- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler
- The Breakout Novelist by Donald Maass
- The Nighttime Novelist by Joseph Bates
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Alternative Scriptwriting by Ken Dancyger and Jeff Rush
- The Novel-Maker’s Handbook by Diane O’Connell
- Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make it Great by William M. Akers