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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Bird by Bird
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The Elements of Style
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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Scrivener Essentials: A Quick Start Visual Guide For Windows Users
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
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Scrivener Essentials: A Quick Start Visual Guide for Mac Users
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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The Writing Life
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3.98 avg rating — 18,743 ratings
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Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
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4.05 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
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Becoming a Writer
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Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing True
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4.08 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
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3.87 avg rating — 2,697 ratings
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
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The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
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The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life
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Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
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4.05 avg rating — 2,232 ratings
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
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3.97 avg rating — 349,175 ratings
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The Writing Life: Ideas and Inspiration for Anyone Who Wants to Write
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4.09 avg rating — 271 ratings
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A Writer's Diary
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4.17 avg rating — 6,709 ratings
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On Writing
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4.02 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
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The Young Adult Writer's Journey: An Encyclopedia for YA Writers
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3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
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4.16 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories, and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually Do It
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4.17 avg rating — 714 ratings
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The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
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3.79 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
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The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life
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A Writer's Workbook: Daily Exercises for the Writing Life
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No Plot? No Problem!
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Letters to a Young Novelist
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The Art of the Novel
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Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction
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A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit
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Letters to a Young Artist
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4.03 avg rating — 896 ratings
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Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art
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On Writing
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Why I Write
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Scrivener For Dummies
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Secrets to Writing Well - Volume 1
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
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Writing Course: Teaching the Time-Efficient Principles of Planning and Writing a Book
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The Elements of Active Prose
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The 10 Secrets to Organizing a Nonfiction Book
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How to Write Fiction: Tools and Techniques
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Living Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice
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Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers
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The Influential Author: How and Why to Write, Publish, and Sell Nonfiction Books That Matter (2nd Edition)
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Las clases de Hebe Uhart
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The Ten Steps to Journaling: How to Start a Journal or Diary
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The Cosmic Playbook for Writers: 30 Vital Mini Meditations to Boost Your Creativity, Resilience & Passion
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The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention (An Artist's Way Book)
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3.32 avg rating — 1,611 ratings
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Inspired Guide to Writing the Short Story: Lessons and Workbook for Students and Educators
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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How to Write Funny Characters
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Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method
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What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
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3.90 avg rating — 1,831 ratings
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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
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Writing the Sacred Journey: Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir
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Seeking Wisdom
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Seize the Story
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
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The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl
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The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
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4.02 avg rating — 1,986 ratings
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Living the Artist's Way
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Sit Write Here: 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less
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Blasting Through Blocks: An Artist's Way Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Creativity
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2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love
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Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
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Million Dollar Outlines
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Techniques of the Selling Writer
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Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing
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Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write – A Sumptuous Guide to Getting Your Creative Juices Flowing
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Henry Miller on Writing
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Death Carries a Camcorder: Essays on fantasy writing
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
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Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
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The Pursuit of Perfection: And How It Harms Writers
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How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights
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Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing
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Writing Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within
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Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others
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One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft
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A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on the Growing Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
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Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
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A Rhetoric of Irony (Phoenix Books)
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
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Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft
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On Becoming a Novelist
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Aspects of the Novel
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
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