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✍️ Writers

Books about the writing life itself—its solitudes, obsessions, breakthroughs, and failures. For readers who find the act of putting words on a page as compelling a subject as any story those words might tell.
Nonconformity
by Nelson Algren • 1996
Real writing means siding with the damned, risking obsession, and refusing to comfort.
4.07
268
✍️ The Writing Life🎯 Artistic Integrity🔍 Social Criticism🏭 Literary Naturalism🚪 Literary Outsiders
Nonconformity Summary
Nonconformity 91%
Real writing means siding with the damned, risking obsession, and refusing to comfort.
by Nelson Algren 1996
4.07
268 ratings
✍️ The Writing Life🎯 Artistic Integrity🔍 Social Criticism🏭 Literary Naturalism🚪 Literary Outsiders
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling
by Holger Weßling • 2019
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books💰 Rags To Riches🧒 Children's Literature
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 90%
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
by Holger Weßling 2019
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books💰 Rags To Riches🧒 Children's Literature
The Facts
by Philip Roth • 1988
A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.
3.70
1k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir✍️ Writers On Writing✡️ Jewish Identity🔄 Metafiction🗽 Artistic Freedom
The Facts Summary
The Facts 90%
A master of fiction tries to write the straight truth about his life, and discovers why he cannot.
by Philip Roth 1988
3.70
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir✍️ Writers On Writing✡️ Jewish Identity🔄 Metafiction🗽 Artistic Freedom
On Writing
by Ernest Hemingway • 1984
Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.
4.02
5k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Literary Memoir🎭 Truth In Fiction🧊 Narrative Restraint🏔️ Creative Solitude
On Writing Summary
On Writing 90%
Write true, cut hard, and the reader will feel what you never said.
by Ernest Hemingway 1984
4.02
5k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Literary Memoir🎭 Truth In Fiction🧊 Narrative Restraint🏔️ Creative Solitude
Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami • 2015
Originality is subtraction: how writing badly in English gave a Japanese novelist his voice.
3.89
19k+
✍️ Writing Craft📚 Literary Life🎨 Creative Process🗣️ Finding Your Voice🏃 Creative Discipline
Novelist as a Vocation Summary
Novelist as a Vocation 90%
Originality is subtraction: how writing badly in English gave a Japanese novelist his voice.
by Haruki Murakami 2015
3.89
19k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📚 Literary Life🎨 Creative Process🗣️ Finding Your Voice🏃 Creative Discipline
Q's Legacy
by Helene Hanff • 1985
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
4.05
2k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education✉️ Literary Correspondence📖 Books As Companions
Q's Legacy Summary
Q's Legacy 90%
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
by Helene Hanff 1985
4.05
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education✉️ Literary Correspondence📖 Books As Companions
Several Short Sentences About Writing
by Verlyn Klinkenborg • 2012
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
4.13
4k+
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer🗣️ Plain Style✒️ Aspiring Writers
Several Short Sentences About Writing Summary
Several Short Sentences About Writing 90%
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
by Verlyn Klinkenborg 2012
4.13
4k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer🗣️ Plain Style✒️ Aspiring Writers
A Writer's Diary
by Virginia Woolf • 1953
Virginia Woolf's diary: 23 years of teaching herself to write the novels that changed fiction.
4.17
7k+
📝 Writers On Writing🎨 Creative Practice📚 Modernist Literature📓 Writer's Journals✍️ Fiction Craft
A Writer's Diary Summary
A Writer's Diary 90%
Virginia Woolf's diary: 23 years of teaching herself to write the novels that changed fiction.
by Virginia Woolf 1953
4.17
7k+ ratings
📝 Writers On Writing🎨 Creative Practice📚 Modernist Literature📓 Writer's Journals✍️ Fiction Craft
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard • 1989
The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.
3.98
18k+
🖋️ Literary Craft✍️ Writing Process📖 Author Memoirs🎭 Artistic Vocation🏔️ Creative Solitude
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life 90%
The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.
by Annie Dillard 1989
3.98
18k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Craft✍️ Writing Process📖 Author Memoirs🎭 Artistic Vocation🏔️ Creative Solitude
Seldom Disappointed
by Tony Hillerman • 2001
Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.
4.01
794
✍️ Writer's Memoir📝 Craft Of Writing🏹 Native American Culture🌐 Writing Across Cultures🪖 Greatest Generation
Seldom Disappointed Summary
Seldom Disappointed 90%
Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.
by Tony Hillerman 2001
4.01
794 ratings
✍️ Writer's Memoir📝 Craft Of Writing🏹 Native American Culture🌐 Writing Across Cultures🪖 Greatest Generation
A Boy Named Shel
by Lisa Rogak • 2007
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
3.42
572
📚 Children's Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process🎭 Countercultural Figures🕶️ Privacy And Fame
A Boy Named Shel Summary
A Boy Named Shel 90%
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
by Lisa Rogak 2007
3.42
572 ratings
📚 Children's Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process🎭 Countercultural Figures🕶️ Privacy And Fame
Daily Rituals
by Mason Currey • 2013
161 legendary artists didn't wait for inspiration. The real secret was far more boring.
3.65
21k+
🔄 Creative Routines📋 Work Habits⏰ Time Management🎨 Creative Process✍️ Writing Advice
Daily Rituals Summary
Daily Rituals 90%
161 legendary artists didn't wait for inspiration. The real secret was far more boring.
by Mason Currey 2013
3.65
21k+ ratings
🔄 Creative Routines📋 Work Habits⏰ Time Management🎨 Creative Process✍️ Writing Advice
Why Write?
by Mark Edmundson • 2016
Writing is the art of becoming nobody's fool, especially your own.
3.65
222
✍️ Craft Of Writing🛋️ Writing As Therapy🎙️ Finding Your Voice✨ Creative Fulfillment🧘 Contemplative Writing
Why Write? Summary
Why Write? 90%
Writing is the art of becoming nobody's fool, especially your own.
by Mark Edmundson 2016
3.65
222 ratings
✍️ Craft Of Writing🛋️ Writing As Therapy🎙️ Finding Your Voice✨ Creative Fulfillment🧘 Contemplative Writing
You Are a Writer
by Jeff Goins • 2012
Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.
3.80
4k+
🪪 Writer Identity🏗️ Platform Building🏷️ Personal Branding👥 Audience Building✍️ Aspiring Authors
You Are a Writer Summary
You Are a Writer 90%
Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.
by Jeff Goins 2012
3.80
4k+ ratings
🪪 Writer Identity🏗️ Platform Building🏷️ Personal Branding👥 Audience Building✍️ Aspiring Authors
Zen in the Art of Writing
by Ray Bradbury • 1973
Write from obsession, trust the subconscious, and kill the inner critic before it speaks.
4.08
22k+
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Writing Life🎨 Creative Practice🚫 Anti-Perfectionism😄 Joy Of Writing
Zen in the Art of Writing Summary
Zen in the Art of Writing 90%
Write from obsession, trust the subconscious, and kill the inner critic before it speaks.
by Ray Bradbury 1973
4.08
22k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Writing Life🎨 Creative Practice🚫 Anti-Perfectionism😄 Joy Of Writing
Good Prose
by Tracy Kidder • 2013
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
3.92
1k+
📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Revision And Editing⚖️ Truth In Nonfiction
Good Prose Summary
Good Prose 90%
Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.
by Tracy Kidder 2013
3.92
1k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ Writing Craft🖋️ Prose Style✂️ Revision And Editing⚖️ Truth In Nonfiction
Papa Hemingway
by A.E. Hotchner • 1955
From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.
4.20
3k+
🖋️ Literary Biography🥂 Lost Generation✍️ Writing Craft🌑 Depression And Creativity🤝 Literary Friendships
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway 90%
From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.
by A.E. Hotchner 1955
4.20
3k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Biography🥂 Lost Generation✍️ Writing Craft🌑 Depression And Creativity🤝 Literary Friendships
William Faulkner
by André Bleikasten • 2017
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
4.23
13
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness🔧 Narrative Technique🦇 Southern Gothic
William Faulkner Summary
William Faulkner 90%
His family, his affair, his South, his demons: Faulkner's novels were his life recast as myth.
by André Bleikasten 2017
4.23
13 ratings
📖 Literary Biography🌳 Southern Literature🌀 Stream Of Consciousness🔧 Narrative Technique🦇 Southern Gothic
Bird by Bird
by Anne Lamott • 1994
How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.
4.24
112k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Author Memoir🧱 Writer's Block🔓 Creative Unblocking🎤 Authentic Voice
Bird by Bird Summary
Bird by Bird 90%
How to trap the stories inside you, one small, terrible draft at a time.
by Anne Lamott 1994
4.24
112k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Author Memoir🧱 Writer's Block🔓 Creative Unblocking🎤 Authentic Voice
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster • 1927
A novelist dismantles fiction into its working parts: story, plot, and the characters who breathe.
3.80
5k+
🛠️ Novel Craft🎭 Character Development🏗️ Narrative Structure🔍 Literary Analysis✍️ Practitioner Criticism
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel 90%
A novelist dismantles fiction into its working parts: story, plot, and the characters who breathe.
by E.M. Forster 1927
3.80
5k+ ratings
🛠️ Novel Craft🎭 Character Development🏗️ Narrative Structure🔍 Literary Analysis✍️ Practitioner Criticism
Storyteller
by Kate Wilhelm • 2005
Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.
3.93
350
🛠️ Fiction Craft✍️ Writing Workshops🚀 Speculative Fiction🔄 Critique And Revision👤 Character Development
Storyteller Summary
Storyteller 90%
Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.
by Kate Wilhelm 2005
3.93
350 ratings
🛠️ Fiction Craft✍️ Writing Workshops🚀 Speculative Fiction🔄 Critique And Revision👤 Character Development
How to Write Short
by Roy Peter Clark • 2013
Tiny texts, big impact: the craft moves that make short sentences stick harder than long ones.
3.77
1k+
📝 Short Form Writing✍️ Writing Craft🗣️ Rhetorical Techniques👁️ Reading As A Writer📰 Journalism Craft
How to Write Short Summary
How to Write Short 90%
Tiny texts, big impact: the craft moves that make short sentences stick harder than long ones.
by Roy Peter Clark 2013
3.77
1k+ ratings
📝 Short Form Writing✍️ Writing Craft🗣️ Rhetorical Techniques👁️ Reading As A Writer📰 Journalism Craft
Ursula K. Le Guin
by Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018
Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.
4.28
2k+
✍️ Writing Craft🎙️ Author Interviews🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding✨ The Writing Life📚 Literary Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin Summary
Ursula K. Le Guin 90%
Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.
by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018
4.28
2k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🎙️ Author Interviews🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding✨ The Writing Life📚 Literary Analysis
Invisible Ink
by Brian McDonald • 2010
Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.
4.38
2k+
🏗️ Story Structure🧭 Theme As Foundation🦋 Character Transformation🎭 Dramatic Irony💬 Subtext And Dialogue
Invisible Ink Summary
Invisible Ink 90%
Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.
by Brian McDonald 2010
4.38
2k+ ratings
🏗️ Story Structure🧭 Theme As Foundation🦋 Character Transformation🎭 Dramatic Irony💬 Subtext And Dialogue
Draft No. 4
by John McPhee • 2013
How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.
4.09
4k+
📝 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ The Revision Process🏗️ Narrative Structure🎙️ Interview Techniques💎 Prose Style
Draft No. 4 Summary
Draft No. 4 90%
How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.
by John McPhee 2013
4.09
4k+ ratings
📝 Narrative Nonfiction✍️ The Revision Process🏗️ Narrative Structure🎙️ Interview Techniques💎 Prose Style
Save the Cat! Strikes Back
by Blake Snyder • 2009
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
4.17
1k+
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines✂️ Rewriting And Editing🧱 Creative Obstacles
Save the Cat! Strikes Back Summary
Save the Cat! Strikes Back 90%
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
by Blake Snyder 2009
4.17
1k+ ratings
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines✂️ Rewriting And Editing🧱 Creative Obstacles
Help! for Writers
by Roy Peter Clark • 2011
210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.
3.92
443
🖊️ Writing Craft📰 Journalism And Reporting💡 Idea Generation🧱 Writer's Block✂️ Revision Strategies
Help! for Writers Summary
Help! for Writers 90%
210 targeted fixes for the predictable problems of writing, from idea drought to the final edit.
by Roy Peter Clark 2011
3.92
443 ratings
🖊️ Writing Craft📰 Journalism And Reporting💡 Idea Generation🧱 Writer's Block✂️ Revision Strategies
Writing Alone, Writing Together
by Judy Reeves • 2002
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
4.01
78
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting👓 Peer Critique🎨 Creativity Exercises
Writing Alone, Writing Together Summary
Writing Alone, Writing Together 90%
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
by Judy Reeves 2002
4.01
78 ratings
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting👓 Peer Critique🎨 Creativity Exercises
Borges on Writing
by Jorge Luis Borges • 1973
Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.
4.07
1k+
📝 Literary Craft🎻 Poetry Craft🌐 Translation Studies📖 Short Story Theory🎭 Verisimilitude
Borges on Writing Summary
Borges on Writing 90%
Plausibility trumps truth, short stories hinge on a situation, and great poems arrive unbidden.
by Jorge Luis Borges 1973
4.07
1k+ ratings
📝 Literary Craft🎻 Poetry Craft🌐 Translation Studies📖 Short Story Theory🎭 Verisimilitude
A Writer's Notebook
by Ralph Fletcher • 1996
A notebook habit turns raw noticing into finished writing. Everything starts with what you catch.
4.06
1k+
📝 Writing Craft📅 Daily Writing Habits💡 Idea Generation🗣️ Authentic Voice🏫 Writing Workshop
A Writer's Notebook Summary
A Writer's Notebook 90%
A notebook habit turns raw noticing into finished writing. Everything starts with what you catch.
by Ralph Fletcher 1996
4.06
1k+ ratings
📝 Writing Craft📅 Daily Writing Habits💡 Idea Generation🗣️ Authentic Voice🏫 Writing Workshop
Refuse to Be Done
by Matt Bell • 2022
Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.
4.43
2k+
📖 Novel Writing🔄 Rewriting✍️ Drafting Techniques⏰ Writing Habits🧱 Story Structure
Refuse to Be Done Summary
Refuse to Be Done 90%
Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.
by Matt Bell 2022
4.43
2k+ ratings
📖 Novel Writing🔄 Rewriting✍️ Drafting Techniques⏰ Writing Habits🧱 Story Structure
The Writer's Idea Book
by Jack Heffron • 2000
Never run out of material: habits and prompts to keep you writing through every block.
3.88
1k+
✍️ Writing Craft💡 Writing Prompts🧱 Writer's Block🌱 Idea Generation🧠 Inner Critic
The Writer's Idea Book Summary
The Writer's Idea Book 90%
Never run out of material: habits and prompts to keep you writing through every block.
by Jack Heffron 2000
3.88
1k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft💡 Writing Prompts🧱 Writer's Block🌱 Idea Generation🧠 Inner Critic
The Right to Write
by Julia Cameron • 1998
You don't need talent, permission, or the perfect sentence. Just this daily ritual.
4.07
6k+
🖋️ Creative Writing📓 Daily Writing Ritual🌄 Creative Unblocking🧘 Spiritual Creativity💬 Writing As Therapy
The Right to Write Summary
The Right to Write 90%
You don't need talent, permission, or the perfect sentence. Just this daily ritual.
by Julia Cameron 1998
4.07
6k+ ratings
🖋️ Creative Writing📓 Daily Writing Ritual🌄 Creative Unblocking🧘 Spiritual Creativity💬 Writing As Therapy
5,000 Words Per Hour
by Chris Fox • 2015
The average writer produces 500 words an hour. Here's how to hit ten times that.
4.19
3k+
🚀 Writing Productivity✍️ Writing Process🕰️ Writing Routines📝 Aspiring Authors🎨 Creative Productivity
5,000 Words Per Hour Summary
5,000 Words Per Hour 90%
The average writer produces 500 words an hour. Here's how to hit ten times that.
by Chris Fox 2015
4.19
3k+ ratings
🚀 Writing Productivity✍️ Writing Process🕰️ Writing Routines📝 Aspiring Authors🎨 Creative Productivity
The Creative Writing Coursebook
by Julia Bell • 2001
Forty authors teach the exercises and craft tools that turn rough drafts into publishable work.
3.95
363
✍️ Creative Writing📝 Writing Exercises🏫 Workshop Method👤 Character Development📐 Story Structure
The Creative Writing Coursebook Summary
The Creative Writing Coursebook 90%
Forty authors teach the exercises and craft tools that turn rough drafts into publishable work.
by Julia Bell 2001
3.95
363 ratings
✍️ Creative Writing📝 Writing Exercises🏫 Workshop Method👤 Character Development📐 Story Structure
The Lonely Voice
by Frank O'Connor • 1961
The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.
3.89
246
📐 Short Story Theory✍️ Writers On Writing🔨 Craft Of Fiction🌿 Outsider Narratives💔 Literary Loneliness
The Lonely Voice Summary
The Lonely Voice 90%
The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.
by Frank O'Connor 1961
3.89
246 ratings
📐 Short Story Theory✍️ Writers On Writing🔨 Craft Of Fiction🌿 Outsider Narratives💔 Literary Loneliness
The Art and Business of Online Writing
by Nicolas Cole • 2020
Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.
4.38
2k+
🖋️ Online Writing📈 Content Marketing👥 Audience Building💻 Writing For The Web🏷️ Personal Branding
The Art and Business of Online Writing Summary
The Art and Business of Online Writing 89%
Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.
by Nicolas Cole 2020
4.38
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Online Writing📈 Content Marketing👥 Audience Building💻 Writing For The Web🏷️ Personal Branding
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters
by Karl Iglesias • 2001
101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.
3.87
479
🎬 Screenwriting🎥 Hollywood Industry✍️ Writing Habits💡 Creative Process📖 Storytelling Craft
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters Summary
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters 89%
101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.
by Karl Iglesias 2001
3.87
479 ratings
🎬 Screenwriting🎥 Hollywood Industry✍️ Writing Habits💡 Creative Process📖 Storytelling Craft
The Art of Subtext
by Charles Baxter • 2007
What a character won't say, can't hear, and can't admit: the hidden engine of unforgettable fiction.
4.02
1k+
📖 Narrative Craft✍️ Writers On Writing🎨 Fiction Aesthetics🔍 Close Reading👤 Character Depth
The Art of Subtext Summary
The Art of Subtext 89%
What a character won't say, can't hear, and can't admit: the hidden engine of unforgettable fiction.
by Charles Baxter 2007
4.02
1k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Craft✍️ Writers On Writing🎨 Fiction Aesthetics🔍 Close Reading👤 Character Depth
The Art of Character
by David Corbett • 2013
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
4.25
681
✍️ Character Development🧠 Character Psychology⚔️ Dramatic Conflict🎬 Scene Craft📈 Character Arcs
The Art of Character Summary
The Art of Character 89%
The five things every unforgettable character has, and why questionnaires will never uncover them.
by David Corbett 2013
4.25
681 ratings
✍️ Character Development🧠 Character Psychology⚔️ Dramatic Conflict🎬 Scene Craft📈 Character Arcs
If You Want to Write
by Brenda Ueland • 2012
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
4.12
9k+
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting📓 Journaling🎤 Authentic Voice
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write 89%
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
by Brenda Ueland 2012
4.12
9k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting📓 Journaling🎤 Authentic Voice
On Writing
by Stephen King • 2000
Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.
4.34
321k+
🛠️ Writing Craft📖 Craft Memoirs⛏️ Discovery Writing✂️ Revision Strategies⏰ Daily Writing Practice
On Writing Summary
On Writing 89%
Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.
by Stephen King 2000
4.34
321k+ ratings
🛠️ Writing Craft📖 Craft Memoirs⛏️ Discovery Writing✂️ Revision Strategies⏰ Daily Writing Practice
Crafting Novels & Short Stories
by The Writer's Digest • 2011
Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.
3.89
373
📝 Novel Writing📖 Short Story Writing🎭 Character Creation📊 Plot Structure💬 Dialogue Craft
Crafting Novels & Short Stories Summary
Crafting Novels & Short Stories 89%
Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.
by The Writer's Digest 2011
3.89
373 ratings
📝 Novel Writing📖 Short Story Writing🎭 Character Creation📊 Plot Structure💬 Dialogue Craft
A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver • 1994
The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.
4.23
10k+
🖋️ Writing Poetry🏛️ Poetic Form🌄 The Writing Life📖 Reading As A Writer🔨 Writing Craft
A Poetry Handbook Summary
A Poetry Handbook 89%
The teachable half of poetry: a master poet's craft rules for turning feeling into durable art.
by Mary Oliver 1994
4.23
10k+ ratings
🖋️ Writing Poetry🏛️ Poetic Form🌄 The Writing Life📖 Reading As A Writer🔨 Writing Craft
This Year You Write Your Novel
by Walter Mosley • 2007
Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.
3.81
2k+
📖 Novel Writing📅 Daily Writing Practice🌊 Creative Subconscious🔓 Self-Censorship✂️ Revision Process
This Year You Write Your Novel Summary
This Year You Write Your Novel 89%
Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.
by Walter Mosley 2007
3.81
2k+ ratings
📖 Novel Writing📅 Daily Writing Practice🌊 Creative Subconscious🔓 Self-Censorship✂️ Revision Process
1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts
by Ryan Andrew Kinder • 2014
A thousand prompts, from six-word tales to random-object chaos, each a cure for the blank page.
3.72
415
🖊️ Writing Prompts⚡ Flash Fiction🔒 Constrained Writing🧱 Writer's Block🎨 Creative Practice
1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts Summary
1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts 89%
A thousand prompts, from six-word tales to random-object chaos, each a cure for the blank page.
by Ryan Andrew Kinder 2014
3.72
415 ratings
🖊️ Writing Prompts⚡ Flash Fiction🔒 Constrained Writing🧱 Writer's Block🎨 Creative Practice
Writing Prompts For Creative Writers
by Levon Sparks Salone • 2014
Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.
🖊️ Writing Prompts⚡ Flash Fiction🔒 Constrained Writing🧘 Writing Practice🌱 Aspiring Writers
Writing Prompts For Creative Writers Summary
Writing Prompts For Creative Writers 89%
Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.
by Levon Sparks Salone 2014
🖊️ Writing Prompts⚡ Flash Fiction🔒 Constrained Writing🧘 Writing Practice🌱 Aspiring Writers
Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg • 1986
Outrun your inner editor: the Zen practice of raw, unedited writing that unlocks your truest voice.
4.21
32k+
✍️ Writing Craft📅 Daily Practice🧱 Creative Resistance🧘 Mindfulness☸️ Zen Buddhism
Writing Down the Bones Summary
Writing Down the Bones 89%
Outrun your inner editor: the Zen practice of raw, unedited writing that unlocks your truest voice.
by Natalie Goldberg 1986
4.21
32k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📅 Daily Practice🧱 Creative Resistance🧘 Mindfulness☸️ Zen Buddhism
The Anatomy of Story
by John Truby • 2007
The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.
4.25
7k+
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Screenwriting✍️ Fiction Craft🌱 Organic Storytelling📈 Plot Development
The Anatomy of Story Summary
The Anatomy of Story 89%
The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.
by John Truby 2007
4.25
7k+ ratings
🏗️ Story Structure🎬 Screenwriting✍️ Fiction Craft🌱 Organic Storytelling📈 Plot Development
Murder Your Darlings
by Roy Peter Clark • 2020
Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.
4.02
644
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Rhetoric And Style📖 Narrative Craft⏰ Writing Routine🏛️ Classical Rhetoric
Murder Your Darlings Summary
Murder Your Darlings 89%
Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.
by Roy Peter Clark 2020
4.02
644 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 Rhetoric And Style📖 Narrative Craft⏰ Writing Routine🏛️ Classical Rhetoric
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