Ann asked James V. Smith Jr.:

What books (apart from your own, of course) do you recommend on the craft of writing?

James V. Smith Jr. Easy. Donald Maass. Writing the Breakout Novel and the later workbook to the book. If you can only buy one, get the workbook and use it end to end to write and revise your story.

You can own too many writing how-to books, I think. Sooner or later a writer just has to stop reading the books and writing short fiction and get on with the more daunting challenge of writing a novel.

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