Books on Writing

Book Report Suggestions

Homegrown Democrat
Memoir byGarrison Keillor

Walden (Collector's Library)
Henry David Thoreau

Guts: The True Stories behind "Hatchet" and the Brian Books
Gary Paulsen

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
Maya Angelou

The Opposite of Fate
Amy Tan

How Reading Changed My Life
Anna Quindlen

Conversations with J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling, Lindsey Fraser

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King

Vivir para contarla (Living to Tell the Tale)
Gabriel García Márquez

Boy
Roald Dahl

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
Humphrey Carpenter, Tolkien J. R. R., J.R.R. Tolkien

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg, Foreword byJudith Guest

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Brenda Ueland

So You Want to Write: How To Master the Craft of Fiction & the Personal Narrative
Marge Piercy, Ira Wood

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal
Jack L. Canfield, Kimberly Kirberger, Mark Victor Hansen

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write about Their Search for Self
Sara Shandler

Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual
Rita Mae Brown

Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by ANNE LAMOTT

Wild Mind : Living the Writer's Life by NATALIE GOLDBERG

Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande

The First Five Pages
by Noah Lukeman

The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard

The Right to Write
by Julia Cameron

How to Write a Damn Good Novel
by James N. Frey

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne, Dave King

Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by Orson Scott Card

Becoming a Writer
by Dorothea Brande

Zen in the Art of Writing
by RAY BRADBURY

Immediate Fiction
by Jerry Cleaver

Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by Nancy Kress

The Plot Thickens
by Noah Lukeman

The Forest for the Trees
by Betsy Lerner

A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer within You
by Ralph Fletcher (Paperback )

Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
by Kathleen Krull (Hardcover )

Live Writing : Breathing Life into Your Words
by Ralph Fletcher (Paperback )

Celebrate Through Heartsongs
by Mattie J.T. Stepanek (Hardcover - August 2002)

Writing With Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books
by Uri Shulevitz (Paperback )

Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
by Ralph Fletcher (Paperback )

Writers Express: A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners
by Dave Kemper, et al (Paperback )

How Writers Work : Finding a Process That Works for You
by Ralph Fletcher (Paperback )

Young Author'S Do It Yourself
by Donna Guthrie, et al (Hardcover )

Be True to Yourself: A Daily Guide for Teenage Girls
by Amanda Ford, Shannon Berning (Paperback )

Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls
by Betsy Franco, Nina Nickles (Paperback )

Write Source 2000: A Guide to Writing, Thinking & Learning
by Patrick Sebranek, et al (Hardcover )

You Hear Me: Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys
by Betsy Franco (Paperback )

How to Write Poetry (Scholastic Guides)
by Paul B. Janeczko (Paperback )