the commaphilic as it is for the commaphobic... :)

I need to go update my Amazon wish list now...

Andrea said...

That is a great list- thanks for sharing the link. I've read a few of those books, but I see many more I'd like to get.