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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1284 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 320,678 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 982 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 111,921 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 558 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,391 ratings — published 1918
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 461 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,962 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 393 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,509 ratings — published 1973
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 373 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 31,069 ratings — published 1976
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,442 ratings — published 1989
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 252 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,910 ratings — published 2006
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,107 ratings — published 1998
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 219 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,139 ratings — published 1993
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 218 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,644 ratings — published 1997
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,063 ratings — published 2002
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 205 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 119,848 ratings — published 2002
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 13,904 ratings — published 2018
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 189 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 25,574 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 188 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,526 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,327 ratings — published 1984
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,277 ratings — published 2007
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 125,210 ratings — published 1929
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 173 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,912 ratings — published 2006
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,988 ratings — published 2004
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,117 ratings — published 2005
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 236,209 ratings — published 2015
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 150 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,564 ratings — published 2003
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,816 ratings — published 1995
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,436 ratings — published 1992
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 266,151 ratings — published 1929
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,597 ratings — published 2012
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 125 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,376 ratings — published 2012
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,850 ratings — published 1984
Why I Write (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,581 ratings — published 1946
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 340,188 ratings — published 2012
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,263 ratings — published 2014
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,989 ratings — published 1987
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 113 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,874 ratings — published 2011
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,091 ratings — published 2001
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,304 ratings — published 2004
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,393 ratings — published 1949
A Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,586 ratings — published 1994
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,243 ratings — published 2008
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,431 ratings — published 2021
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,248 ratings — published 2013
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,220 ratings — published 2002
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,307 ratings — published 1934
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,490 ratings — published 2013
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,267 ratings — published 2019
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,034 ratings — published 2016
Aspects of the Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as on-writing)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,976 ratings — published 1927
The Art of Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,438 ratings — published 2015
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as on-writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,686 ratings — published 2012
“You can fix anything but a blank page.”
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“Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.”
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