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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7549 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 319,866 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5603 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,640 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4498 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,319 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3414 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 31,003 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2727 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,907 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2121 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,470 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1523 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,603 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1429 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,392 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1416 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 119,443 ratings — published 2002
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 1384 times as writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,888 ratings — published 2006
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1374 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,903 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1371 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,052 ratings — published 2005
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1333 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,524 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1332 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,128 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1314 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,755 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1300 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,250 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1283 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,816 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1230 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,089 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1200 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,416 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1164 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,984 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1120 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,251 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1095 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,366 ratings — published 2012
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 1047 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,495 ratings — published 2016
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 992 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,578 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 932 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 235,638 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 922 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,305 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 872 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,810 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 839 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,314 ratings — published 1984
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 826 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 25,360 ratings — published 2021
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 812 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,681 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 791 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,868 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 752 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,720 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 741 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,674 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 690 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,305 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 682 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 339,322 ratings — published 2012
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 672 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,086 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 667 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,238 ratings — published 2013
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 661 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,288 ratings — published 1949
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 658 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,310 ratings — published 2011
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,014 ratings — published 2016
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 643 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,420 ratings — published 1998
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 638 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,837 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 637 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,887 ratings — published 1990
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 620 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,482 ratings — published 2013
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 603 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 124,342 ratings — published 1929
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 603 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,567 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 584 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,333 ratings — published 2013
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 574 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,410 ratings — published 2019
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 571 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,977 ratings — published 1987
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 568 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 264,402 ratings — published 1929
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
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