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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7574 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 321,700 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5627 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 112,283 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4514 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,503 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3428 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,161 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2734 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,030 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2135 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,579 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1532 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,703 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1440 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,488 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1428 times as writing)
avg rating 3.97 — 120,469 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 1392 times as writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,946 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1380 times as writing)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,200 ratings — published 2005
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1379 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,926 ratings — published 2006
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1336 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,628 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1334 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,154 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1322 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,540 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1315 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,307 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1298 times as writing)
avg rating 4.49 — 14,027 ratings — published 2018
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1240 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,146 ratings — published 1998
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1210 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,451 ratings — published 1992
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1168 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,990 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1123 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,290 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1103 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 6,387 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 1053 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,574 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 994 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,615 ratings — published 2012
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 936 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 236,933 ratings — published 2015
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 924 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,307 ratings — published 2004
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 876 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,824 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 842 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,339 ratings — published 1984
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 837 times as writing)
avg rating 4.53 — 25,840 ratings — published 2021
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 818 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,696 ratings — published 2012
Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
by (shelved 793 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,881 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 755 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,727 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 746 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,699 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 691 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,324 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 685 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 341,599 ratings — published 2012
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,538 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 — 4,092 ratings — published 2001
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 667 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,260 ratings — published 2013
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 662 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,314 ratings — published 2011
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 655 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,061 ratings — published 2016
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 645 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,864 ratings — published 1984
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 644 times as writing)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,425 ratings — published 1998
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy (Paperback)
by (shelved 640 times as writing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,897 ratings — published 1990
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 625 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,500 ratings — published 2013
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 615 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 126,385 ratings — published 1929
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 608 times as writing)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,570 ratings — published 1990
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 588 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,372 ratings — published 2013
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 578 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 9,448 ratings — published 2019
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 576 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,999 ratings — published 1987
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 573 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 268,343 ratings — published 1929
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
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