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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7745 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 329,988 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5800 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,979 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4600 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,607 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3479 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,854 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2781 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,613 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2177 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,066 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,125 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 1481 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,952 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1450 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,404 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 1429 times as writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,223 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1414 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 23,058 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1398 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,012 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1371 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,863 ratings — published 2018
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1369 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,302 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1358 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 128,499 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1355 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,505 ratings — published 2007
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1346 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,755 ratings — published 1998
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1340 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 107,062 ratings — published 2003
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1224 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,581 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1179 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,025 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1169 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,435 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 1133 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,471 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 1125 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,917 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 1011 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,750 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 946 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 242,906 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 927 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,321 ratings — published 2004
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 889 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,877 ratings — published 2021
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 875 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,884 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 865 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,414 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 826 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,749 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 804 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,919 ratings — published 2011
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 765 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,820 ratings — published 2016
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 764 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,745 ratings — published 1988
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 704 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 357,057 ratings — published 2012
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 701 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,228 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 698 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,409 ratings — published 1934
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 692 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,542 ratings — published 1949
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 681 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,343 ratings — published 2013
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 679 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,112 ratings — published 2001
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,338 ratings — published 2011
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 657 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,974 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,940 ratings — published 1990
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 642 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,478 ratings — published 1998
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 630 times as writing)
avg rating 4.26 — 136,452 ratings — published 1929
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 625 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,558 ratings — published 2013
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 623 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,791 ratings — published 2012
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 614 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,622 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 601 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,504 ratings — published 2013
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 594 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,083 ratings — published 1987
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 590 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,630 ratings — published 2019
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
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