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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.34 — 325,791 ratings — published 2002
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 273 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 114,028 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 160 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,139 ratings — published 1918
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,329 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 — 7,216 ratings — published 1993
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,510 ratings — published 1976
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,865 ratings — published 1973
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,469 ratings — published 2018
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,647 ratings — published 2005
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,007 ratings — published 2004
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,438 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 89 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,740 ratings — published 2016
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,772 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 88 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,093 ratings — published 2006
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,420 ratings — published 2007
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,941 ratings — published 1997
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,517 ratings — published 1992
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,089 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 — 6,452 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 — 4,101 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 75 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,688 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,898 ratings — published 2011
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,968 ratings — published 2006
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,736 ratings — published 1988
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,138 ratings — published 2016
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.96 — 239,714 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,313 ratings — published 2004
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,869 ratings — published 2003
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,301 ratings — published 2013
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,532 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 — 3,688 ratings — published 2000
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 58 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,765 ratings — published 2016
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,329 ratings — published 2011
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,703 ratings — published 1989
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,378 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 — 1,747 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 — 2,230 ratings — published 2005
Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 53 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,521 ratings — published 1992
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,039 ratings — published 1987
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,851 ratings — published 1995
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,371 ratings — published 1934
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 — 4,689 ratings — published 2012
The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,640 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 46 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,284 ratings — published 2008
Take Off Your Pants! Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (ebook)
by (shelved 44 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,305 ratings — published 2015
The Forest for the Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,182 ratings — published 2000
The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,805 ratings — published 2009
Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as writing-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,389 ratings — published 2006
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,560 ratings — published 1993
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as writing-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 348,205 ratings — published 2012
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When did they live?" I certainly want to write BECAUSE I live! I know I don't want to write in order to live! My writing is an overflow of the wine glass of my life, not a basin in which I wash out my ideals and expectations.”
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“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
