Reading Reccomendations

Books to Improve Craft

  • Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway

  • Steering the Craft by Ursula K LeGuin

  • Dryers English by Benjamin Dryer

  • The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Mass

  • Stein on Writing by Sol Stein

  • A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

  • What About the Baby by Alice McDermott

  • How to Write Stunning Sentences by Nina Schuyler

  • Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing

  • Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Browne and King

  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

 

Books on Emotional Intelligence

  • The School of Life: An Emotional Education*

  • How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight, and creativity*

  • The Emotional Dictionary*

  • Great Thinkers*

  • Calm* | Anxiety*

  • Self-Hatred*

  • How to Overcome Your Childhood*

  • Art for Despair*

  • On Failure*

  • How the Modern Media Destroys Our Minds*

*Books by The School of Life

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