Writing

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In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft: A Memoir on Writing
Writing, the Other Life: Texts and art by and about Annie Ernaux
The Radiance
How to Write a Murder
The Radiance
Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children (Large Print Edition)
Departure[s]
Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft: A Memoir on Writing
Ghost Stories
La palabra mágica: Una vida escrita
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Light and Thread
In One Brief Moment All Eternity
The Messy Lives of Book People
My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein
Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds
How to Write a Murder
The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions
Famous Men
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
The Elements of Style
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process
The War of Art
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Art and Craft of Screenwriting by Shelly FromeThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.On Writing by Stephen  KingEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussBird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Best Writing Reference
210 books — 203 voters
The Boy Kingdom by Achy ObejasLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Books With Beautiful Prose
238 books — 168 voters

Pikeville by Dan ContiThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainMrs. Poe by Lynn CullenZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Famous Authors in Fiction
181 books — 59 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussCrafting the Character ARC by Jennie JarvisThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Books for Aspiring Writers
146 books — 121 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Bookish Thrillers
129 books — 134 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottOne Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleMisery by Stephen  KingThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Fiction Books About Writers
318 books — 177 voters


Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“ If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous rewar ...more ”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Sylvia Plath
“ And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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