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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7430 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 312,414 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5513 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,160 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4455 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 86,489 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3366 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,411 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2698 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,468 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2091 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,087 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1500 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,222 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1416 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,109 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1381 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 115,364 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 1370 times as writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,693 ratings — published 2006
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1349 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,809 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1346 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 21,250 ratings — published 2005
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1337 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,159 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1311 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,042 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1305 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 117,776 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1268 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,078 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1241 times as writing)
avg rating 4.50 — 13,035 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1181 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,837 ratings — published 1998
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1180 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,288 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1158 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,955 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1096 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,118 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1076 times as writing)
avg rating 4.52 — 6,278 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 1006 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,225 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 984 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,435 ratings — published 2012
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 918 times as writing)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,293 ratings — published 2004
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 917 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 230,448 ratings — published 2015
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 854 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,750 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 821 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,247 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 — 8,641 ratings — published 2012
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 784 times as writing)
avg rating 4.54 — 23,640 ratings — published 2021
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 775 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,808 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 747 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,705 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 713 times as writing)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,586 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 688 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,240 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 675 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 328,169 ratings — published 2012
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 670 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,063 ratings — published 2001
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 651 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,276 ratings — published 2011
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 647 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,160 ratings — published 2013
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 641 times as writing)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,361 ratings — published 1998
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 638 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,413 ratings — published 1949
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 634 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,849 ratings — published 1990
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 618 times as writing)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,858 ratings — published 2016
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 617 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,705 ratings — published 1984
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 607 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,429 ratings — published 2013
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 597 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,538 ratings — published 1990
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 586 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 116,319 ratings — published 1929
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 570 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,287 ratings — published 2019
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 564 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,214 ratings — published 2013
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 560 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 250,584 ratings — published 1929
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 556 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,868 ratings — published 1987
“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.”
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