Suggested Reading for Writers

This reading list has been compiled from suggestions by our Facebook Page ‘likers’, Professional Writing and Editing teachers, and my own preferences:

Australian Handbook For Writers and Editors: Grammar, Usage and Punctuation by Margaret McKenzie

Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream by Ann Rittenberg and Laura Whitcomb

The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker

The Virgin’s Promise: Writing Stories of Feminine Creative, Spiritual and Sexual Awakening by Kim Hudson

Dictionary of Dreams: Understand dreams and their messages by Rose Inserra

The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Successful Novel Plotting by Jean Saunders

Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft by Gary Disher

The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Volger

Style Manual For Authors, Editors and Printers, 6th edition by Australian Government Publishing Service

A Poet’s Guide to Poetry by Mary Kinzie

The Editor’s Companion, 2nd Edition by Janet Mackenzie

Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker

Story Structure Architect: A Writer’s Guide to Building Dramatic Situations and Compelling Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee