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• Dear Writer

  Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

  Smith, Maggie, 1977-

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  Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Feisty Freelancer

  a Friendly Guide to Visioning, Planning, and Growing Your Writing Business

  Bowness, Suzanne, 1976-

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  Whether you're a new writer or transitioning to freelance, this book will guide you through the practicalities of setting up a business, developing an online presence, finding clients, and creating a solid plan for success.

• The Happy Writer

  Get More Ideas, Write More Words, and Find More Joy From First Draft to Publication and Beyond

  Meyer, Marissa

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  If you aren't suffering, you aren't creating. Right? Wrong! Writing can and should be joyful, fulfilling... even fun! Applicable to writers in all genres and disciplines -- from screenwriters to novelists, journalists to picture book authors,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1000 Words

  a Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

  Attenberg, Jami

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  1000 words is about becoming -- and staying -- motivated, discovering yourself and your creative desires, and approaching your craft from a new direction.

• Writing An Identity Not Your Own

  a Guide for Creative Writers

  Temblador, Alex

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  A practical guide to help authors authentically write and edit a character whose identity is different than their own. Alex will guide writers from the brainstorming phase through the editing process so they can gain a full understanding of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing & Publishing

  Westerhof, Patricia

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  The essential guide for Canadian writers seeking to have their work published today.

• Always Take Notes

  Advice From Some of the World's Greatest Writers

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  For over five years the hosts of Always Take Notes podcast have posed their nosiest questions to some of the world's greatest writers. The result is a compendium of frank and frequently entertaining guidance for living a creative life. From the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gentle Writing Advice

  How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself

  Wendig, Chuck

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  With behind-the-scenes stories of Wendig's own writing struggles, sections on debunking popular advice, self-care tips, and more footnotes than are strictly necessary, Gentle Writing Advice will give the unvarnished truth about the writing process…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Write Yourself Out of a Corner

  100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity

  LaPlante, Alice, 1958-

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  In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Writer's Hustle

  a Professional Guide to the Creativity, Discipline, Humility, and Grit Every Writer Needs to Flourish

  Franklin, Joey

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  The Writer's Hustle is a comprehensive guide to all the things successful writers do when they're not sitting at the keyboard. Drawing on wisdom from dozens of experienced authors, professors, students, and other writing professionals, this book…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Writing in Color

  Fourteen Writers on the Lessons We've Learned

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  Fourteen writers of colour write essays on the lessons they have learned as writers.

• The Perfect Story

  How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire

  Eber, Karen

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  Learn the Science of Story-telling. How to tell an effective and meaningful story in a multitude of ways.

• Writing for Busy Readers

  Communicate More Effectively in the Real World

  Rogers, Todd (College teacher)

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  Learn the science of how people read and absorb information, and how to use that to your advantage when writing.

• On Writing and Failure

  Or, on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer

  Marche, Stephen

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  How to cope with rejection and how to keep writing.

• Write for Life

  Creative Tools for Every Writer : a Six-week Artist's Way Program

  Cameron, Julia

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  How to set and maintain writing goals, no matter what your next writing project may be.

• Refuse to Be Done

  How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

  Bell, Matt, 1980-

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  Refuse To Be Done will guide you through every step of the novel writing process, from getting started on those first pages to the last tips for making your final draft even tighter and stronger.

• How to Write a Mystery

  a Handbook From Mystery Writers of America

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  A must-have for any aspiring mystery writer! Unlock the mysteries of mystery writing with some of the most successful writers in the world.

• The Poets & Writers

  Complete Guide to Being a Writer : Everything You Need to Know About Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Business of Building a Sustainable Writing Career

  Larimer, Kevin

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  A comprehensive guide to becoming a writer! From how to plan out your novel, to financial planning once you become a success, this book covers it all!

• Pity the Reader

  on Writing With Style

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  A comprehensive guide to anything that Kurt Vonnegut ever said about writing.

• No Plot? No Problem!

  a Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days

  Baty, Chris

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  Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), has completely revised and expanded his definitive handbook for extreme noveling. Chris pulls from over 15 years of results-oriented…Read moreRead more of this annotation