I’m often asked what are my favourite books on writing. There are not just one or two that I could name easily. Reading dozens and dozens of books on writing have made me the writer that I am. So, I decided to do a series of nine blog posts where I share my favourite books on writing. This one is the first in the series. Here, I talk about books that motivate and inspire me to write more and write better.
Watch the video here:
What are your favourite books on writing? Please share them in the comments below. If you want an easily accessible list of the books that I mention in this video, here is the list:
- Becoming a Writer – Dorothea Brande
- Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
- Zen in the Art of Writing – Ray Bradbury
- On Writing – Stephen King
- Deep Work – Cal Newport
- On Writing – Ernest Hemingway
- A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
- Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
- Writing down the Bones – Natalie Goldberg
- The Creative Habit – Twyla Tharp
- The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
- Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke
- Make Good Art – Neil Gaiman
I write Christian Historical Romance and I have found the following books helpful:
Think, Write, Publish by Benjamin Chapin, T.K. Chapin
Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
I’ve heard a lot about ‘Romancing the Beat’ and I think I own a kindle copy of it. Thank you for these suggestions, Anneliese. 🙂