Books similar like Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo

From Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Dillard, a collection that illuminates the dedication and daring that characterizes a writer's life.

In these short essays, Annie Dillard—the author of Pilgrim at Tink…

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Several Short Sentences About Writing

Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing …

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The Science of Storytelling

Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions, and shape our politics and beliefs. We use them to construct our relationships…

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So You Want to Start a Podcast: Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building a Community That Will Listen

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The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

Engage Your Readers with Emotion

While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers f…

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Craft Coffee: A Manual: Brewing a Better Cup at Home

This comprehensive but accessible handbook is for the average coffee lover who wants to make better coffee at home. Unlike other coffee books, this one focuses exclusively on coffee--not espresso--and…

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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

The masterfully told story of 12 volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder roiled a city already on the b…

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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

Keep Working. Keep Playing. Keep Creating.

In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! , both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativit…

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Stein on Writing

A master editor of some of the most successful writers of our century shares his craft techniques and strategies

Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfi…

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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)

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story , this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting …

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Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope

As featured on the BBC documentary, 'The Most Hated Family in America' it was an upbringing in many ways normal. A loving home, shared with squabbling siblings, overseen by devoted parents. Yet in oth…

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