The Craft of Writing

By Pen Parentis - Terrific Writers who are also Parents

Here are some great craft books to help you reconnect with your writing self.

Pen Parentis has a Writing Fellowship for New Parents open now through April 17! Guidelines https://www.penparentis.org/fellowships/guidelines/: for writers who have at least one kid under 10.

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The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know about Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Busin

Mary Gannon and Kevin Larimer

$29.99 $27.59

Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

Blake Snyder

$22.95 $21.11

Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style

Amitava Kumar

$24.95

A Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing

David Mura

$29.95 $27.55

This Year You Write Your Novel

Walter Mosley

$15.99

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Steven Pressfield

$12.95

Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir

Helena de Bres

$27.00

Write Naked: A Bestseller's Secrets to Writing Romance & Navigating the Path to Success

Jennifer Probst

$16.99

How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth

Sarah Austin Jenness, The Moth, et al.

$28.00 $25.76

Finding Your Writer's Voice

Dorothy Wall and Thaisa Frank

$19.99 $18.39

The Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories Into Memoir

Patty Dann

$16.95

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

$16.00 $14.72

Pen Parentis - Book Club read

Successful Self-Publishing: How We Do It (And How You Can Too)

Shoshanna Evers

$7.95

Book and Baby, The Complete Guide to Managing Chaos and Becoming A Wildly Successful Writer-Parent

Milda M Devoe

$19.99

What Is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know): Interviews from the Poetry Project Newsletter (1983 - 2009)

$25.00 $23.00