Writing Craft

Books about the craft of writing.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
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 Elements of Style
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
Ernest Hemingway
I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

George Orwell
All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly st ...more
George Orwell, Why I Write

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