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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 322,256 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as write)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,515 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as write)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,560 ratings — published 1918
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as write)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,084 ratings — published 1986
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as write)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,205 ratings — published 1976
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as write)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,627 ratings — published 1973
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as write)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,163 ratings — published 1998
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,754 ratings — published 2002
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as write)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,733 ratings — published 1997
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as write)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,964 ratings — published 2006
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 120,874 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,315 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as write)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,261 ratings — published 2005
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.53 — 26,019 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 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,601 ratings — published 2016
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,051 ratings — published 1981
Why I Write (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,744 ratings — published 1946
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,163 ratings — published 1993
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as write)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,309 ratings — published 2004
Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,920 ratings — published 2020
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,006 ratings — published 1987
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,301 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,398 ratings — published 2012
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript (Bell on Writing)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,253 ratings — published 2014
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 342,592 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,334 ratings — published 1934
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,673 ratings — published 2003
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,933 ratings — published 2006
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,766 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as write)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,342 ratings — published 1984
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,627 ratings — published 1949
Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.03 — 879 ratings — published 1990
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,250 ratings — published 2003
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,446 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,338 ratings — published 1942
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,387 ratings — published 2014
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,137 ratings — published 2007
Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.42 — 855 ratings — published 2011
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,829 ratings — published 1995
Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,252 ratings — published 1988
How Fiction Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,309 ratings — published 2008
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.69 — 1,282 ratings — published 2017
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,461 ratings — published 1992
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,728 ratings — published 1988
Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.34 — 883 ratings — published 2012
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,385 ratings — published 2013
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,530 ratings — published 2010
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.20 — 10 ratings — published 2007
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,947 ratings — published 2004
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as write)
avg rating 3.96 — 237,333 ratings — published 2015
“Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.”
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“Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ( "I seek you" )”
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