Writing

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The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Edit Your Way: Plot Twist: Forget the Writing “Rules"
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Staying Gold: The Oral History of The Outsiders
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945
The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
Death and the Gardener
Memorial Days
El peligro de estar cuerda
A Truce That Is Not Peace
Notes to John
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
People Like Us
Joyride: A Memoir
Didion and Babitz
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
The Messy Lives of Book People
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
The Writing Life
The War of Art
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Douglas Adams
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous rewar ...more
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

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