Over the years, I have collected books on how to write, and I typically have a new one that I am reading as I work on my research projects. Over the years, I have bought fewer and fewer books about writing, and I see that they are spread throughout my bookshelf rather than organized together on one or two shelves. But as I work on this fourth edition, I continue on with reading books about writing. Right now I am reading On Writing by Stephen King (2000), a thoughtful memoir about King’s development as a writer, his tips for good writing, and his suggestions for publishing. I have recently completed a memoir-writing workshop sponsored by the Nebraska Writers Conference and facilitated by a well-known essayist, Megan Daum (2010). I routinely read books on the top 10 list of the New York Times and popular books of fiction and nonfiction (see for fiction, Harding, 2009). I bring into my research methods classes segments from books to share to illustrate writing points. In short, I am not only reading books about writing, reading good literature, and always thinking about how the ideas writers share in their works might be applied in writing good research. My books span a wide spectrum from professional trade books to academic writing books. In this section, I have extracted the key ideas that have been meaningful to me from many favorite writing books that I have used.