Valley Jew's List of Books Every Writer Must Read Before They Turn Thirty

1. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
by Robert McKee

2. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by Alice Miller

3. Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
by Patricia Highsmith

4. From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction
by Robert Olen Butler

5. On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner

6. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
by Lenny Bruce