by writers, for writers

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Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life 4.32 avg rating — 900 ratings
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Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work 4.17 avg rating — 427 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,101 ratings
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No Plot? No Problem!
No Plot? No Problem! 3.83 avg rating — 7,293 ratings
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative 4.09 avg rating — 2,081 ratings
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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)
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: Lisa Cron
4.20 avg rating — 6,135 ratings
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Stein on Writing
Stein on Writing
by: Sol Stein
4.28 avg rating — 4,734 ratings
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How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
by: Sol Stein
4.06 avg rating — 839 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 — 31,303 ratings
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Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird 4.24 avg rating — 108,472 ratings
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Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 4.01 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination 4.34 avg rating — 2,738 ratings
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Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin
Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin 4.48 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places 4.12 avg rating — 1,593 ratings
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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew 4.23 avg rating — 5,767 ratings
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Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
by: Matt Bell
4.43 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel 4.50 avg rating — 12,827 ratings
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You 4.08 avg rating — 20,953 ratings
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No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters 4.01 avg rating — 8,406 ratings
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How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book (Writing Craft Books)
How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book (Writing Craft Books) 4.32 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Writing with Cold Feet: The Secrets of How to Write When You Are NOT Writing
Writing with Cold Feet: The Secrets of How to Write When You Are NOT Writing 4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings
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You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory
You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory 4.25 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
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Solutions for Writers: Practical Craft Techniques for Fiction and Non-Fiction
Solutions for Writers: Practical Craft Techniques for Fiction and Non-Fiction
by: Sol Stein
4.14 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Creative Writer's Toolbelt Handbook
The Creative Writer's Toolbelt Handbook 4.70 avg rating — 20 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 Writer's Voice: Techniques for Tuning Your Tone and Style (The Writer's Process Series)
The Writer's Voice: Techniques for Tuning Your Tone and Style (The Writer's Process Series) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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7 Figure Fiction: How to Use Universal Fantasy to Sell Your Books to Anyone
7 Figure Fiction: How to Use Universal Fantasy to Sell Your Books to Anyone
by: T. Taylor
4.38 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
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GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction
GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction 4.44 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 11)
Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 11) 4.44 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development 4.31 avg rating — 3,557 ratings
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5 Secrets of Story Structure: How to Write a Novel That Stands Out
5 Secrets of Story Structure: How to Write a Novel That Stands Out 4.23 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
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Conquering Writer's Block and Summoning Inspiration: Learn to Nurture a Lifestyle of Creativity
Conquering Writer's Block and Summoning Inspiration: Learn to Nurture a Lifestyle of Creativity 4.17 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story 4.32 avg rating — 3,424 ratings
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Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success
Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success 4.11 avg rating — 4,787 ratings
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The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition 4.10 avg rating — 10,248 ratings
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Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey
Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey 4.10 avg rating — 2,470 ratings
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating — 21,028 ratings
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Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to the Movies and TV, from Story Concept to Development Deal
Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to the Movies and TV, from Story Concept to Development Deal 4.13 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Romance Your Goals (Publishing How To Book 3)
Romance Your Goals (Publishing How To Book 3)
by: Zoe York
4.49 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Romance Your Plan: Taking Genre Fiction Marketing to the Next Level (Publishing How To Book 2)
Romance Your Plan: Taking Genre Fiction Marketing to the Next Level (Publishing How To Book 2)
by: Zoe York
4.55 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series
Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series
by: Zoe York
4.35 avg rating — 411 ratings
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The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture
The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture 4.46 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces 4.13 avg rating — 44,162 ratings
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The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness
The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness 3.90 avg rating — 2,475 ratings
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The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire
The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire 3.84 avg rating — 274 ratings
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The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller 4.25 avg rating — 7,029 ratings
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Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published
Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published 4.30 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
by: Lisa Cron
4.21 avg rating — 5,391 ratings
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Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life
Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life
by: Lisa Cron
4.09 avg rating — 313 ratings
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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers 3.94 avg rating — 3,139 ratings
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Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life
Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life 4.29 avg rating — 534 ratings
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How To Write a Page Turner: Craft a Story Your Readers Can't Put Down
How To Write a Page Turner: Craft a Story Your Readers Can't Put Down 4.21 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Elements of Fiction
Elements of Fiction 3.78 avg rating — 593 ratings
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The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need to Know About Creating & Selling Your Work
The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need to Know About Creating & Selling Your Work really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
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The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story
The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story 4.13 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences 3.62 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
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How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth 3.85 avg rating — 2,410 ratings
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The Creative Act: A Way of Being 3.98 avg rating — 69,625 ratings
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Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style
Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style 3.95 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
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Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel 4.19 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
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Description & Setting
Description & Setting 4.01 avg rating — 941 ratings
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints 4.05 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
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Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue
Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue 3.97 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish 4.11 avg rating — 5,936 ratings
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Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life 4.16 avg rating — 1,669 ratings
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century 4.04 avg rating — 9,070 ratings
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life 4.54 avg rating — 23,121 ratings
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On Writing
On Writing 4.03 avg rating — 4,674 ratings
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The Book on Writing
The Book on Writing 4.04 avg rating — 130 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 — 30,208 ratings
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On Writers and Writing
On Writers and Writing 4.07 avg rating — 125 ratings
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On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions 4.15 avg rating — 652 ratings
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers 3.99 avg rating — 6,231 ratings
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On Writers and Writing
On Writers and Writing 3.67 avg rating — 141 ratings
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On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist 4.10 avg rating — 3,090 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,238 ratings
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The Art Of Creative Writing
The Art Of Creative Writing 3.64 avg rating — 337 ratings
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The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives 4.18 avg rating — 3,224 ratings
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Story Structure Architect
Story Structure Architect 3.83 avg rating — 886 ratings
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Voice & Style
Voice & Style 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Conflict and Suspense
Conflict and Suspense 4.26 avg rating — 921 ratings
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Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time and Place in Your Fiction
Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time and Place in Your Fiction 3.68 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Scene & Structure
Scene & Structure 4.11 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
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Plot
Plot 3.88 avg rating — 885 ratings
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Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Submission 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Dialogue
Dialogue 3.38 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Description
Description 4.07 avg rating — 604 ratings
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Conflict, Action and Suspense
Conflict, Action and Suspense 3.83 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Characters & Viewpoint
Characters & Viewpoint 4.04 avg rating — 4,698 ratings
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Beginnings, Middles & Ends
Beginnings, Middles & Ends 3.99 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction 4.24 avg rating — 5,946 ratings
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Story Engineering
Story Engineering 4.09 avg rating — 3,272 ratings
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Why I Write
Why I Write 4.01 avg rating — 14,210 ratings
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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy 3.91 avg rating — 4,844 ratings
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative 3.96 avg rating — 324,420 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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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 3.95 avg rating — 116,867 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,063 ratings
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A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,403 ratings