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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7585 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 322,572 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5643 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,622 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4526 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,595 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3431 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,249 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2735 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,102 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2144 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,659 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1534 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,765 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1444 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,536 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1429 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,066 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 1399 times as writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,982 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1385 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,321 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1383 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,935 ratings — published 2006
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1338 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,697 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1334 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,172 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1331 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,905 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1313 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,323 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1301 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,121 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1242 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,176 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1210 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,466 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1166 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,988 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1129 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,307 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1107 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,406 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 1060 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,613 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 993 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,627 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 937 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 237,582 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 927 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,308 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 871 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,832 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 846 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,346 ratings — published 1984
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 841 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 26,114 ratings — published 2021
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,698 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 794 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,884 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 757 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,728 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 744 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,711 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 692 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,342 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 687 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 343,151 ratings — published 2012
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 675 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,672 ratings — published 1949
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 — 4,095 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 665 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,270 ratings — published 2013
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 664 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,316 ratings — published 2011
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 660 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,080 ratings — published 2016
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,878 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 645 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,906 ratings — published 1990
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 643 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,427 ratings — published 1998
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 623 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,503 ratings — published 2013
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 618 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 127,374 ratings — published 1929
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 608 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,576 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 587 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,389 ratings — published 2013
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 577 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 270,061 ratings — published 1929
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 577 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,583 ratings — published 2012
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 576 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,013 ratings — published 1987
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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