The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

by Jack Bickham

The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great

by Donald Maass

The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

by Donald Maass

Recommended Reading

• 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing
• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, 2nd Edition by Natalie Goldberg
• The Art of War For Writers by James Scott Bell
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
• Finding Your Voice by Les Edgerton
• Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
• The Art of Work by Jeff Goins
• Elements of Fiction Writing – Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
• How to Write a Sizzling Synopsis by Bryan Cohen
• Writing Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson & Peter Economy
• Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
• 2K to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron
• Story Genius: How to Outline Your Novel Using the Secrets of Brain Science by Lisa Cron