What to Read After Writing Fiction
Readers who loved Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Writing Fiction is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Writing Fiction
Writing Down the Bones
The art of fiction
Reading Like a Writer
Writing the Breakout Novel
Wild mind
How fiction works
Steering the craft
Burning Down the House
Narrative Design
Ron Carlson Writes a Story
Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
Writing fiction
The writer's guide to character traits
The deluxe transitive vampire
Writing with power
Fiction Writer's Workshop
Stein on Writing
The writer's idea book
Revising prose
A passion for narrative
Mystery and manners: occasional prose
Dialogue
The weekend novelist
Creating short fiction