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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 86,676 ratings — published 1918
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 314,199 ratings — published 2000
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 13,225 ratings — published 2018
The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 672 ratings — published 1998
Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 162 ratings — published 2003
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
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avg rating 4.52 — 6,308 ratings — published 2012
Writing Mysteries (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 630 ratings — published 1992
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,190 ratings — published 1981
The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 622 ratings — published 1994
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,057 ratings — published 1993
The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 695 ratings — published 2009
712 More Things to Write About: (Creative Writing Prompts, Writing Prompt Journal, Things to Write About for Teens and Adults)
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avg rating 4.35 — 62 ratings — published 2014
You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 343 ratings — published 2013
Writing Your Life: Putting Your Past on Paper (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 53 ratings — published 1996
Against Worldbuilding, and Other Provocations: Essays on History, Narrative, and Game Design (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.99 — 98 ratings — published
The Lyric Opera Companion: The History, Lore, and Stories of the World's Greatest Operas (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1991
Plot Versus Character: A Balanced Approach to Writing Great Fiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 473 ratings — published 2010
Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 457 ratings — published 2020
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.54 — 24,003 ratings — published 2021
How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 584 ratings — published 2016
Strong Verbs for Fiction Writers (Indie Author Resources, #2)
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avg rating 4.13 — 382 ratings — published
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.69 — 1,252 ratings — published 2017
The Writer's Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.52 — 143 ratings — published
The Dialogue Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Dialogue Tags and Phrases (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 226 ratings — published
Master Lists for Writers: Thesauruses, Plots, Character Traits, Names, and More (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.28 — 725 ratings — published 2015
Thesaurus of the Senses (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 165 ratings — published 2015
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 532 ratings — published 2008
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers: Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.01 — 143 ratings — published 2013
Goodreads for Authors (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 666 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 670 ratings — published 2013
The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,167 ratings — published 2011
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 305 ratings — published 2011
Ensouling Language: On the Art of Nonfiction and the Writer's Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 158 ratings — published 2010
The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 358 ratings — published 2010
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 3,217 ratings — published 1984
The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 416 ratings — published 1993
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Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A. [Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book] (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 168 ratings — published 2006
Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 211 ratings — published 1992
The Merriam Webster New Book of Word Histories: Fascinating Stories about our Living, Growing Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 51 ratings — published 1990
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 321 ratings — published 2004
Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder, Kindle Edition (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.47 — 715 ratings — published 1994
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30,550 ratings — published 1976
Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey (Nook)
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avg rating 4.25 — 334 ratings — published 2011
Stylish Academic Writing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,049 ratings — published 2012
On Writing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 2,356 ratings — published 2014
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,142 ratings — published 2014
Oulipo Compendium (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 369 ratings — published 1998
Rebel Yell: A Short Guide to Fiction Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 43 ratings — published 1998
The New Diary: How to use a journal for self-guidance and expanded creativity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 564 ratings — published 1978
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 4,182 ratings — published 2013
