Books for NONFICTION Writers

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Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction 4.25 avg rating — 1,023 ratings
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Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why (The Nonfiction Explorer Series)
Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why (The Nonfiction Explorer Series) 4.21 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Purple Snowflake Marketing: How to Make Your Book Stand Out in the Crowd
Purple Snowflake Marketing: How to Make Your Book Stand Out in the Crowd it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer 3.96 avg rating — 985 ratings
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Brand the Author (Not the Book): A Workbook for Writing & Launching Your Own Author Brand Plan
Brand the Author (Not the Book): A Workbook for Writing & Launching Your Own Author Brand Plan 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love
Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love 3.95 avg rating — 669 ratings
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The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less
The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less 3.96 avg rating — 652 ratings
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Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers 3.97 avg rating — 904 ratings
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The ASJA Guide to Freelance Writing: A Professional Guide to the Business, for Nonfiction Writers of All Experience Levels
The ASJA Guide to Freelance Writing: A Professional Guide to the Business, for Nonfiction Writers of All Experience Levels 3.73 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success
The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success 3.94 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Writing down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Writing down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within 4.21 avg rating — 31,305 ratings
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On Writing Well
On Writing Well 4.24 avg rating — 30,212 ratings
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Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books
Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books 3.78 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Selling More Work Faster (The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series)
The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock: The Freelance Writer's Guide to Selling More Work Faster (The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series) 4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters 4.14 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
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The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells
The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells 3.92 avg rating — 5,922 ratings
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Tested Advertising Methods
Tested Advertising Methods 4.23 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
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The Associated Press Stylebook
The Associated Press Stylebook 4.21 avg rating — 1,815 ratings
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The Associated Press Guide To Punctuation
The Associated Press Guide To Punctuation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Consultant And Independent Contractor Agreements. Book with CD-Rom (5th Edition)
Consultant And Independent Contractor Agreements. Book with CD-Rom (5th Edition) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds A Second Helping Of "How-To" For Any Writer Dreaming of Great Bucks and Exceptional Quality of Life
The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds A Second Helping Of "How-To" For Any Writer Dreaming of Great Bucks and Exceptional Quality of Life 3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Tipping Point Audio
The Tipping Point Audio 4.01 avg rating — 844,255 ratings
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Unleashing the Idea Virus
Unleashing the Idea Virus 3.93 avg rating — 5,956 ratings
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ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income 3.77 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
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Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self Publishers
Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self Publishers 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law: For Authors, Publishers, Editors and Agents
Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law: For Authors, Publishers, Editors and Agents really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story
Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story 3.93 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing, & Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing, & Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly 3.85 avg rating — 6,601 ratings
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant 4.01 avg rating — 84,943 ratings
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand
by: Al Ries
3.88 avg rating — 3,836 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,130 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating — 108,480 ratings
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Get Content Get Customers: Turn Prospects into Buyers with Content Marketing
Get Content Get Customers: Turn Prospects into Buyers with Content Marketing 3.63 avg rating — 91 ratings
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life 4.08 avg rating — 40,110 ratings
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The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating — 113,859 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,728 ratings
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction—from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction—from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between 3.99 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University 4.08 avg rating — 1,345 ratings
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Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do 3.89 avg rating — 2,782 ratings
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A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement
A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement 4.05 avg rating — 363 ratings
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Inventing The Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
Inventing The Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir 3.93 avg rating — 773 ratings
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Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story
Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story 3.98 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life
Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life 4.21 avg rating — 4,659 ratings
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The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life 4.06 avg rating — 6,352 ratings
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Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity
Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity 4.08 avg rating — 2,224 ratings
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Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life
Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life 3.82 avg rating — 42,162 ratings
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The Art of Memoir
The Art of Memoir
by: Mary Karr
4.14 avg rating — 8,175 ratings
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear 3.96 avg rating — 228,780 ratings
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Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature
Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature 3.87 avg rating — 655 ratings
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing 3.79 avg rating — 8,737 ratings
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The Hypothyroid Writer: Seven daily habits that will heal your brain, feed your creative genius, and help you write like never before
The Hypothyroid Writer: Seven daily habits that will heal your brain, feed your creative genius, and help you write like never before 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life 3.75 avg rating — 18,571 ratings
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The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur
The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur
by: Jim Horan
3.86 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 3.95 avg rating — 116,874 ratings
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How to Make Real Money Selling Books: A Complete Guide to the Book Publishers’ World of Special Sales
How to Make Real Money Selling Books: A Complete Guide to the Book Publishers’ World of Special Sales
by: Brian Jud
4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Beyond the Bookstore: How to Sell More Books Profitably to Non-Bookstore Markets
Beyond the Bookstore: How to Sell More Books Profitably to Non-Bookstore Markets
by: Brian Jud
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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1001 Ways to Market Your Books: For Authors and Publishers, 6th Edition
1001 Ways to Market Your Books: For Authors and Publishers, 6th Edition 4.31 avg rating — 294 ratings
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Roger C. Parker's One-Minute Designer
Roger C. Parker's One-Minute Designer 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity 4.01 avg rating — 165,260 ratings
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Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers 3.92 avg rating — 14,775 ratings
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us 3.80 avg rating — 42,051 ratings
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Free: The Future of a Radical Price
Free: The Future of a Radical Price 3.87 avg rating — 17,337 ratings
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion 4.22 avg rating — 170,798 ratings
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The Self-Publishing Manual : How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book, 15th Ed.
The Self-Publishing Manual : How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book, 15th Ed. 4.02 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!
Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too! 3.70 avg rating — 220 ratings
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The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business
The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business 4.20 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear
The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear 4.05 avg rating — 527 ratings
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The Workplace Writer's Process: A Guide to Getting the Job Done (The Writer's Process Series)
The Workplace Writer's Process: A Guide to Getting the Job Done (The Writer's Process Series) 4.01 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The War of Art
The War of Art 3.98 avg rating — 113,859 ratings
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Do the Work
Do the Work 3.97 avg rating — 20,735 ratings
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Turning Pro
Turning Pro 4.15 avg rating — 13,940 ratings
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It 4.19 avg rating — 2,695 ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction 4.24 avg rating — 30,212 ratings
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Writing Creative Nonfiction
Writing Creative Nonfiction 3.84 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Writing Creative Nonfiction
Writing Creative Nonfiction 3.81 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books
Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Writing Your Nonfiction Book
Writing Your Nonfiction Book 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up
You Can't Make This Stuff Up 3.99 avg rating — 1,019 ratings
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Writing Dramatic Nonfiction
Writing Dramatic Nonfiction 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Everything Guide to Writing Nonfiction: All you need to write and sell exceptional nonfiction books, articles, essays, reviews, and memoirs
The Everything Guide to Writing Nonfiction: All you need to write and sell exceptional nonfiction books, articles, essays, reviews, and memoirs 3.38 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Writing Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Techniques for Crafting Great Nonfiction
Writing Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Techniques for Crafting Great Nonfiction 3.65 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction
Keep It Real: Everything You Need to Know About Researching and Writing Creative Nonfiction 3.57 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Guide to Writing Magazine Nonfiction
Guide to Writing Magazine Nonfiction 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction
Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction 4.08 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
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Writing the Nonfiction Book: A Successful Writer's Guide
Writing the Nonfiction Book: A Successful Writer's Guide
by: Eva Shaw
3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Words' Worth: A Handbook on Writing & Selling Nonfiction
Words' Worth: A Handbook on Writing & Selling Nonfiction 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir 4.18 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
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Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir
Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 671 ratings
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A Field Guide for Immersion Writing: Memoir, Journalism, and Travel
A Field Guide for Immersion Writing: Memoir, Journalism, and Travel 3.67 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Your Life as Story: Discovering the "new Autobiography" and Writing Memoir as Literature
Your Life as Story: Discovering the "new Autobiography" and Writing Memoir as Literature 4.10 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir
Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir 4.13 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir
Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Memoir: Expert Guidance on Crafting Your Most Meaningful Story
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Memoir: Expert Guidance on Crafting Your Most Meaningful Story 3.77 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life
The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life 4.19 avg rating — 2,100 ratings
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The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life 4.32 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction and More
Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction and More 3.97 avg rating — 980 ratings
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Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes, and More
Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes, and More 3.97 avg rating — 980 ratings
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How to Write a Memoir
How to Write a Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 76 ratings
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How to Write Inspirational Memoir: 7 Essentials from an Author and an Editor
How to Write Inspirational Memoir: 7 Essentials from an Author and an Editor 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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