Writing Instruction Books I Want to Read Again

In my last post, I pulled out a quote from a book called The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman. It made me realize I haven’t read that book in many years. It also made me realize I wanted to read it again.

Then I decided to make a list of books on writing instruction I want to read again. I came up with the following list:

• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
• The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
• The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
• Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern
• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne
• Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk 
• The Art of War for Writers by James Scott Bell

In case you’re wondering why Stephen King’s On Writing isn’t on this list, here’s the reason: I just re-read it a few months ago. The experience is one of the reasons I’ve decided to revisit the above list.

I feel I’ve grown as a writer since I’ve read them and I believe I’ll get even more out of them the second (or in some cases, third) time around.

Which of the above books have you read?

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