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Steven Pressfield "The War of Art"

Stephen King: "On Writing"

Janet Evanovitch: "How I Write"


Henriette Anne Klauser "Write it Down, Make it Happen"
James N. Frey: "How to Write a Damn Good Novel"

Dean R. Koontz: "Writing Popular Fiction"


Les Edgerton "Finding Your Voice"

Chris Baty "No Plot? No Problem!"


Noah Lukeman, NY Agent:
     "The Plot Thickens"
     "The First Five Pages" - A Writer’s Guide to Staying of the Rejection Pile        
Debra Dixon:  "Goal, Motivation & Conflict"

Laura Whitcomb:  "Novel Shortcuts" Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft

Jack M. Bickham: "Scene and Structure"
"The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes" (and How to Avoid them)

John Gardner:  "The Art of Fiction"

Donald Maass:  "Writing the Breakout Novel"

James Scott:  "Plot and structure"

Alicia Rasley: "The Power of Point of View"

Todd Stone:  "Novelist's Boot Camp"

William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White: "The Element of Style"

Renni Browne and David King: "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers"

James Scott Bell: "Revision and Self-Editing"

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