Nora's votes on the list Best Writing Reference

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1	Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5,588 ratings Nora rated it 5 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	Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance by Rosanne Bane 4.23 avg rating — 319 ratings Nora rated it 5 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
3	The Rational Writer: Nuts and Bolts by Mindy Klasky (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings Nora rated it 5 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	Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done by Cary Tennis 3.70 avg rating — 154 ratings Nora rated it 4 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
5	The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler 4.10 avg rating — 10,426 ratings Nora rated it 5 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	The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations & Books by Eviatar Zerubavel 3.81 avg rating — 426 ratings Nora rated it 5 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
7	The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer by Sandra Scofield 3.87 avg rating — 480 ratings Nora rated it 4 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
8	Story Engineering by Larry Brooks (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 3,311 ratings Nora rated it 4 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
9	Writing Is A Business by Karen Rose Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings Nora 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	Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization by Michael Tierno 3.84 avg rating — 638 ratings Nora 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	Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method by Stuart Horwitz (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 191 ratings Nora rated it 4 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
12	Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 4,246 ratings Nora 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	The Writer's Business Plan: How to Generate Passive Income Writing Self-Published Books by Tonya Price 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings Nora 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
14	A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 265,163 ratings Nora 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
15	How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card 3.91 avg rating — 4,889 ratings Nora 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
16	Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder 4.01 avg rating — 22,084 ratings Nora 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
17	Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 539 ratings Nora rated it 4 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
18	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 320,243 ratings Nora 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
19	Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 111,778 ratings Nora 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	Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults by Cheryl B. Klein (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 422 ratings Nora 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
21	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 106,548 ratings Nora rated it 5 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
22	The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. 4.18 avg rating — 87,348 ratings Nora rated it 5 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
23	On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser 4.24 avg rating — 31,022 ratings Nora 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
24	Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel by James Scott Bell (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,736 ratings Nora 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
25	Meet a Jerk, Get to Work, How to Write Villains and the Occasional Hero by Jaqueline Girdner 3.34 avg rating — 120 ratings Nora 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
26	The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner 3.99 avg rating — 6,322 ratings Nora 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