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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 332 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.34 — 318,611 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 268 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,209 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,167 ratings — published 1918
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,832 ratings — published 1986
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,109 ratings — published 1993
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,886 ratings — published 1976
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,399 ratings — published 1973
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,905 ratings — published 2005
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,682 ratings — published 2018
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,986 ratings — published 2004
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 89 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,349 ratings — published 2012
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 118,831 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 87 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,863 ratings — published 2006
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,224 ratings — published 2007
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 85 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,457 ratings — published 2016
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,547 ratings — published 1997
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,391 ratings — published 1992
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,282 ratings — published 2002
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,046 ratings — published 1998
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,081 ratings — published 2001
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,558 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,858 ratings — published 2011
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,893 ratings — published 2006
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 234,783 ratings — published 2015
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,714 ratings — published 1988
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,303 ratings — published 2004
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,992 ratings — published 2016
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,439 ratings — published 2003
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,227 ratings — published 2013
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,678 ratings — published 2000
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,473 ratings — published 2013
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 57 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,660 ratings — published 2016
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,332 ratings — published 1989
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,300 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,307 ratings — published 1984
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,736 ratings — published 2008
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,213 ratings — published 2005
Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 53 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,511 ratings — published 1992
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,794 ratings — published 1995
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,954 ratings — published 1987
2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,664 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,293 ratings — published 1934
The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,635 ratings — published 2009
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,230 ratings — published 2008
Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,347 ratings — published 2006
The Forest for the Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,161 ratings — published 2000
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,554 ratings — published 1993
Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (ebook)
by (shelved 42 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,280 ratings — published 2015
Scene & Structure (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 42 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,611 ratings — published 1993
The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,795 ratings — published 2009
“The orator yields to the inspiration of a transient occasion, and speaks to the mob, before him, to those who can hear him; but the writer, whose more equable life is his crowd which inspire the orator, speaks to the intellect and heart of mankind, to all in any age who can understand him.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
