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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as craft)
avg rating 4.34 — 325,570 ratings — published 2002
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 179 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 113,891 ratings — published 1994
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as craft)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,432 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,425 ratings — published 1998
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as craft)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,333 ratings — published 2019
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as craft)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,098 ratings — published 1918
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as craft)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,479 ratings — published 2021
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)
by (shelved 72 times as craft)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,730 ratings — published 2016
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as craft)
avg rating 4.53 — 26,982 ratings — published 2021
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as craft)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,315 ratings — published 1986
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,411 ratings — published 2007
Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as craft)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,428 ratings — published 2000
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as craft)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,087 ratings — published 2006
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,135 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as craft)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,378 ratings — published 1984
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,212 ratings — published 1993
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as craft)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,283 ratings — published 2022
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,660 ratings — published 2002
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as craft)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,690 ratings — published 1989
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 239,563 ratings — published 2015
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,021 ratings — published 2002
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as craft)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,923 ratings — published 1997
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as craft)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,621 ratings — published 2005
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as craft)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,038 ratings — published 1987
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as craft)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,843 ratings — published 1973
Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as craft)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,673 ratings — published 2006
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as craft)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,687 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as craft)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,616 ratings — published 2015
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as craft)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,432 ratings — published 2022
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as craft)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,300 ratings — published 2013
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,495 ratings — published 1976
Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,513 ratings — published 2016
Poetry Handbook, A (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,933 ratings — published 1994
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as craft)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,959 ratings — published 2001
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as craft)
avg rating 3.97 — 347,893 ratings — published 2012
Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as craft)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,931 ratings — published 2006
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as craft)
avg rating 3.94 — 95,506 ratings — published 2023
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as craft)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,434 ratings — published 2012
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts (Last Minute Gifts)
by (shelved 35 times as craft)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,644 ratings — published 2004
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as craft)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,516 ratings — published 1992
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as craft)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,328 ratings — published 2018
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as craft)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,764 ratings — published 2016
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as craft)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,004 ratings — published 2004
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,391 ratings — published 2008
Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,552 ratings — published 1970
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,671 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,896 ratings — published 2011
Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,427 ratings — published 2009
Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,256 ratings — published 2008
Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,086 ratings — published 2007
“When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time. ”
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“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
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