Craft Of Writing


On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
The Writing Life
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Mary Karr
Hyperbole often reflects a culture's excesses and savagery or appetite. ...more
Mary Karr, The Art of Memoir

Ernest Hemingway
Good writing is true writing. If a man is making a story up it will be true in proportion to the amount of knowledge of life that he has and how conscientious he is; so that when he makes something up it is as it would truly be.
Ernest Hemingway, On Writing

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