Books for Writers

Notes about the book covers shown above :

• Stein on Writing , by Sol Stein - originally published in 1995 as a hardcover , is now, beginning in 2000, available also in paperback . Also by Sol Stein: How to Grow a Novel : The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them .
• Inside The Bestsellers , by Jerrold R. Jenkins - hardcover depicted above (no paperback edition available), is also available unabridged on a set of two audio cassettes .
• All of the books by James L. Frey are hardcover editions. How to Write a Damn Good Novel came out in 1987. It was followed in 1994 by How to Write a Damn Good Novel , II . Most recently, Frey wrote The Key : How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth (published June 2000) which sells more than his two earlier books.
• The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book , by Susan Page (paperback) is a "system" consisting of twenty specific steps from start to finish.
• The Idiot's and Dummies books, shown here, are bestsellers. Several more books for writers in the Idiot's series are listed on our fiction and miscellaneous pages.