Best Creativity Books | Summaries & Audio

Creativity Book Summaries

Home Therapy

by Anita Yokota • 2022

Your home shapes your mind and your mood. A therapist's blueprint for designing it with intention.

3.58

370

🏡 Design For Wellbeing 🗂️ Home Organization 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Home Therapy

Your home shapes your mind and your mood. A therapist's blueprint for designing it with intention.

by Anita Yokota 2022 304 pages

3.58

370 ratings

🏡 Design For Wellbeing 🗂️ Home Organization 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 😴 Sleep Hygiene

Immediate Fiction

by Jerry Cleaver • 2002

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

4.14

500+

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

Immediate Fiction

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

by Jerry Cleaver 2002 304 pages

4.14

500+ ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

by John Adair • 2011

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

3.38

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership 💬 Communication Skills 💡 Creative Problem Solving

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Personal Success

A hundred ideas for turning your vocation into leadership and your minutes into results.

by John Adair 2011 216 pages

3.38

37 ratings

🧭 Vocation And Calling ⏳ Time Management 🤝 Servant Leadership 💬 Communication Skills 💡 Creative Problem Solving

Small Is the New Big

by Seth Godin • 2006

The age of interruptions is done. The only marketing left is earning their mention.

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4k+

🏢 Small Business Strategy 💻 Digital Marketing 🌟 Product Differentiation 📖 Authentic Storytelling 🗣️ Customer Advocacy

Small Is the New Big

The age of interruptions is done. The only marketing left is earning their mention.

by Seth Godin 2006 364 pages

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏢 Small Business Strategy 💻 Digital Marketing 🌟 Product Differentiation 📖 Authentic Storytelling 🗣️ Customer Advocacy

Gentle Writing Advice

by Chuck Wendig • 2023

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

4.27

500+

🧠 Writing Mindset 🌱 Creative Sustainability 🛁 Creative Self-Care 🎨 Creative Play 🚧 Writer's Block

Gentle Writing Advice

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

by Chuck Wendig 2023 256 pages

4.27

500+ ratings

🧠 Writing Mindset 🌱 Creative Sustainability 🛁 Creative Self-Care 🎨 Creative Play 🚧 Writer's Block

The Slow Fix

by Carl Honoré • 2013

The hidden ingredient behind every lasting solution: slowing down enough to learn from mistakes.

3.61

500+

🔍 Problem Solving 🐢 Slow Movement 🧩 Systems Thinking 💡 Learning From Failure ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

The Slow Fix

The hidden ingredient behind every lasting solution: slowing down enough to learn from mistakes.

by Carl Honoré 2013 262 pages

3.61

500+ ratings

🔍 Problem Solving 🐢 Slow Movement 🧩 Systems Thinking 💡 Learning From Failure ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

We Need Your Art

by Amie McNee • 2025

No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.

4.36

1k+

🎨 Creative Practice 👑 Artistic Identity 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎯 Perfectionism 🏁 Finishing Projects

We Need Your Art

No permission needed. The tiny daily practice that outruns perfectionism and gets you to finished.

by Amie McNee 2025 272 pages

4.36

1k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Practice 👑 Artistic Identity 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎯 Perfectionism 🏁 Finishing Projects

How to Be Here

by Rob Bell • 2016

Risking nothing is the bigger risk. How to find your calling and take the first step.

3.94

5k+

🎨 Creative Living 🎯 Ikigai 🔨 Craft And Process 🚧 Overcoming Creative Blocks 🎲 Embracing Risk

How to Be Here

Risking nothing is the bigger risk. How to find your calling and take the first step.

by Rob Bell 2016 210 pages

3.94

5k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Living 🎯 Ikigai 🔨 Craft And Process 🚧 Overcoming Creative Blocks 🎲 Embracing Risk

Everything I Know

by Paul Jarvis • 2013

Your creative work isn't a startup. Build it small enough to support a life you love.

3.72

500+

🎨 Creative Business 🏡 Indie Business 🔨 Meaningful Work 🐌 Anti-Hustle 🎯 Creative Process

Everything I Know

Your creative work isn't a startup. Build it small enough to support a life you love.

by Paul Jarvis 2013 146 pages

3.72

500+ ratings

🎨 Creative Business 🏡 Indie Business 🔨 Meaningful Work 🐌 Anti-Hustle 🎯 Creative Process

The Art of Photography

by Bruce Barnbaum • 1994

Stop following rules. See light, compose with intent, and print photographs that are truly yours.

4.28

1k+

🎨 Artistic Photography 🖼️ Photographic Composition 📷 Exposure Control ⬛ Black And White Photography 💡 Light And Shadow

The Art of Photography

Stop following rules. See light, compose with intent, and print photographs that are truly yours.

by Bruce Barnbaum 1994 349 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

🎨 Artistic Photography 🖼️ Photographic Composition 📷 Exposure Control ⬛ Black And White Photography 💡 Light And Shadow

Hypersanity

by Neel Burton • 2019

Logic fails at life's hardest problems. The tools you really use are older and stranger.

3.60

182

🧠 Limits Of Reason 🫀 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Intuition Research 🎨 Creative Process 🦉 Wisdom Psychology

Hypersanity

Logic fails at life's hardest problems. The tools you really use are older and stranger.

by Neel Burton 2019 229 pages

3.60

182 ratings

🧠 Limits Of Reason 🫀 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Intuition Research 🎨 Creative Process 🦉 Wisdom Psychology

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

by Alan Ken Thomas • 2011

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

3.28

360

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🖥️ Tech Leadership

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

by Alan Ken Thomas 2011 176 pages

3.28

360 ratings

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🖥️ Tech Leadership

The Red Book

by Sera J. Beak • 2006

A permission slip to build your own spiritual practice from whatever works, no dogma required.

4.11

500+

🕯️ New Age Spirituality 🛠️ Diy Spirituality ❤️‍🔥 Sacred Sexuality 👁️ Intuition Development 🎨 Creative Prayer

The Red Book

A permission slip to build your own spiritual practice from whatever works, no dogma required.

by Sera J. Beak 2006 320 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🕯️ New Age Spirituality 🛠️ Diy Spirituality ❤️‍🔥 Sacred Sexuality 👁️ Intuition Development 🎨 Creative Prayer

The Breakout Novelist

by Donald Maass • 2010

Thousands of manuscripts. A handful break out. The specific craft moves that make the difference.

4.32

404

✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Commercial Fiction 🎯 Story Stakes ⚡ Scene Tension 🎙️ Narrative Voice

The Breakout Novelist

Thousands of manuscripts. A handful break out. The specific craft moves that make the difference.

by Donald Maass 2010 346 pages

4.32

404 ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 📚 Commercial Fiction 🎯 Story Stakes ⚡ Scene Tension 🎙️ Narrative Voice

If Chins Could Kill

by Bruce Campbell • 2001

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

3.95

18k+

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

If Chins Could Kill

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

by Bruce Campbell 2001 344 pages

3.95

18k+ ratings

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

Wouldn't it Be Nice

by Charles L. Granata • 2003

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

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500+

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process 🎸 60s Music 🌊 California Sound

Wouldn't it Be Nice

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

by Charles L. Granata 2003 255 pages

3.93

500+ ratings

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process 🎸 60s Music 🌊 California Sound

5,000 Words Per Hour

by Chris Fox • 2015

The average writer produces 500 words an hour. Here's how to hit ten times that.

4.19

2k+

🚀 Writing Productivity ✍️ Writing Process 🕰️ Writing Routines 📝 Aspiring Authors 🎨 Creative Productivity

5,000 Words Per Hour

The average writer produces 500 words an hour. Here's how to hit ten times that.

by Chris Fox 2015 118 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

🚀 Writing Productivity ✍️ Writing Process 🕰️ Writing Routines 📝 Aspiring Authors 🎨 Creative Productivity

Description

by Monica Wood • 1995

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

4.06

500+

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

Description

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

by Monica Wood 1995 176 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

Your Creative Writing Masterclass

by Jürgen Wolff • 2012

A hundred great novelists teach you fiction's craft secrets, from character to voice.

3.88

182

✍️ Fiction Craft 📖 Reading Like A Writer 🎭 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot Structure

Your Creative Writing Masterclass

A hundred great novelists teach you fiction's craft secrets, from character to voice.

by Jürgen Wolff 2012 321 pages

3.88

182 ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 📖 Reading Like A Writer 🎭 Character Development 💬 Dialogue Craft 🗺️ Plot Structure

Creative Journal Writing

by Stephanie Dowrick • 2007

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

3.81

373

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing 🧘 Mindful Writing 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

Creative Journal Writing

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

by Stephanie Dowrick 2007 259 pages

3.81

373 ratings

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing 🧘 Mindful Writing 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

Lives of the Artists

by Calvin Tomkins • 2008

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

4.10

500+

🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce 🎭 Artistic Identity ⚡ Art And Provocation

Lives of the Artists

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

by Calvin Tomkins 2008 272 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce 🎭 Artistic Identity ⚡ Art And Provocation

The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide

by Brandy Agerbeck • 2012

Make meetings visible as they happen: the listening and thinking skills that make the drawing work.

4.19

125

✏️ Visual Facilitation 🗣️ Meeting Facilitation 🧠 Visual Thinking ⏱️ Real-Time Drawing 🧩 Information Synthesis

The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide

Make meetings visible as they happen: the listening and thinking skills that make the drawing work.

by Brandy Agerbeck 2012 306 pages

4.19

125 ratings

✏️ Visual Facilitation 🗣️ Meeting Facilitation 🧠 Visual Thinking ⏱️ Real-Time Drawing 🧩 Information Synthesis

Spellbound

by David Kwong • 2015

Stage magic and business persuasion share the same hidden rules. A master illusionist reveals them.

3.74

108

🗣️ Influence And Persuasion 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention Management 📖 Storytelling 🎤 Public Speaking

Spellbound

Stage magic and business persuasion share the same hidden rules. A master illusionist reveals them.

by David Kwong 2015 272 pages

3.74

108 ratings

🗣️ Influence And Persuasion 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention Management 📖 Storytelling 🎤 Public Speaking

Dynamic Characters

by Nancy Kress • 1998

Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.

4.09

500+

🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🧠 Internal Conflict 💬 Dialogue Craft

Dynamic Characters

Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.

by Nancy Kress 1998 264 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🧠 Internal Conflict 💬 Dialogue Craft

Practical Intelligence

by Karl Albrecht • 2007

Most good ideas die unrecorded. The trainable mental skills that IQ tests never measured.

3.73

149

🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Applied Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 💡 Divergent Thinking ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Practical Intelligence

Most good ideas die unrecorded. The trainable mental skills that IQ tests never measured.

by Karl Albrecht 2007 416 pages

3.73

149 ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Applied Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 💡 Divergent Thinking ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

I'm a Joke and So Are You

by Robin Ince • 2018

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

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1k+

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

I'm a Joke and So Are You

A comedian investigates why we joke to survive anxiety, grief, and the awkwardness of being alive.

by Robin Ince 2018 288 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🎤 Stand Up Comedy 😰 Anxiety And Creativity 🧠 Neuroscience Of Humor 💀 Humor And Grief 🔪 Comedy As Social Critique

The Creative Entrepreneur

by Lisa Sonora Beam • 2008

Turn your creative passion into a business using a blank journal and a proven framework.

4.12

377

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship ✏️ Visual Thinking 📓 Art Journaling 🎯 Goal Setting 🗺️ Strategic Planning

The Creative Entrepreneur

Turn your creative passion into a business using a blank journal and a proven framework.

by Lisa Sonora Beam 2008 128 pages

4.12

377 ratings

🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship ✏️ Visual Thinking 📓 Art Journaling 🎯 Goal Setting 🗺️ Strategic Planning

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

by Lee Gutkind • 2012

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

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1k+

📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

by Lee Gutkind 2012 288 pages

3.98

1k+ ratings

📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing

by Laurie E. Rozakis • 1997

One writing process for fiction, poetry, and screenplays, plus the business half most primers skip.

3.59

159

🖋️ Writing Process 📬 Publishing Advice 🧱 Writer's Block 🧩 Plot Structure 🎭 Poetry Techniques

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing

One writing process for fiction, poetry, and screenplays, plus the business half most primers skip.

by Laurie E. Rozakis 1997 352 pages

3.59

159 ratings

🖋️ Writing Process 📬 Publishing Advice 🧱 Writer's Block 🧩 Plot Structure 🎭 Poetry Techniques

Marketing Outrageously

by Jon Spoelstra • 2001

Safe marketing is the riskiest bet; the audacity playbook that makes customers stop, stare, and buy.

4.14

335

🪖 Guerrilla Marketing 💰 Revenue Generation ⚔️ Competitive Differentiation ⚽ Sports Business 🎲 Risk-Taking

Marketing Outrageously

Safe marketing is the riskiest bet; the audacity playbook that makes customers stop, stare, and buy.

by Jon Spoelstra 2001 256 pages

4.14

335 ratings

🪖 Guerrilla Marketing 💰 Revenue Generation ⚔️ Competitive Differentiation ⚽ Sports Business 🎲 Risk-Taking

Be More Taylor Swift

by D.K. Publishing • 2022

Find your voice, face your fears, and embrace reinvention with wisdom drawn from Taylor Swift.

3.89

369

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help 🎨 Creative Living 🦁 Facing Fear 👯 Friendship Building 🔄 Personal Reinvention

Be More Taylor Swift

Find your voice, face your fears, and embrace reinvention with wisdom drawn from Taylor Swift.

by D.K. Publishing 2022

3.89

369 ratings

🌟 Celebrity Self-Help 🎨 Creative Living 🦁 Facing Fear 👯 Friendship Building 🔄 Personal Reinvention

Deep Writing

by Eric Maisel • 1999

A psychologist's method for quieting the inner critic and writing with real focus every day.

3.60

171

🧱 Writer's Block 👹 Inner Critic ⚔️ Creative Resistance 🧘 Mindful Writing 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Deep Writing

A psychologist's method for quieting the inner critic and writing with real focus every day.

by Eric Maisel 1999 158 pages

3.60

171 ratings

🧱 Writer's Block 👹 Inner Critic ⚔️ Creative Resistance 🧘 Mindful Writing 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Mastering Creative Anxiety

by Eric Maisel • 2011

Anxiety comes with the job. Tools for managing it at every stage of the creative process.

3.93

240

🧱 Creative Block 🎨 Artistic Practice 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 😨 Fear Of Failure

Mastering Creative Anxiety

Anxiety comes with the job. Tools for managing it at every stage of the creative process.

by Eric Maisel 2011 259 pages

3.93

240 ratings

🧱 Creative Block 🎨 Artistic Practice 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 😨 Fear Of Failure

Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days

by Jay Conrad Levinson • 2005

Thirty days to a marketing engine that runs on creativity and consistency, not a big budget.

3.61

189

📋 Guerrilla Marketing 🪴 Small Business Marketing 💸 Low-Budget Marketing 🎨 Creative Marketing 📬 Direct Marketing

Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days

Thirty days to a marketing engine that runs on creativity and consistency, not a big budget.

by Jay Conrad Levinson 2005

3.61

189 ratings

📋 Guerrilla Marketing 🪴 Small Business Marketing 💸 Low-Budget Marketing 🎨 Creative Marketing 📬 Direct Marketing

Creative personal branding

by Jürgen Salenbacher • 2010

A branding guide that starts where most don't: self-awareness, vision, and creative leadership.

3.14

247

🧱 Personal Branding 🎨 Creative Economy 💡 Design Thinking 🎯 Career Strategy 🤝 Networking

Creative personal branding

A branding guide that starts where most don't: self-awareness, vision, and creative leadership.

by Jürgen Salenbacher 2010 228 pages

3.14

247 ratings

🧱 Personal Branding 🎨 Creative Economy 💡 Design Thinking 🎯 Career Strategy 🤝 Networking

The Great Book of Journaling

by Eric Maisel • 2022

Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.

3.74

114

📝 Therapeutic Writing ✍️ Expressive Writing 🎨 Creative Self-Expression 🩹 Trauma Processing 🪞 Reflective Practice

The Great Book of Journaling

Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.

by Eric Maisel 2022 288 pages

3.74

114 ratings

📝 Therapeutic Writing ✍️ Expressive Writing 🎨 Creative Self-Expression 🩹 Trauma Processing 🪞 Reflective Practice

The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing

by Evan Marshall • 1998

Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.

3.76

482

🖋️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 📋 Plotting Methods 📚 Genre Fiction 👁️ Point Of View

The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing

Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.

by Evan Marshall 1998 287 pages

3.76

482 ratings

🖋️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 📋 Plotting Methods 📚 Genre Fiction 👁️ Point Of View

Make a Scene

by Jordan Rosenfeld • 2007

A novel lives or dies scene by scene. A blueprint for making every moment count.

4.07

1k+

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Development 🛠️ Writing Technique

Make a Scene

A novel lives or dies scene by scene. A blueprint for making every moment count.

by Jordan Rosenfeld 2007 276 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Development 🛠️ Writing Technique

War and Peace and IT

by Mark Schwartz • 2019

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

4.15

244

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Innovation Culture

War and Peace and IT

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

by Mark Schwartz 2019 240 pages

4.15

244 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Innovation Culture

The Only Pirate at the Party

by Lindsey Stirling • 2016

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

4.14

5k+

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

The Only Pirate at the Party

Thrown off reality TV for being too weird, a violinist turned that weirdness into sold-out arenas.

by Lindsey Stirling 2016 262 pages

4.14

5k+ ratings

🎻 Musician Memoirs 📹 Youtube Creators 🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 🎨 Creative Careers 🚫 Rejection Resilience

Design Sprint

by Richard Banfield • 2015

Five days, one room, a tested prototype: the workshop that tells you what to build next.

3.79

219

📱 Product Design 🔍 Ux Research 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping 🧑‍💻 User Testing 🧑‍🏫 Workshop Facilitation

Design Sprint

Five days, one room, a tested prototype: the workshop that tells you what to build next.

by Richard Banfield 2015 268 pages

3.79

219 ratings

📱 Product Design 🔍 Ux Research 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping 🧑‍💻 User Testing 🧑‍🏫 Workshop Facilitation

Spellbinding Sentences

by Barbara Baig • 2015

Sentences are buildable, not born. A practice-based method for word choice, imagery, and rhythm.

4.31

231

🏗️ Sentence Craft 🖋️ Writing Practice 📚 Vocabulary Building 👁️ Sensory Writing 🖼️ Imagery And Metaphor

Spellbinding Sentences

Sentences are buildable, not born. A practice-based method for word choice, imagery, and rhythm.

by Barbara Baig 2015 304 pages

4.31

231 ratings

🏗️ Sentence Craft 🖋️ Writing Practice 📚 Vocabulary Building 👁️ Sensory Writing 🖼️ Imagery And Metaphor

Plot Perfect

by Paula Munier • 2014

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

4.25

461

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

Plot Perfect

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

by Paula Munier 2014 288 pages

4.25

461 ratings

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

How to Grow a Novel

by Sol Stein • 1999

The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.

4.06

500+

📝 Fiction Craft 👁️ Showing Vs Telling 💬 Dialogue Craft 👤 Character Development 🚪 Story Openings

How to Grow a Novel

The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.

by Sol Stein 1999 288 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

📝 Fiction Craft 👁️ Showing Vs Telling 💬 Dialogue Craft 👤 Character Development 🚪 Story Openings

Creating Characters

by Dwight V. Swain • 1990

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

3.92

240

🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Creating Characters

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

by Dwight V. Swain 1990 208 pages

3.92

240 ratings

🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Designing Products People Love

by Scott Hurff • 2015

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

4.11

271

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Designing Products People Love

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

by Scott Hurff 2015 321 pages

4.11

271 ratings

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Million Dollar Outlines

by David Farland • 2013

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

4.16

500+

📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

Million Dollar Outlines

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

by David Farland 2013 234 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

The Writer's Guide to Beginnings

by Paula Munier • 2016

Agents stop reading on page one. The craft decisions that make them turn to page two.

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190

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎣 Opening Hooks 🎬 Scene Craft 👁️ Point Of View

The Writer's Guide to Beginnings

Agents stop reading on page one. The craft decisions that make them turn to page two.

by Paula Munier 2016 256 pages

4.31

190 ratings

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎣 Opening Hooks 🎬 Scene Craft 👁️ Point Of View

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

by Nancy Kress • 1992

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

4.00

2k+

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

by Nancy Kress 1992 149 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Create Your Writer Platform

by Chuck Sambuchino • 2012

Your book deal depends less on your manuscript and more on the audience you bring to the table.

4.07

356

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