5 things to read when you’re starting to write

Rebecca Brown
5 June 2023

My top 5 recommendations for books for new writers (not in order of preference; I couldn’t do that to myself):

Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Stephen King, On Writing
Dorothea Brande, Becoming a Writer
Christopher Vogler, The Writer’s Journey
James Scott Bell, The Art of War for Writers

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