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First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author and the Best Advice I Got While Doing It<\/em>\u00a0by Joni Rodgers. The author writes about her circuitous route to becoming a New York Times best-selling memoirist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Making Shapely Fiction<\/em> by Jerome Stern. The author breaks down sixteen story archetypes in this tongue-in-cheek book.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On Moral Fiction by John Gardner. \u201cArt discovers, generation after generation, what is necessary to humanness,\u201d says the author.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Writing<\/em> by Stephen King. \u201cThis is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit,\u201d\u00a0says the author.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Steering the Craft <\/em>by Ursula K. Le Guin. This is the author’s second book on writing, intended for the more experienced writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still Writing<\/em> by Dani Shapiro. A roadmap to writing, peppered with personal insight and history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Story<\/em> by Robert McKee. A renowned screenwriter illustrates good plotting and structure for any writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Elements of Style <\/em>by William Struck and E.B. White. The original style manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Forest for the Trees<\/em> by Betsy Lerner. An editor’s advice to writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Writing Life<\/em> by Annie Dillard. A must-read for all aspiring authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writing Past Dark<\/em> by Bonnie Friedman. \u201cSuccessful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing,\u201d the author says.<\/p>\n

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