Books about Writing

My favorite books about writing:

• William Zinsser’s On Writing Well
• Stephen King’s On Writing
• Anne LaMott’s Bird by Bird
• Carolyn Forche & Philip Gerard’s Writing Creative Non-Fiction
• Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones
• Les Edgerton’s Hooked

After you’ve read my book, check out these memoir writing aids:

• Carol Franco & Kent Linebeck’s The Legacy Guide
• Natalie Goldberg’s Old Friend from Far Away
• Judith Barrington’s Writing the Memoir
• William Zinsser’s Writing about Your Life
• Bill Roorbach’s Writing Life Stories
• Tristine Ranier’s Your Life as Story