The fiction writing guides on Bill's own personal shelf
I've always collected books on how to write the novel, the short story, the screenplay. Now, from my personal stash, here is a selection of the best. I've thrown in some screenwriting books because screenwriters have more exacting and articulate ideas about story structure than fiction writers do. Poetry is in there because it focuses intently on the smallest units of creative language--a neglected discipline that fiction writers too often ignore. Browse away and click on any image to buy.