A diverse, idiosyncratic anthology of creative nonfiction.

A classic memoir of the day-to-day experience of observing and writing.

In this short book, Gornick discusses the nuances of writing memoirs and essays.

King's modern classic is both a memoir of his coming of age as a writer, and a one-stop shop for learning the basics of writing: memorable characters, well-crafted prose, nuanced description.

In his essays, Gass considers language, style, and the philosophy of writing fiction.

An anthology of writers discussing their methods, their lives and what short fiction means to them.

For years the Paris Review has been conducting in-depth interviews with writers who range from poets to novelists and dramatists. This recent series collects the best of these interviews in book form.

With devoted attention, Prose reads through a wide range of books, stories and individual sentences to discover their lessons for the writer in such categories as "narration, "character," "gesture."

In this short guide, Revell discusses what it means to be "the poet who fully comes to his senses."

A guide to writing dialogue in fiction.

The articulate, opinionated critic James Wood compellingly theorizes about fiction - discussing character, dialogue, and fiction's various other angles.

As her title suggests, Schneider's guide discusses writing alone and in workshops. This guide includes many writing exercises.