National Novel Writing Month: Books

The Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction by Michael Seidman

642 things to write about / by the San Francisco Writers' Grotto ; introduction by Po Bronson

The Author's Toolkit by Mary Embree

Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger

The Emotion Thesaurus: a Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman; Becca Puglisi (As told to)

The Essence of Fiction by Malcolm L. McConnel

Fiction Is Folks by Robert Newton Peck

How Fiction Works by Oakley M. Hall

How Novelists Work by Maura Dooley

How to Find Your Own Voice by Peter Porosky

How to Grow a Novel by Sol Stein

How to Write a Novel by Manuel Komroff

How to Write Dazzling Dialogue by James Scott Bell

Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon

No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty

No plot? No problem! : a low-stress, high-velocity guide to writing a novel in 30 days / by Chris Baty

Novel and Short Story Writer's Market

Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes by Raymond Obstfeld

Novel Openers by Bruce L. Weaver

Observation Deck by Naomi Epel

One Way to Write Your Novel by Dick Perry

Outlining Your Novel by K. M. Weiland

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus by Christine A. Lindberg; Erin McKean (Editor)

Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith

Ready, Set, Novel! by Lindsey Grant; Tavia Stewart-Streit; Chris Baty

The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer

Write from the Heart by Lesleá Newman

A Writer's Guide to Characterization by Victoria Lynn Schmidt

The Writer's Toolbox (a set) by Jamie Cat Callan

The Writing Book: A Workbook for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville

Writing down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg; Robert M. Pirsig (Introduction by)

Writing the Thriller by Trish MacDonald Skillman

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

The Art of the Novel by Henry James; Richard P. Blackmur (Introduction by)

Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card

Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Making of a Story by Alice LaPlante

The Nighttime Novelist by Joseph Bates

The Novelist's Lexicon by Villa Gillet/ Le Monde (Editor)

A Primer of the Novel by David Madden; Charles Bane; Sean M. Flory

Ron Carlson Writes a Story by Ron Carlson

Get Published: A First-Time Writer's Guide to Publishing by Infinite Ideas

How to Write Fast under Pressure by Philip Vassallo

Story Engineering: Mastering the 6 Core Competencies of Successful Writing by Larry Brooks

Your Writing Coach: From Concept to Character, from Pitch to Publication (2nd ed) by Jurgen Wolff