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A list of creative writing books that might prove useful on your journey to writing excellence.
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The Grammar Whisperer: Speaking the Language of Proper English (Without Boring You to Death) (The Author’s Toolkit Series)
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Mason Carter (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 200,
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 314,261 ratings
score: 190,
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Writing Fiction
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4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book
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Scott Lorenz (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
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3.97 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
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3.76 avg rating — 1,725 ratings
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The Elements of Style
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4.18 avg rating — 86,683 ratings
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Creative Writing Vocabulary Toolkit: A Writer’s Handbook for Writing Descriptive and Vivid Prose (The Author’s Toolkit Series)
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Mason Carter (Goodreads Author)
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Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
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4.10 avg rating — 3,904 ratings
score: 98,
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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3.96 avg rating — 118,451 ratings
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Writing Short Stories
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3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings
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How Novelists Work
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Maura Dooley (Editor)
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 95,
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling
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4.07 avg rating — 713 ratings
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How to Write Damn Good Fiction: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling
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Short Circuit: A Guide to the Art of the Short Story
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Vanessa Gebbie (Editor)
3.96 avg rating — 134 ratings
score: 92,
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On Writing Fiction: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom About the Craft
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David Jauss (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 103 ratings
score: 91,
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The Art of Fiction
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3.92 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
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The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing
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3.62 avg rating — 200 ratings
score: 88,
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How Novels Work
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3.72 avg rating — 493 ratings
score: 87,
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The Writer's Workbook
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Jenny Newman (Editor)
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 86,
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Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
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Alexander Steele (Editor)
4.20 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
score: 85,
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Writing Short Stories: A Writers' and Artists' Companion
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Courttia Newland (Editor)
3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings
score: 84,
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On Moral Fiction
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3.82 avg rating — 837 ratings
score: 83,
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Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
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David Shields (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 2,700 ratings
score: 82,
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How Fiction Works
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3.99 avg rating — 8,073 ratings
score: 81,
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
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4.01 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
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26 books ·
6 voters ·
list created October 10th, 2019
by Robert Day (votes) .
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