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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The War of Art
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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)
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
Why I Write
The Guy Next Door by Meg CabotHe Typed. She Typed. by Mark Van WyePlay It Again, SAHM by Meredith EfkenThe Cubicle Next Door by Siri L. MitchellLove @ First Site by Jane Moore
Desks
31 books — 8 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Writing Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergWild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
Being a Better Writer
112 books — 58 voters

Breathe My Name by R.A. NelsonThe Empty Glass by J.I. BakerMy Name Is Not Easy by Debby Dahl EdwardsonYou Are My Only by Beth KephartLoveSick by Jake Coburn
Written on Glass
29 books — 9 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergScrivener Essentials by Karen  Prince
The Art & Business of Writing
85 books — 74 voters

Neil Gaiman
We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write.
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Shannon L. Alder
I write to find strength. I write to become the person that hides inside me. I write to light the way through the darkness for others. I write to be seen and heard. I write to be near those I love. I write by accident, promptings, purposefully and anywhere there is paper. I write because my heart speaks a different language that someone needs to hear. I write past the embarrassment of exposure. I write because hypocrisy doesn’t need answers, rather it needs questions to heal. I write myself ou ...more
Shannon L. Alder

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