Creativity Writing Books
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 346,242 ratings — published 2012
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,253 ratings — published 1986
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,643 ratings — published 2002
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 113,370 ratings — published 1994
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 238,896 ratings — published 2015
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 324,568 ratings — published 2000
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,127 ratings — published 2002
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,630 ratings — published 1989
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 42,913 ratings — published 2003
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,197 ratings — published 2014
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,440 ratings — published 1998
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,054 ratings — published 2006
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 129,563 ratings — published 1929
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,330 ratings — published 2025
Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,980 ratings — published 2020
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,903 ratings — published 1984
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,782 ratings — published 1973
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,830 ratings — published 1918
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,241 ratings — published 1998
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,413 ratings — published 1976
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.94 — 93,925 ratings — published 2023
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,907 ratings — published 2020
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,287 ratings — published 2002
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,200 ratings — published 1993
Imagine: How Creativity Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 55,964 ratings — published 2012
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,994 ratings — published 2004
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.66 — 21,541 ratings — published 2013
A Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,867 ratings — published 1994
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 107,129 ratings — published 1994
Novelist as a Vocation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.89 — 19,020 ratings — published 2015
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 26,725 ratings — published 2021
The Science of Storytelling (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,618 ratings — published 2019
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,314 ratings — published 2019
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.15 — 854 ratings — published 2017
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,644 ratings — published 2012
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,322 ratings — published 2018
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,802 ratings — published 2013
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,387 ratings — published 2007
Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,517 ratings — published 1992
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 104,734 ratings — published 2014
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,715 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,359 ratings — published 1934
Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are (Flexibound)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,549 ratings — published 2015
What It Is (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 26,254 ratings — published 2008
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 21,438 ratings — published 2006
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,982 ratings — published 2004
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,422 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,373 ratings — published 1984
2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,688 ratings — published 2012
Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories, and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually Do It (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as creativity-writing)
avg rating 4.17 — 713 ratings — published 2008
