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Best Books on Writing - Page 2

Books about writing, the writer's life, the importance of writing, and what writing means to life and life means to writing
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How to Write (Gertrude Stein)
How to Write
41
Gertrude Stein
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences (June Casagrande)
It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences
42
June Casagrande
Steal Like an Artist (Austin Kleon)
Steal Like an Artist
43
Austin Kleon
On Moral Fiction (John Gardner)
On Moral Fiction
44
John Gardner
Take off Your Pants! Outline Your Books (Libbie Hawker)
Take off Your Pants! Outline Your Books
45
Libbie Hawker
On Writing (Eudora Welty)
On Writing
46
Eudora Welty
Paula by Isabel Allende
Paula by Isabel Allende
47
This Year You Write Your Novel (Walter Mosley)
This Year You Write Your Novel
48
Walter Mosley
SOMETHING TO DECLARE (JULIA ALVAREZ)
SOMETHING TO DECLARE
49
JULIA ALVAREZ
The Lie That Tells a Truth (John Dufresne)
The Lie That Tells a Truth
50
John Dufresne
About Writing (Samuel R. Delany)
About Writing
51
Samuel R. Delany
Everybody Writes (Ann Handley)
Everybody Writes
52
Ann Handley
Naked, Drunk and Writing (Adair Lara)
Naked, Drunk and Writing
53
Adair Lara
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life With Words (Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge)
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life With Words
54
Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
The First Five Pages (Noah Lukeman)
The First Five Pages
55
Noah Lukeman
Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction (Benjamin Percy)
Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction
56
Benjamin Percy
I Should Be Writing (Mur Lafferty)
I Should Be Writing
57
Mur Lafferty
In Other Words (Jhumpa Lahiri)
In Other Words
58
Jhumpa Lahiri
One Continuous Mistake (Gail Sher)
One Continuous Mistake
59
Gail Sher
Romancing the Beat (Gwen Hayes)
Romancing the Beat
60
Gwen Hayes
The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books (James Cross Giblin)
The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books
61
James Cross Giblin
The Magic Words (Cheryl Klein)
The Magic Words
62
Cheryl Klein
Unless It Moves the Human Heart (Roger Rosenblatt)
Unless It Moves the Human Heart
63
Roger Rosenblatt
Bullies, Bastards and Bitches (Jessica Morrell)
Bullies, Bastards and Bitches
64
Jessica Morrell
Consider This (Chuck Palahniuk)
Consider This
65
Chuck Palahniuk
Free Within Ourselves (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Free Within Ourselves
66
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Immersion (Ted Conover)
Immersion
67
Ted Conover
Memoirs (Pablo Neruda)
Memoirs
68
Pablo Neruda
Pen on Fire (Barbara Demarco-Barrett)
Pen on Fire
69
Barbara Demarco-Barrett
Pixar Storytelling (Dean Movshov)
Pixar Storytelling
70
Dean Movshov
Slay the Dragon (Robert Denton Bryant and Keith Giglio)
Slay the Dragon
71
Robert Denton Bryant and Keith Giglio
The Art and Craft of Novel Writing (Oakley Hall)
The Art and Craft of Novel Writing
72
Oakley Hall
The Heart of a Woman (Maya Angelou - 1981)
The Heart of a Woman
73
Maya Angelou - 1981
The Kick-Ass Writer (Chuck Wendig)
The Kick-Ass Writer
74
Chuck Wendig
The New New Journalism: Conversations With America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft (Robert Boynton)
The New New Journalism: Conversations With America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft
75
Robert Boynton
This I Believe, an A-Z of a Writer's Life (Carlos Fuentes)
This I Believe, an A-Z of a Writer's Life
76
Carlos Fuentes
To Show and to Tell (Phillip Lopate)
To Show and to Tell
77
Phillip Lopate
Video Game Storytelling (Evan Skolnick)
Video Game Storytelling
78
Evan Skolnick
Words for Pictures (Brian Michael Bend)
Words for Pictures
79
Brian Michael Bend
How to Write Bestselling Fiction (Dean Koontz)
How to Write Bestselling Fiction
80
Dean Koontz
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