Feliks's votes on the list Only CLASSIC Essential Books on Writing

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1	The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. 4.18 avg rating — 87,540 ratings Feliks rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith 3.78 avg rating — 1,763 ratings Feliks rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Pocket Guide to Technical Writing by william-s-pfeiffer 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	On Writing by Eudora Welty 4.03 avg rating — 611 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball 4.10 avg rating — 1,914 ratings Feliks rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch 3.90 avg rating — 114 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff 3.76 avg rating — 6,434 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing by Norman Mailer 3.63 avg rating — 665 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005 by Syd Field 3.99 avg rating — 8,873 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Framework: A History of Screenwriting in the American Film by Tom Stempel 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings Feliks rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	On Writing: Advice for Those Who Write to Publish by George V. Higgins 3.63 avg rating — 83 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier 4.20 avg rating — 1,947 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee 4.27 avg rating — 17,729 ratings Feliks rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner 3.94 avg rating — 3,170 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker 3.93 avg rating — 546 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	How to Write by Gertrude Stein 3.96 avg rating — 333 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser 4.24 avg rating — 31,187 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Books Do Furnish a Room by Leslie Geddes-Brown 3.97 avg rating — 218 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Hitchcock's Notebooks: An Authorized And Illustrated Look Inside The Creative Mind Of Alfred Hitchcock by Dan Auiler 3.89 avg rating — 123 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction (Northwestern University Press Paperbacks) by Alain Robbe-Grillet 3.96 avg rating — 742 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Writer's Chapbook A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers by George Plimpton 4.17 avg rating — 147 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present by Phillip Lopate (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 2,388 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 1,176 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster 3.80 avg rating — 4,994 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Adventures of Ideas by Alfred North Whitehead 4.12 avg rating — 281 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology by Alfred North Whitehead 4.21 avg rating — 960 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Anatomy of Bibliomania by Holbrook Jackson 4.09 avg rating — 158 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives by Lajos Egri 4.18 avg rating — 3,337 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver 4.13 avg rating — 1,911 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Theory of the Novel by György Lukács 3.84 avg rating — 1,504 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Henry Miller on Writing by Henry Miller 4.23 avg rating — 1,297 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Wound and the Bow: Seven Studies in Literature by Edmund Wilson 3.97 avg rating — 94 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	On Literature by Umberto Eco 3.95 avg rating — 2,333 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	On Great Writing (On the Sublime) by Longinus 3.84 avg rating — 1,086 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Informative Writing: Your Practical Guide to Effective Communication by Ken Goddard 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	On Crime Writing (Yes! Capra chapbook series ; no. 11) by Ross Macdonald 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 4.02 avg rating — 829 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Ludlum on Ludlum by Robert Ludlum 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	On Murder by Thomas de Quincey 3.19 avg rating — 3,834 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner 3.99 avg rating — 6,341 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner 4.10 avg rating — 3,144 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	John Gardner on Writing: On Becoming a Novelist, On Writers & Writing, and On Moral Fiction by John Gardner 4.36 avg rating — 44 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard 3.84 avg rating — 2,167 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,331 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy by Gardner Dozois (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 167 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Lectures on Literature by Vladimir Nabokov 4.32 avg rating — 2,692 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Partial Portraits by Henry James 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Nonconformity: Writing on Writing by Nelson Algren 4.07 avg rating — 268 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Story of English by Robert McCrum 4.09 avg rating — 2,405 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	How Writing Is Written : Volume II of the Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein by Gertrude Stein 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Paris Review Interviews, 1 by The Paris Review 4.38 avg rating — 1,226 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Novelists Essential Guide to Creating Plot by J. Madison Davis 3.52 avg rating — 87 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The thirty-six dramatic situations [by] Georges Polti, tr. by Lucille Ray, with a foreword by William R. Kane. Volume 1921 1921 [Leather Bound] by Georges Polti 3.45 avg rating — 222 ratings Feliks rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Larry W. Phillips (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 4,869 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera 3.99 avg rating — 7,450 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You by Ray Bradbury 4.08 avg rating — 21,612 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Secrets of the World's Best-Selling Writer: The Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner by Francis L. Fugate 4.26 avg rating — 69 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Strictly English: The Correct Way to Write . . . And Why It Matters by Simon Heffer 3.49 avg rating — 110 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Stories of English by David Crystal 4.05 avg rating — 1,444 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Everyone Can Write: Essays toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing by Peter Elbow 4.11 avg rating — 89 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	How Thinking Is Written: An Analytic Approach to Writing by Lawrence Sargent Hall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,294 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Letters of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov 4.31 avg rating — 368 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Schmucks With Underwoods: Conversations with America's Classic Screenwriters by Max Wilk 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings Feliks added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting by Marc Norman 3.91 avg rating — 123 ratings Feliks rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars