My 6 favorite writing craft books for fiction and nonfiction authors

Lindsey Danis
The Joyful Writer
Published in
5 min readDec 20, 2023

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Back in May, I recommended the craft book Seven Drafts to my workshop. “I just saw another book like that…Something Drafts?” the instructor asked.

“Three Drafts! I like that less. Here’s why…” (Reader, it’s best for pantsers).

The exchange got me thinking about the explosion in writing craft books that parallels the…

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Lindsey Danis
The Joyful Writer

Writer. Traveler. Queer. Passionate about self employment, LGBTQ finance and the writing life. Visit me at http://www.lindseydanis.com