The idea of staring at your computer screen and actually creating something makes you sweat.

Or, you do it for a week and forget about it for a month.

Your bar is always moving, so you always feel like a failure.

And even without that mental torment, writing is hard work most times you sit down.

Then there’s the long string of times you sat down that it takes to actually write and complete something.

So, I’ve pooled the books that have helped me go from trembling 14-year old at work on her first novel to trembling 28-year old completing her first memoir.

Here are the books that have helped me build a writing practice and actually write books. Some of these are mindset-based, some are more spiritual, some are pure craft. Enjoy.

1. On Writing by Stephen King

2. How To Write A Lot by Paul J. Silvia

3. Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande (the first game changer for me)

4. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr

5. Big Magic by Queen Elizabeth Gilbert (hehe)

6. On Writing Well by William Zinsser

7. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

8. Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

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To your success,

Ellie