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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 328,245 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as write)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,306 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as write)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,461 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as write)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,700 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as write)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,470 ratings — published 1986
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,639 ratings — published 1998
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as write)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,008 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as write)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,070 ratings — published 1997
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as write)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,163 ratings — published 2006
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,054 ratings — published 2002
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,212 ratings — published 2002
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 7 times as write)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,851 ratings — published 2016
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,464 ratings — published 2007
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,541 ratings — published 2021
Why I Write (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,419 ratings — published 1946
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,270 ratings — published 1993
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,898 ratings — published 2005
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,397 ratings — published 1984
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,435 ratings — published 2014
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,407 ratings — published 2014
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,073 ratings — published 1981
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,314 ratings — published 2004
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,345 ratings — published 1949
Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.37 — 6,065 ratings — published 2020
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,405 ratings — published 1942
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,869 ratings — published 1995
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,064 ratings — published 1987
Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,351 ratings — published 1988
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,023 ratings — published 2004
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,456 ratings — published 2012
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,555 ratings — published 1992
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript (Bell on Writing)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,298 ratings — published 2014
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,742 ratings — published 1988
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,489 ratings — published 2013
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.97 — 353,017 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,394 ratings — published 1934
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 241,432 ratings — published 2015
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,981 ratings — published 2003
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,994 ratings — published 2006
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,827 ratings — published 2013
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,197 ratings — published 2016
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,701 ratings — published 2018
Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.02 — 901 ratings — published 1990
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,273 ratings — published 2003
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,503 ratings — published 2021
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,065 ratings — published 1979
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,221 ratings — published 2007
Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.43 — 879 ratings — published 2011
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,484 ratings — published 2008
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma (Writers Helping Writers, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.68 — 1,307 ratings — published 2017
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”
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“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”
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