Mystical Worlds of Susan Flemming

The following how-to-write books are proving invaluable as I work on completing my first novel:

How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them by Sol Stein

Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein

Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

by Donald Maass

From the Write Great Fiction series of books put out by Writers' Digest Book:

Plot & Structure: (Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips REaders From Start to finish) (Write Great Fiction) by James Scott Bell

by Nancy Kress

I don't consider these books as how-to-write books but rather inspirational writing books.  I've reread each of them several times and every time I come away feeling renewed, refreshed and ready to bring that energy to whatever writing project I'm working on at the time.

 by Jan Phillips

Books by Natalie Goldberg:

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life

Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft