Nora's votes on the list Writing Books for Writers

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1	Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 5,546 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done by Cary Tennis 3.70 avg rating — 154 ratings Nora rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance by Rosanne Bane 4.23 avg rating — 318 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Rational Writer: Nuts and Bolts by Mindy Klasky (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations & Books by Eviatar Zerubavel 3.81 avg rating — 425 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer by Sandra Scofield 3.88 avg rating — 478 ratings Nora rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler 4.10 avg rating — 10,377 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults by Cheryl B. Klein (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 423 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 260,130 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 3,298 ratings Nora rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder 4.01 avg rating — 21,828 ratings Nora rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 317,792 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 110,962 ratings Nora rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. 4.18 avg rating — 87,091 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 106,401 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method by Stuart Horwitz (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 191 ratings Nora rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones 3.95 avg rating — 4,949 ratings Nora rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Meet a Jerk, Get to Work, How to Write Villains and the Occasional Hero by Jaqueline Girdner 3.33 avg rating — 119 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Writer's Business Plan: How to Generate Passive Income Writing Self-Published Books by Tonya Price 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings Nora rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 535 ratings Nora rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization by Michael Tierno 3.84 avg rating — 630 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner 3.99 avg rating — 6,300 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schmidt (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 888 ratings Nora rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars