I revisited my list of writing instruction books I’d like to read at some point in my life. These are books on writing I’ve never read before. I may not get to all of them, but I’d like to try.
- 52 Ways to Sell More Books by Penny C. Sansevieri
- 90 Days To Your Novel: A Day-by-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book by Sarah Domet
- A Writer’s Guide to Medicine: Volume 1: Setting & Character by Natalie Dale
- A Writer’s Guide to Medicine: Volume 2: Illness & Injury by Natalie Dale
- Art of Styling Sentences by K.D. Sullivan, Ann Longknfe
- Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster
- Blueprint Your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz:
- Building Great Sentences by Brooks Landon
- Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland
- How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
- How to Write a Dynamic Scene by Randy Ingermanson
- Into the Woods by John Yorke
- Murder Your Darlings by Roy Peter Clark
- Now Write! by Sherry Ellis
- On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions by C. S. Lewis
- Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting and Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish by James Scott Bell
- Plotman to the Rescue by James Scott Bell
- Sit Down and Write that Bestselling Novel by Brian Scott
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
- Storyboarding Essentials by David Harland Rousseau, Benjamin Reid Phillips
- The Anatomy of Genres by John Truby
- The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
- The Fiction Formula by Sean Platt
- The Fiction Writer’s Handbook by Shelly Lowenkopf
- The First Ten Steps by M. R. Mathias
- The Literature Book by James Canton
- The Mind of Your Story by LIsa Lenard-Cook
- The Novel Writer’s Toolkit: From Idea to Best-Seller (For Writers) by Bob Mayer
- The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life by Noah Lukeman
- The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird
- The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst
- Think Like a Publisher: 33 Essential Tips to Write, Promote, and Sell Your Book by Randy Davila
- Welcome to the Writer’s Life by Paulette Perhach
- Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer
- Write Like the Masters by William Cane
- Write Now! How To Write That Novel–Today by Francine Saint Marie
- Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway
- Writing Fiction for All Your Worth by James Scott Bell
- Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias
- Writing Subtext: What Lies Beneath by Linda Seger
- Writing Xpert: The Winning Novel by Allen Applen
If you’ve read any of these, let me know what you think of them.
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Andrew M. Friday 
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