Bette's Favorite Books For Writers

Conflict Action and Suspense, by William Noble.

1818 Ways to Write Better and Get Published, by Scott Edelstein 
(a punchlist of good ideas)

Sally Stuart’s Guide to Getting Published

Sally Stuart’s Christian Writer’s Market Guide
(Essential for everyone who wants to publish in the Christian Market)

How to Write and Sell Your First Novel, by Oscar Collier and 
Frances Leighton

Stein on Writing, by Sol Stein (Excellent)

Novel Ideas, Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process,
Writing for Publication, Susan Titus Osborn (editor)

Writing and Selling the Christian Novel, By Penelope J Stokes, Ph.D. (somewhat outdated, but a good reference for how the Christian Novel varies from the General Market novel)

So, You Want to Write a Novel, Lou Willett Stanek, Ph.D

Word by Word, John Tullius and Elizabeth Engstrom and the Presenters of the Maui Writers Conference

Scene and Structure, by Jack Bickham

The Writer’s Digest Guide to Good Writing, Edited by Clark, Woods, Blocksom , and Terez

The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, by Christopher Vogler
(A great understanding of the phases of story structure)

The First Five Pages (A writer’s guide to staying out of the rejection pile) by Noah Lukeman 
(Getting your work noticed  by editors, and setting the tone for the novel)