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Creative Writing Resources

Introduction to Novel Writing (Professor Girardi)

Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life

Available in both print and ebook formats.

The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile

The First Five Pages reveals the necessary elements of good writing, whether it be fiction, nonfiction, journalism, or poetry, and points out errors to be avoided.

The Elements of Style

E-book edition available through our Overdrive platform; print editions at Harrisburg and Gettysburg

Zen in the Art of Writing

Available in both ebook and print (Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York)

Reading Like a Writer

In print at Lebanon

On Writing Well

In print at Gettysburg

Writing Down the Bones

Available in both ebook and print (Lancaster)

The Art of Fiction

In print at Harrisburg

On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft

Available in ebook, and print at the Gettysburg and Lancaster campuses.

On Becoming a Novelist

Available in ebook format

Writing the Breakout Novel

Available in ebook format.