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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7660 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 325,935 ratings — published 2002
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5713 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 114,101 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4575 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 88,167 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3460 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,525 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2760 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,336 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2160 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,873 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1557 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,956 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process (Paperback)
by (shelved 1466 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,715 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1443 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 122,821 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 1408 times as writing)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,101 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1398 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,657 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1389 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,968 ratings — published 2006
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1352 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,218 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1341 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,144 ratings — published 2002
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1341 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,870 ratings — published 2003
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1339 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,423 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1334 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,485 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1290 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,469 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1218 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,520 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1177 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,009 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1146 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,364 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
by (shelved 1121 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,439 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 1091 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,748 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 1002 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,691 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 945 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 239,808 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 927 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,313 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 874 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,852 ratings — published 1995
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 860 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 27,079 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 851 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,380 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 821 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,728 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 799 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,901 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 760 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,737 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 751 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,765 ratings — published 2016
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 697 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 348,358 ratings — published 2012
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 695 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,372 ratings — published 1934
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 683 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,143 ratings — published 2016
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 677 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,080 ratings — published 1949
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Paperback)
by (shelved 677 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,102 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 676 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,302 ratings — published 2013
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 668 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,329 ratings — published 2011
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 653 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,920 ratings — published 1990
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 653 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,921 ratings — published 1984
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 641 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,448 ratings — published 1998
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 624 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 131,410 ratings — published 1929
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 622 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,534 ratings — published 2013
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 607 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,598 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 597 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,444 ratings — published 2013
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 597 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,677 ratings — published 2012
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 587 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,041 ratings — published 1987
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 584 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 276,824 ratings — published 1929
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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