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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7710 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 328,061 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5765 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,196 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4596 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,452 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3470 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,678 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2772 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,455 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2174 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,997 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1573 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,065 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 1470 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,804 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1452 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,051 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 1417 times as writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,159 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1407 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,877 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1396 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,992 ratings — published 2006
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1363 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,267 ratings — published 1993
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1353 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,680 ratings — published 2018
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1352 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,462 ratings — published 2007
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1351 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,758 ratings — published 2002
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1340 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,967 ratings — published 2003
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1323 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,624 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1225 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,550 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 — 6,020 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1164 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,403 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 1128 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,454 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 1113 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,840 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 1009 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,719 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 946 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 241,262 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 927 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,314 ratings — published 2004
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 875 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,501 ratings — published 2021
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 874 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,868 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 857 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,395 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 823 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,741 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 802 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,906 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 763 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,744 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 759 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,790 ratings — published 2016
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 700 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 352,517 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 700 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,393 ratings — published 1934
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 690 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,319 ratings — published 1949
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 689 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,195 ratings — published 2016
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 680 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,326 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 — 4,107 ratings — published 2001
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 670 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,336 ratings — published 2011
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 658 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,951 ratings — published 1984
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 653 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,930 ratings — published 1990
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 645 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,469 ratings — published 1998
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 626 times as writing)
avg rating 4.26 — 134,101 ratings — published 1929
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 624 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,545 ratings — published 2013
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 611 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,736 ratings — published 2012
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 611 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,609 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 600 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,486 ratings — published 2013
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 590 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 281,979 ratings — published 1929
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,062 ratings — published 1987
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
― Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
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