My Favorite Fiction Writing Books

Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written? Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method--ten battle-tested steps to jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down.

If you can write one powerful, amazing scene, you can write a hundred. And that's a novel. The one goal of this book is to teach you the simple principles you can use right now to design a powerful scene before you write it.

Everything you need to know to write, edit, and publish your novel. A best-selling classic guide for beginning and intermediate writers.

A classic textbook on writing by one of the master teachers of fiction writing.

A summary of the fiction writing wisdom of Sol Stein, the legendary editor, writer, and teacher.

A very useful guide for learning the craft of fiction writing. This is an excellent choice for beginning novelists.

A massively popular book on how to write a massively popular novel by upping your fiction writing game.

A recent book on story structure that will teach you everything you need to know about the three-act structure and a whole lot more.

A classic book that applies the Hero's Journey to fiction writing.

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers may be the most commonly owned book among working novelists. It covers all aspects of editing your novel.

A best-selling novelist with acting experience explains what fiction writers can learn about characters from method actors.

Story is a classic textbook on fiction writing by Hollywood legend Robert McKee.