Episode 49: #BooksForWriters
...in which Jess and KJ recommend many and sundry books to get you or the aspiring writer in your life excited about writing, some inspiring, some practical.
(#AmWriting with Jess & KJ is available on iTunes and AudioBoom and you should subscribe. Really.)
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, Jess Lahey
#BooksForWriters
On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King
Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers, Carolyn See
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers, Betsy Lerner
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott
The Art of Memoir, Mary Karr
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard
The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing, Francis Flaherty
Between Me and You: Confessions of a Comma Queen, Mary Norris
Thinking About Memoir, Abigail Thomas
A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
To Show and Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction, Phillip Lopate
The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing, Richard Hugo
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, Janet Burroway
Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting , Robert McKee
Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction, Benjamin Percy
Refresh, Refresh: Stories, Benjamin Percy
The Lie that Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction, John Dufresne
Fiction First Aid, Raymond Obstfeld
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, John Truby
The Art of the Book Proposal: From Focused Idea to Finished Proposal , Eric Maisel
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published, Susan Rabiner & Alfred Fortunato
A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams, Michael Pollan