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Writing Books
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7512 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 317,472 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5569 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 110,881 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4489 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,055 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3403 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,816 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2721 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,785 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2109 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,357 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1516 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,499 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1429 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,289 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1408 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 118,313 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 — 11,846 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1368 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,794 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1364 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,883 ratings — published 2006
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1335 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,377 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1327 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,102 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1313 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 119,895 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1284 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,215 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1268 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,582 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1222 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,007 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1192 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,370 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1165 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 1116 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,208 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1094 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,341 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 1030 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,426 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 991 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,545 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 928 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 234,041 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 919 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,302 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 862 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,790 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 838 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,296 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,673 ratings — published 2012
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 811 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 24,755 ratings — published 2021
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 787 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,851 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 753 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,712 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 724 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,651 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 687 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,284 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 — 336,616 ratings — published 2012
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 674 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,079 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 664 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,219 ratings — published 2013
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 657 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,298 ratings — published 2011
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 652 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,966 ratings — published 1949
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,401 ratings — published 1998
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 632 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,976 ratings — published 2016
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 632 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,874 ratings — published 1990
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 629 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,793 ratings — published 1984
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 612 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,470 ratings — published 2013
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 602 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,557 ratings — published 1990
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 598 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 121,796 ratings — published 1929
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 573 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,379 ratings — published 2019
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 573 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,289 ratings — published 2013
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 570 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,947 ratings — published 1987
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 565 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 259,569 ratings — published 1929
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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