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Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
4.24 average rating, · 113.6k ratings
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The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.
4.18 average rating, · 87.9k ratings
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Austin Kleon
4.07 average rating, · 63.3k ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
4.24 average rating, · 31.5k ratings
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg
4.21 average rating, · 32.3k ratings
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Twyla Tharp
4.10 average rating, · 43k ratings
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Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
Neil Gaiman
4.27 average rating, · 20.4k ratings
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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
Jessica Brody
4.49 average rating, · 14.4k ratings
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Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Hugh MacLeod
4.09 average rating, · 29.7k ratings
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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Austin Kleon
4.26 average rating, · 18k ratings
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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
Danny Gregory
4.04 average rating, · 30k ratings
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
Keri Smith
4.22 average rating, · 16.2k ratings
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Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield
4.15 average rating, · 14.6k ratings
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Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
Michael Hyatt
4.19 average rating, · 14k ratings
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Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith
4.10 average rating, · 15.1k ratings
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How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Sönke Ahrens
4.07 average rating, · 14.1k ratings
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Word Power Made Easy
Norman Lewis
4.42 average rating, · 9.2k ratings
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Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy
4.15 average rating, · 11.9k ratings
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Make Good Art
Neil Gaiman
4.28 average rating, · 9.8k ratings
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Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Matthew Dicks
4.26 average rating, · 8.8k ratings
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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Mark Forsyth
4.35 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression
Angela Ackerman
4.53 average rating, · 6.4k ratings
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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Brenda Ueland
4.12 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
John Truby
4.25 average rating, · 7.4k ratings
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