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Creative Writing Books
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 318,603 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,208 ratings — published 1994
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,831 ratings — published 1986
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,166 ratings — published 1918
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,391 ratings — published 1992
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,280 ratings — published 2002
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,862 ratings — published 2006
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 36 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,349 ratings — published 2012
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,682 ratings — published 2018
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,109 ratings — published 1993
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,986 ratings — published 2004
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,886 ratings — published 1976
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,399 ratings — published 1973
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,858 ratings — published 2011
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,227 ratings — published 2013
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,660 ratings — published 2016
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 29 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,457 ratings — published 2016
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,954 ratings — published 1987
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,547 ratings — published 1997
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,293 ratings — published 1934
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,714 ratings — published 1988
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,903 ratings — published 2005
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,307 ratings — published 1984
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 24,995 ratings — published 2021
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,473 ratings — published 2013
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,224 ratings — published 2007
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,300 ratings — published 2011
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,046 ratings — published 1998
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,232 ratings — published 2003
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,558 ratings — published 2012
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,893 ratings — published 2006
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,114 ratings — published 1949
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 118,831 ratings — published 2002
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,332 ratings — published 1989
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,484 ratings — published 2013
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,696 ratings — published 1987
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,213 ratings — published 2005
Back to Creative Writing School (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 177 ratings — published 2013
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 234,775 ratings — published 2015
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,302 ratings — published 1942
The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,204 ratings — published 2009
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,180 ratings — published 2008
2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,664 ratings — published 2012
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,230 ratings — published 2008
Scene & Structure (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 16 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,611 ratings — published 1993
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,811 ratings — published 1984
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,303 ratings — published 2004
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,906 ratings — published 2013
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,992 ratings — published 2016
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as creative-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,081 ratings — published 2001
“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and range with the people you create on the page – or run into off of it.”
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“Poetry emerging from a poet enters into the reader only when it comes within the readers’ 'sphere of intellect. A reader cannot take poetry by expanding it beyond his/her consciousness, rather can take by shrinking it within. Thus, there exists a chance of every poem getting changed while reaching every reader. This ‘getting changed’ is a form of ‘getting translated’, in a way. So, every assimilation of any poem is a translation.”
― भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]
― भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz]
