To Be Read: Books on Writing

It’s National Book Lovers Day. Once I noticed that #NationalBookLoversDay was trending on Twitter, my first question was who decided that August 9th should be National Book Lovers Day? Some hasty research produced no answer, so I’m just going to go with a bibliophile.

The very next thing that came to mind was my ever-growing to-be-read pile. I won’t even bother to count the number of books on my kindle that are waiting to be read. A quick glance at one of my bookshelves provided a bit of a surprise. Most of the books that I’m meaning to read next are books on the art of Writing.

The first is Stephen King’s “On Writing” which has been a fixture on my bookshelf for several years now. It was mentioned several times in a Creative Writing class that I took a few months ago, which reminded me that not only did I have the book, I had never quite finished reading it. I recall what I read being very interesting and informative too.

I’m also looking forward to reading Ray Bradbury’s “Zen in the Art of Writing.” As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m a huge fan of the works of Ray Bradbury but for quite some time, I wasn’t even aware that he had written a book about writing.

Aside from those two books, I also have “Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer” by Roy Peter Clark, “Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master” by Martha Alderson, “How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy” by Orson Scott Card, and “Writer with a Day Job: Inspiration and Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career” by Aine Greaney.

Since I have some free time today, I think I’ll start with “On Writing” and work my way down this awesome list.

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