Writing Resources

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
-S I R  R I C H A R D  S T E E L E

Get the Courage, Get the Tools, or Get the Inspiration with these book suggestions:

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes, Jack M. Bickham	The Elements of Grammar, Margaret Shertzer	The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
Myth and the Movies, Stuart Voytilla	The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, Christopher Vogler	Story, Robert McKee
On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, William Zinsser	Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott	Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft, Natalie Goldberg	A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative, Roger von Oech
The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle, Steven Pressfield	On Writing, Stephen King	Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers, Carolyn See

Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference: http://www.sbwc.org/