10 Books That Will Make You a Better Writer
And how they made me better.
There are books that I really think anyone who wants to be a writer should own.
Read them with a pencil in your hand, so you can mark them up. Keep a notebook handy so you can take notes on the things you really need to implement in your work.
And then (this should go without saying) implement them.
If you learn from Stephen King that your work probably has too many adverbs, open your manuscript, search for -ly words, and see if you can get rid of most of them.
If you learn how to write strong verbs from Renni Browne and Dave King, open your manuscript, search for -ing verbs, and make most of them stronger.
You get my point. Every book on this list is full of things to teach you. Learn from them and then go forth and write better.
On Writing by Stephen King
I’m pretty sure On Writing is at the top of just about every list of books for writers. It’s there for good reason. Stephen King’s slim book is half memoir, half manual. Both halves are full of advice that…
