Recommended Reading

These are some good books on the process of writing.  

Anything Hemingway wrote about writing

On Writing - Stephen King.  It’s a bit self indulgent and preachy for me, so I would not necessarily recommend it for people new to the craft, rather for a new or different way of looking at fiction writing.

The Elements Of Style - William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White

Becoming A Writer - Dorothea Brande

Plot And Structure - James Scott Bell

I also suggest reading Short Stories, as it gives you a sense of style, character, plot, all in a compact story.  Of these, I personally suggest;

Guy De Maupassant

J. D. Salinger

Ernest Hemingway

Philip K. Dick

Leo Tolstoy

Franz Kafka

Fjodor Dostoevsky

James Joyce

Nikolai Gogol

There are, of course, dozens more I could put down here, and I’m sure many will dispute my choices, but, hey, we all have our own ideas what’s best.

One thing that all people say about writing - READ!  Read alot.  Read what you love, read newspapers, read magazines, read comic books if that’s your thing.  Read this Blog, as it will get better and better, the more I write it.  But - at least read, as much as you write.  It’s important, trust me.