Below are some resource books for those looking to stimulate their creative minds, those wondering how authors think, and those looking to improve their writing skills.
On Creativity
The Artist’s Way– Julia Cameron
Writing Down the Bones– Natalie Goldberg
Bird by Bird– Anne Lamott
If You Want to Write– Brenda Ueland
Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul
(I’m not kidding, it’s a really good read)
On the Lives of Writers
Zen and the Art of Writing– Ray Bradbury
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art– Joyce Carol Oates
On Writing– Eudora Welty
On Being a Better Writer
Your Screenplay Sucks– Will Akers
(great for novel writers!)
The Art of Fiction– John Gardner
On Writing– Stephen King
Any of Sol Stein’s books but especially his novel-writing book.
On Grammar
Eats Shoots and Leaves
Strunk and White
Chicago Manuel of Style