On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner | 
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit
by Lawrence Block | 
Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain |
Story Engineering
by Larry Brooks |
The Fire in Fiction
by Donald Maass | 
Sometimes the Magic Works
by Terry Brooks |
Novelist's essential guide to crafting scenes
by Raymond Obstfeld | 
Just Write
by James Scott Bell | 
Super Structure
by James Scott Bell |
The Plot Thickens
by Noah Lukeman | 
The Scene Book
by Sandra Scofield |
The Plot Whisperer
by Martha Alderson | 
Making Shapely Fiction
by Jerome Stern | 
The Spooky Art
by Norman Mailer | 
You Are a Writer
by Jeff Goins |
Dynamic Characters
by Nancy Kress |
Make a Scene
by Jordan E. Rosenfeld |
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer |
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne | 
The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing
by Zachary Petit |
Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles - against the page, against one's own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate battle plan and more - it's Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" for novelists. Tactics and exercises are provided on idea generation and development, character building, plotting, drafting, querying and submitting, dealing with rejection, coping with envy and unrealistic expectations, and much more.