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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 86,842 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30,669 ratings — published 1976
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 315,772 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 110,253 ratings — published 1994
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,855 ratings — published 2006
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,043 ratings — published 1981
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 17,410 ratings — published 1997
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 21,259 ratings — published 1973
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,180 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,282 ratings — published 1984
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,085 ratings — published 1993
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 4,779 ratings — published 1995
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing: Proven Professional Techniques for Writing With Style and Power (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,530 ratings — published 1985
Story Engineering (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 3,289 ratings — published 2011
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10,355 ratings — published 1992
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,353 ratings — published 2019
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 13,402 ratings — published 2018
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences: A Writer's Guide To Crafting Killer Sentences (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.15 — 1,597 ratings — published 2010
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,286 ratings — published 2003
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 810 ratings — published 2004
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,164 ratings — published 2007
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,755 ratings — published 2016
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 5,033 ratings — published 2007
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 5,934 ratings — published 2006
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 5,961 ratings — published 1998
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,522 ratings — published 2012
Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,360 ratings — published 2011
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 11,795 ratings — published 2006
On Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,764 ratings — published 1984
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 31,692 ratings — published 1986
Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction (Reference)
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avg rating 4.06 — 535 ratings — published 1986
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 5,975 ratings — published 2004
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,273 ratings — published 1942
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
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avg rating 4.53 — 6,321 ratings — published 2012
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 21,612 ratings — published 2005
Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,655 ratings — published 2019
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,460 ratings — published 2012
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 9,455 ratings — published 2020
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 917 ratings — published 1997
Sense of Structure, The: Writing from the Reader's Perspective (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 89 ratings — published 2004
Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University (SAGE Study Skills Series)
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avg rating 3.56 — 25 ratings — published 2003
Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between (ebook)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,901 ratings — published 2014
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 4,841 ratings — published 2011
The Science of Storytelling (ebook)
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avg rating 4.05 — 7,946 ratings — published 2019
First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,350 ratings — published 2018
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 3,455 ratings — published 2013
How to Self-Publish: The Essential Guide for Taking Your Idea to Market (The Career Author)
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avg rating 4.29 — 17 ratings — published
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 883 ratings — published 2004
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 2,141 ratings — published
Dæmon Voices (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,637 ratings — published 2017
“I played pinochle with my grandmothers. I thought I was the only person under the age of sixty who knew how to play. He also used the Oxford comma. That has to mean something, doesn't it?”
― A Handkerchief for Kade
― A Handkerchief for Kade
“Causality is to the writer what melody is to the songwriter: a superpower that the audience feels as the crux of the matter; the thing the audience actually shows up for; the hardest thing to do; that which distinguishes the competent practitioner from the extraordinary one.”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
