I have "Elements of Style" by Strunk & White, "On writing" By Stephen King, and "The art of Fiction" by John Gardner. Does anyone know of any more books dedicated to fiction writing? I'll also accept books that concentrate on one aspect of fiction writing. For example, a book dedicated solely to character development, or a book about dialog writing. Whatever suggestions you guys have will be very much appreciated.

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While not specifically a book on writing, I'd highly recommend "A Moveable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway. It is a memoir of his days in Paris in the 1920s interacting with the large expatriate community of writers and artists. It has many long digressions discussing Hemingway's writing philosophies and is an overall good read.

I'm sorry I don't know any books about writing, but I've searched on the Internet and I got some sites you could read, just to get a better idea. I hope it helps at least a little bit.

Writer's Digest books has an excellent series called The Elements of Fiction Writing. The titles are: 1)Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress 2)Scene & Structure by Jack Bickham 3)Conflict, Action & Suspense by WIlliam Noble 4)Description by Monica Wood 5)Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card 6)Plot by Ansen Dibell 7)Dialogue by Lewis Turco 8)Theme & Strategy by Ronald Tobias

From Where You Dream is a book by Robert Olen Butler who teaches at Florida State and has won the Pulitzer. His book is very aestheitc in exploring writing as an art and being true to it as an art form rather than any commercial hopes. It is very philosophical in its approach to works that may not be "easy" reads, but are doing something truly artistic, creative, original. Another one that is truly a favorite of mine is 3 AM Epiphany by Brian Kiteley who teaches in Colorado I believe. He studied under Donald Barthelme. His book is almost totally exercises, but they are very challenging, not your typical ones. The introduction itself was worth the purchase to me. If you are a genre writer, there are others that may be more useful. I tend to gravitate to writing books by authors I admire already or by writers who stuided under authors I aspire to in my own writing. That said, Walter Mosley, who is more a genre author, has a new book, This Year You Write Your Novel, which at first glance in the bookstore, looks excellent.

Peter Elbow's 'Writing with Power' actually tells you how to put pen to paper and how to have a good working routine.

Flipped - Wendeln E. Parker Artemis Fowl seris(5 books) - Eoin Colfer The Supernaturalist - By Eoin Colfer The Tale of Despereaux - By Kate DiCamillo Milkweed - by Jerry Spinelli Jason and Marceline- by Jerry Spinelli....(You'll laugh like you've never laughed before.)

Suggestion: go to your public library and browse in Dewey number 808. You'll find tons of stuff.

There are several and new ones come out all the time. One of my favories is How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey. I also enjoy reading The Writer Magazine and Writer's Digest. As for single aspect books, there is a series from Writer's Digest called "Elements of Fiction" that presents one book each on just about any element you can think of : Plot, Character, Setting, etc. You might browse the 808 section of your public library to see what they have on fiction writing. It will let you sample some of these books so you only spend your money on the ones that strike a cord with you.