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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7746 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 329,950 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5797 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,967 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4602 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,607 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3479 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,852 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2782 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,609 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2176 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,067 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,125 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 1480 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,948 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1450 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,333 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 1429 times as writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,221 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1415 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 23,055 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1399 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,012 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1371 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,859 ratings — published 2018
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1369 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,302 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1358 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 128,383 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1355 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,507 ratings — published 2007
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1345 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,752 ratings — published 1998
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1340 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 107,062 ratings — published 2003
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1224 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,581 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1179 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,025 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1170 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,435 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 1134 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,471 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 1124 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,916 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 1011 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,747 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 946 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 242,877 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 927 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,322 ratings — published 2004
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 889 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,871 ratings — published 2021
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 875 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,884 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 865 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,414 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 826 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,748 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 804 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,919 ratings — published 2011
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 765 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,820 ratings — published 2016
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 764 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,744 ratings — published 1988
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 704 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 356,934 ratings — published 2012
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 701 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,225 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 698 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,410 ratings — published 1934
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 692 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,537 ratings — published 1949
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 681 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,343 ratings — published 2013
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 679 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,112 ratings — published 2001
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,338 ratings — published 2011
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 658 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,975 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,939 ratings — published 1990
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 642 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,478 ratings — published 1998
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 630 times as writing)
avg rating 4.26 — 136,408 ratings — published 1929
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 625 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,558 ratings — published 2013
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 623 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,791 ratings — published 2012
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 614 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,621 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 601 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,504 ratings — published 2013
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 594 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,083 ratings — published 1987
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,628 ratings — published 2019
“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
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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