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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 86,604 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30,483 ratings — published 1976
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 313,298 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 109,465 ratings — published 1994
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,819 ratings — published 2006
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,036 ratings — published 1981
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 21,139 ratings — published 1973
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,134 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,257 ratings — published 1984
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,052 ratings — published 1993
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 17,268 ratings — published 1997
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 4,753 ratings — published 1995
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing: Proven Professional Techniques for Writing With Style and Power (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,521 ratings — published 1985
Story Engineering (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 3,280 ratings — published 2011
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10,307 ratings — published 1992
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,308 ratings — published 2019
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 13,131 ratings — published 2018
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences: A Writer's Guide To Crafting Killer Sentences (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,582 ratings — published 2010
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,190 ratings — published 2003
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 811 ratings — published 2004
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,094 ratings — published 2007
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 2,733 ratings — published 2016
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 4,950 ratings — published 2007
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 5,896 ratings — published 2006
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 5,875 ratings — published 1998
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,466 ratings — published 2012
Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 1,346 ratings — published 2011
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 11,722 ratings — published 2006
On Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,718 ratings — published 1984
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 31,539 ratings — published 1986
Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction (Reference)
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avg rating 4.05 — 532 ratings — published 1986
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 5,961 ratings — published 2004
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,251 ratings — published 1942
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
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avg rating 4.52 — 6,294 ratings — published 2012
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 21,352 ratings — published 2005
Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,633 ratings — published 2019
Several Short Sentences About Writing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,409 ratings — published 2012
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 9,297 ratings — published 2020
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 916 ratings — published 1997
Sense of Structure, The: Writing from the Reader's Perspective (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 89 ratings — published 2004
Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University (SAGE Study Skills Series)
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avg rating 3.56 — 25 ratings — published 2003
Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between (ebook)
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avg rating 4.20 — 2,883 ratings — published 2014
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 4,817 ratings — published 2011
The Science of Storytelling (ebook)
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avg rating 4.05 — 7,721 ratings — published 2019
First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,337 ratings — published 2018
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 3,434 ratings — published 2013
How to Self-Publish: The Essential Guide for Taking Your Idea to Market (The Career Author)
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avg rating 4.29 — 17 ratings — published
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 881 ratings — published 2004
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 2,129 ratings — published
Dæmon Voices (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 2,609 ratings — published 2017
“Prof. Emi Ito said “Lailah, if you can’t explain the scientific observations in a simple sentence, it means you do not know enough.”
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“Causality is to the writer what melody is to the songwriter: a superpower that the audience feels as the crux of the matter; the thing the audience actually shows up for; the hardest thing to do; that which distinguishes the competent practitioner from the extraordinary one.”
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
― A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
