Incoming Resources
- And then something happened, essays on fiction writing, Debra Spark
- 12 great tips on writing fiction, by Catherine Elisabeth Shipp
- On teaching and writing fiction, Wallace Stegner ; edited and with a foreword by Lynn Stegner
- The hidden machinery, essays on writing, Margot Livesey
- How to draw a novel, MartÃn Solares ; translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary
- Your novel proposal, from creation to contract : the complete guide to writing query letters, synopses and proposals for agents and editors, Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook
- The science of storytelling, why stories make us human and how to tell them better, Will Storr
- Plots, Robert L. Belknap ; with an introduction by Robin Feuer Miller
- Storyville!, an illustrated guide to writing fiction, John Dufresne ; illustrated by Evan Wondolowski
- Writing fiction, a guide to narrative craft, Janet Burroway ; with Elizabeth Stuckey-French and Ned Stuckey-French
- The art of fiction, James Salter
- Discovering fiction, Yan Lianke ; translated and with an introduction by Carlos Rojas
- Write your first novel, Gilbert Morris and Steve Laube
- Your first novel, a top agent and a published author show you how to write your book and get it published
- (Don't) stop me if you've heard this before, and other essays on writing fiction, Peter Turchi
- Save the cat! writes a novel, the last book on novel writing you'll ever need, Jessica Brody
- A writer's guide to active setting, [how to enhance your fiction with more descriptive, dynamic settings], Mary Buckham ; [foreword by Dianna Love]
- Funny stories, Anita Ganeri
- Make a scene, Jordan Rosenfeld
- Everything and less, the novel in the age of Amazon, Mark McGurl
- Flights of fancy, creative inspiration from ten award-winning authors and illustrators, Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman, Chris Riddell, Lauren Child ; with an introduction by Anita Silvey
- How fiction works, James Wood
- Now write!, fiction writing exercises from today's best writers and teachers, edited by Sherry Ellis
- The truth about writing, foreword by William Least Heat-Moon
- Writing without rules, how to write & sell a novel without guidelines, experts, or (occasionally) pants, Jeff Somers
- Negotiating with the dead, a writer on writing, Margaret Atwood
- This is not a writing manual, notes for the young writer in the real world, Kerri Majors
- The art of character, creating memorable characters for fiction, film, and tv, David Corbett
- Mastering the process, from idea to novel, Elizabeth George
- This year you write your novel, Walter Mosley
- Best European fiction 2011, edited and with introduction by Aleksandar Hemon ; preface by Colum McCann
- Making a literary life, advice for writers and other dreamers, Carolyn See
- Wonderbook, an illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction, Jeff VanderMeer ; art by Jeremy Zerfoss (and many others)
- The plot whisperer, secrets of story structure any writer can master, Martha Alderson
- Writing with Rosie, you can write a story too, Patricia Reilly Giff
- 20 master plots, and how to build them, Ronald B. Tobias
- How to grow a novel, the most common mistakes writers make and how to overcome them, Sol Stein
- Elmore Leonard's 10 rules of writing, [Elmore Leonard] ; illustrations by Joe Ciardiello
- Brave the page, a young writer's guide to telling epic stories, by Rebecca Stern & Grant Faulkner
- Write a novel in ten minutes a day, Katharine Grubb
- How to write a page turner, craft a story your readers can't put down, Jordan Rosenfeld