The Starter Stack: three books chosen by Mr Books

This starter set brings together three books chosen by Mr Books for a new writer: mindset, structure and style, the three things to get right first. You can read them in any order.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is the wry, honest, down to earth writing guide that has never stopped selling. Into The Woods by John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers' Academy, explains how stories work and why we tell them. The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker is a thinking person's guide to clear, elegant writing.