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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 318,500 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,181 ratings — published 1994
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,824 ratings — published 1986
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,330 ratings — published 1989
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 24,978 ratings — published 2021
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,157 ratings — published 1918
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,398 ratings — published 1973
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,046 ratings — published 1998
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,238 ratings — published 2002
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,036,007 ratings — published 2023
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 234,716 ratings — published 2015
The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,234 ratings — published 1979
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,121 ratings — published 2022
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,485 ratings — published 2018
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,727 ratings — published 2013
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,879 ratings — published 1976
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,438 ratings — published 2003
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,200 ratings — published 2022
Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,911 ratings — published 2014
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,861 ratings — published 2006
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,054 ratings — published 2002
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.95 — 564,030 ratings — published 2001
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 261,558 ratings — published 1929
These Precious Days: Essays (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.42 — 46,913 ratings — published 2021
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,230 ratings — published 2019
Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,297 ratings — published 2003
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,214 ratings — published 2018
The Friend (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.72 — 59,719 ratings — published 2018
A Moveable Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 167,275 ratings — published 1964
The Art of Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,392 ratings — published 2015
The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,203 ratings — published 2009
Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,280 ratings — published 2015
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 118,783 ratings — published 2002
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,891 ratings — published 2006
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,676 ratings — published 2012
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.35 — 7,361 ratings — published 2013
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 337,935 ratings — published 2012
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,177 ratings — published 2008
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.48 — 3,347 ratings — published 2011
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,564 ratings — published 1990
The Vulnerables (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.56 — 12,365 ratings — published 2023
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 84,434 ratings — published 2023
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,820,043 ratings — published 2018
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 851,215 ratings — published 1987
Biography of X (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.82 — 15,883 ratings — published 2023
Now Is Not the Time to Panic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.68 — 64,670 ratings — published 2022
A Minor Chorus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,448 ratings — published 2022
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,751 ratings — published 2004
Write for Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,543 ratings — published 2022
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as writing-about-writing)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,409 ratings — published 2021
