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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as craft)
avg rating 4.34 — 321,798 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 170 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,333 ratings — published 1994
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as craft)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,038 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,148 ratings — published 1998
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as craft)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,441 ratings — published 2021
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as craft)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,287 ratings — published 2019
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as craft)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,509 ratings — published 1918
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 71 times as craft)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,581 ratings — published 2016
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as craft)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,041 ratings — published 1986
Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as craft)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,422 ratings — published 2000
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as craft)
avg rating 4.53 — 25,870 ratings — published 2021
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,309 ratings — published 2007
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as craft)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,197 ratings — published 2022
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,065 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as craft)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,339 ratings — published 1984
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as craft)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,951 ratings — published 2006
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as craft)
avg rating 3.97 — 120,559 ratings — published 2002
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as craft)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,155 ratings — published 1993
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as craft)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,498 ratings — published 1989
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 237,002 ratings — published 2015
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as craft)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,711 ratings — published 1997
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,576 ratings — published 2002
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as craft)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,212 ratings — published 2005
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 — 21,591 ratings — published 1973
Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as craft)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,674 ratings — published 2006
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as craft)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,000 ratings — published 1987
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as craft)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,617 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as craft)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,479 ratings — published 2015
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,308 ratings — published 2022
Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,419 ratings — published 2016
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,260 ratings — published 2013
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as craft)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,171 ratings — published 1976
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as craft)
avg rating 3.96 — 341,749 ratings — published 2012
A Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as craft)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,664 ratings — published 1994
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 — 3,923 ratings — published 2006
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as craft)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,899 ratings — published 2001
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts (Last Minute Gifts)
by (shelved 35 times as craft)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,639 ratings — published 2004
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as craft)
avg rating 3.95 — 89,635 ratings — published 2023
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as craft)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,454 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 — 1,315 ratings — published 2018
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 33 times as craft)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,391 ratings — published 2012
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 — 5,989 ratings — published 2004
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 — 2,549 ratings — published 1970
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,883 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 — 1,429 ratings — published 2009
Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as craft)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,088 ratings — published 2007
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as craft)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,927 ratings — published 2006
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as craft)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,702 ratings — published 2016
Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as craft)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,255 ratings — published 2008
Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as craft)
avg rating 4.44 — 2,412 ratings — published
“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must possess or teach himself, train himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance. That is, to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is insight, that is ... curiosity to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does. And if you have that, then I don't think the talent makes much difference, whether you've got that or not.
[Press conference, University of Virginia, May 20, 1957]”
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[Press conference, University of Virginia, May 20, 1957]”
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“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”
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