So many to choose from... your bookstore or library has an entire shelf devoted to this topic. A few that I've read John Gardner's -- On Fiction How to Write a

So many to choose from... your bookstore or library has an entire shelf devoted to this topic. A few that I've read John Gardner's -- On Fiction How to Write a Blockbuster Novel Story (more about screenwriting, but very useful to novelists) Bird by Bird None of these are particularly focused at the novice novel writer. Good luck!