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Writing Books
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7417 times as writing)
avg rating 4.34 — 312,018 ratings — published 2000
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 5510 times as writing)
avg rating 4.24 — 109,044 ratings — published 1994
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4448 times as writing)
avg rating 4.18 — 86,426 ratings — published 1918
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3356 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,366 ratings — published 1976
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 2695 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,426 ratings — published 1986
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2083 times as writing)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,052 ratings — published 1973
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1496 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,198 ratings — published 1997
The Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1416 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,084 ratings — published 1989
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1382 times as writing)
avg rating 3.98 — 114,993 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 1369 times as writing)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,678 ratings — published 2006
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1348 times as writing)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,804 ratings — published 2006
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 1342 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 21,206 ratings — published 2005
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1338 times as writing)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,137 ratings — published 2003
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
by (shelved 1310 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,035 ratings — published 1993
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1299 times as writing)
avg rating 3.95 — 117,585 ratings — published 2002
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1267 times as writing)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,067 ratings — published 2007
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 1236 times as writing)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,993 ratings — published 2018
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1176 times as writing)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,281 ratings — published 1992
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
by (shelved 1172 times as writing)
avg rating 4.23 — 5,824 ratings — published 1998
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish (Paperback)
by (shelved 1157 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,951 ratings — published 2004
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1095 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 9,107 ratings — published 2014
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression, Second Edition (Writers Helping Writers Series Book 1)
by (shelved 1078 times as writing)
avg rating 4.52 — 6,272 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 999 times as writing)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,210 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 982 times as writing)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,426 ratings — published 2012
No Plot? No Problem! (Paperback)
by (shelved 917 times as writing)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,290 ratings — published 2004
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 913 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 230,079 ratings — published 2015
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 854 times as writing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,745 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 821 times as writing)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,244 ratings — published 1984
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 817 times as writing)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,638 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 780 times as writing)
avg rating 4.54 — 23,539 ratings — published 2021
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 775 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,804 ratings — published 2011
Characters & Viewpoint (Paperback)
by (shelved 747 times as writing)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,704 ratings — published 1988
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 710 times as writing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,578 ratings — published 2016
Becoming a Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 688 times as writing)
avg rating 4.00 — 6,238 ratings — published 1934
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as writing)
avg rating 3.96 — 327,227 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 — 4,061 ratings — published 2001
Story Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 652 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,277 ratings — published 2011
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 645 times as writing)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,153 ratings — published 2013
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 640 times as writing)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,359 ratings — published 1998
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 636 times as writing)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,376 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
On Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 616 times as writing)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,697 ratings — published 1984
The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface (Paperback)
by (shelved 612 times as writing)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,850 ratings — published 2016
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 607 times as writing)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,428 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 — 115,846 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 — 9,281 ratings — published 2019
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Paperback)
by (shelved 562 times as writing)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,861 ratings — published 1987
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 561 times as writing)
avg rating 4.22 — 249,794 ratings — published 1929
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (Hardcover)
by (shelved 561 times as writing)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,210 ratings — published 2013
“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
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