Helpful Books

• The First Five Pages (A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile) by Noah Lukeman
  
• Writing the Novel (From Plot to Print) by Lawrence Block
  
• You Can Write A Novel by James V. Smith, JR.
  
• Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella
  
• Writing Fiction (Step by Step) by Josip Novakovich
  
• The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes by Jack M. Bickham
  
• 1,818 Ways to Write Better & Get Published (And How To Avoid Them) by Scott Edelstein
  
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
  
• On Writing Well by William Knowlton K. Zinsser
  
• Bird by Bird (Some Instructions on Writing and Life) by Anne Lamott
  
• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
• No Plot? No Problem by Chris Baty
  
• The 3 A.M. Epiphany: Uncommon Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction by Brian Kiteley

• The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson
  
• The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren
• Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul
• Amazon's Books for Aspiring Writers

• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Alex & Emma (2003)
• Delirious (1991)