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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7604 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 323,542 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5659 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,963 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4537 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,725 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3436 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,336 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2741 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,186 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2149 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,726 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1539 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,830 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1450 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,576 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1436 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,604 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 1400 times as writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,033 ratings — published 2006
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1389 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,944 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1388 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,421 ratings — published 2005
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1341 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,768 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1340 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,186 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1330 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,280 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1322 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,351 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1310 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,206 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1247 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,206 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1211 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,478 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1167 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,992 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1134 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,324 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 1111 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,417 ratings — published 2012
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 1062 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,637 ratings — published 2016
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
by (shelved 993 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,648 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 939 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 238,212 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 925 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,307 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 868 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,837 ratings — published 1995
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 846 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 26,427 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 844 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,363 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,709 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 797 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,889 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 755 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,733 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 745 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,733 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 694 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,352 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 689 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 344,544 ratings — published 2012
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 676 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,805 ratings — published 1949
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 672 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,097 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 669 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,278 ratings — published 2013
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 665 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,319 ratings — published 2011
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,097 ratings — published 2016
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,893 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,913 ratings — published 1990
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 643 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,435 ratings — published 1998
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 624 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 128,369 ratings — published 1929
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 623 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,509 ratings — published 2013
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 605 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,584 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,406 ratings — published 2013
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 586 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,614 ratings — published 2012
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 271,728 ratings — published 1929
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 579 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,027 ratings — published 1987
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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