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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1277 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 317,940 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 974 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,000 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 553 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,102 ratings — published 1918
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 460 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,804 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 390 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,379 ratings — published 1973
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,836 ratings — published 1976
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,306 ratings — published 1989
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 250 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,852 ratings — published 2006
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 225 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,023 ratings — published 1998
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,522 ratings — published 1997
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,101 ratings — published 1993
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 118,492 ratings — published 2002
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 202 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,030 ratings — published 2002
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,623 ratings — published 2018
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 187 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 24,835 ratings — published 2021
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)
by (shelved 185 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,431 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,299 ratings — published 1984
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 122,260 ratings — published 1929
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 173 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,221 ratings — published 2007
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,987 ratings — published 2004
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,889 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,838 ratings — published 2005
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 162 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 234,349 ratings — published 2015
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,406 ratings — published 2003
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,377 ratings — published 1992
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,792 ratings — published 1995
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 260,384 ratings — published 1929
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,549 ratings — published 2012
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 123 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,342 ratings — published 2012
Why I Write (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,238 ratings — published 1946
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,801 ratings — published 1984
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 337,205 ratings — published 2012
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,214 ratings — published 2014
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,949 ratings — published 1987
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,854 ratings — published 2011
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,080 ratings — published 2001
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,303 ratings — published 2004
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,026 ratings — published 1949
A Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,418 ratings — published 1994
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,165 ratings — published 2008
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,408 ratings — published 2021
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,220 ratings — published 2013
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,286 ratings — published 1934
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,051 ratings — published 2002
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,472 ratings — published 2013
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,223 ratings — published 2019
Aspects of the Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,958 ratings — published 1927
The Art of Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,381 ratings — published 2015
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,673 ratings — published 2012
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,402 ratings — published 1998
“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”
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“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
