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Writing

The art and craft of writing comes alive through expert guidance on everything from grammar and screenplays to creative inspiration and marketing your work. Whether you're wrestling with writer's block or polishing your prose, these books offer practical wisdom, time-tested techniques, and encouraging advice from seasoned wordsmiths.

Writing Book Summaries

How to Speak and Write Correctly
by Joseph Devlin • 1910
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
3.62
2k+
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice✍️ Plain English📏 Prescriptive Grammar
How to Speak and Write Correctly Summary
How to Speak and Write Correctly
Why short words win: a 1910 guide to writing and speaking with force, clarity, and correctness.
by Joseph Devlin 1910 171 pages
3.62
2k+ ratings
🧱 Grammar Guides📐 Style Guides🗣️ Word Choice✍️ Plain English📏 Prescriptive Grammar
Why Business People Speak Like Idiots
by Brian Fugere • 2005
Burn the jargon. Cut every message by a quarter. Sound like a person. A corporate communication fix.
3.62
273
🏢 Corporate Communication🗣️ Plain Language✂️ Brevity📖 Storytelling In Business🎯 Audience Focus
Why Business People Speak Like Idiots Summary
Why Business People Speak Like Idiots
Burn the jargon. Cut every message by a quarter. Sound like a person. A corporate communication fix.
by Brian Fugere 2005 192 pages
3.62
273 ratings
🏢 Corporate Communication🗣️ Plain Language✂️ Brevity📖 Storytelling In Business🎯 Audience Focus
Around the Writer's Block
by Rosanne Bane • 2012
Your brain sees a blank page as a threat. Three habits that rewire the panic response.
4.24
319
🧠 Creative Neuroscience🖊️ Writing Craft🧱 Creativity Blocks🔄 Habit Design🕯️ Writing Rituals
Around the Writer's Block Summary
Around the Writer's Block
Your brain sees a blank page as a threat. Three habits that rewire the panic response.
by Rosanne Bane 2012 320 pages
4.24
319 ratings
🧠 Creative Neuroscience🖊️ Writing Craft🧱 Creativity Blocks🔄 Habit Design🕯️ Writing Rituals
The Meaning of Everything
by Simon Winchester • 2003
A garden shed, an unpaid army, five million slips: the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
3.99
5k+
📚 Lexicography📜 Historical Linguistics🙋 Volunteer Scholarship📝 Descriptive Linguistics🏛️ Philology
The Meaning of Everything Summary
The Meaning of Everything
A garden shed, an unpaid army, five million slips: the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
by Simon Winchester 2003 288 pages
3.99
5k+ ratings
📚 Lexicography📜 Historical Linguistics🙋 Volunteer Scholarship📝 Descriptive Linguistics🏛️ Philology
Q's Legacy
by Helene Hanff • 1985
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
4.05
2k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education✉️ Literary Correspondence📖 Books As Companions
Q's Legacy Summary
Q's Legacy
A professor's lectures led to a London bookshop, twenty years of letters, and accidental fame.
by Helene Hanff 1985 177 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir📚 Book Collecting🎓 Self-Education✉️ Literary Correspondence📖 Books As Companions
Truth in Our Times
by David E. McCraw • 2019
A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.
4.14
500+
🗽 Press Freedom⚖️ First Amendment🔒 Government Secrecy📜 Media Law📢 Whistleblowing
Truth in Our Times Summary
Truth in Our Times
A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.
by David E. McCraw 2019 304 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
🗽 Press Freedom⚖️ First Amendment🔒 Government Secrecy📜 Media Law📢 Whistleblowing
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Lycett • 2007
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
3.91
299
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction👻 Spiritualism⭐ Literary Celebrity
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
by Andrew Lycett 2007 825 pages
3.91
299 ratings
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction👻 Spiritualism⭐ Literary Celebrity
Writing Fantasy Heroes
by Jason M. Waltz • 2008
Turn your fantasy heroes from armored clichés into people who bleed, doubt, and still inspire.
3.87
215
✍️ Fantasy Writing⚔️ Heroic Fantasy😬 Reluctant Heroes🔄 Trope Subversion🌀 Mythic Structure
Writing Fantasy Heroes Summary
Writing Fantasy Heroes
Turn your fantasy heroes from armored clichés into people who bleed, doubt, and still inspire.
by Jason M. Waltz 2008 216 pages
3.87
215 ratings
✍️ Fantasy Writing⚔️ Heroic Fantasy😬 Reluctant Heroes🔄 Trope Subversion🌀 Mythic Structure
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
3.67
1k+
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference🪟 Creative Solitude🕊️ Self-Acceptance
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943 276 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference🪟 Creative Solitude🕊️ Self-Acceptance
90 Days to Your Novel
by Sarah Domet • 2010
A novel in 90 days: the daily plan that trades inspiration for routine and complete draft.
3.77
391
📖 Novel Writing📝 First Drafts⏰ Daily Writing Habit🗺️ Outlining Methods🧱 Scene Construction
90 Days to Your Novel Summary
90 Days to Your Novel
A novel in 90 days: the daily plan that trades inspiration for routine and complete draft.
by Sarah Domet 2010 288 pages
3.77
391 ratings
📖 Novel Writing📝 First Drafts⏰ Daily Writing Habit🗺️ Outlining Methods🧱 Scene Construction
The Successful Author Mindset
by Joanna Penn • 2009
You can master plot and still not finish. The missing manual for the writer's inner game.
4.39
500+
✍️ Writing Mindset💼 Author Career🎭 Imposter Syndrome🎯 Perfectionism🗣️ Inner Critic
The Successful Author Mindset Summary
The Successful Author Mindset
You can master plot and still not finish. The missing manual for the writer's inner game.
by Joanna Penn 2009
4.39
500+ ratings
✍️ Writing Mindset💼 Author Career🎭 Imposter Syndrome🎯 Perfectionism🗣️ Inner Critic
Guerrilla Social Media Marketing
by Jay Conrad Levinson • 2010
Creativity replaces cash: 100 ways to attract customers and build influence on social media.
3.75
156
📱 Social Media Marketing💥 Guerrilla Marketing🪙 Low Budget Marketing👤 Personal Branding🎯 Niche Marketing
Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Summary
Guerrilla Social Media Marketing
Creativity replaces cash: 100 ways to attract customers and build influence on social media.
by Jay Conrad Levinson 2010 250 pages
3.75
156 ratings
📱 Social Media Marketing💥 Guerrilla Marketing🪙 Low Budget Marketing👤 Personal Branding🎯 Niche Marketing
Between You & Me
by Mary Norris • 2015
Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.
3.61
6k+
📝 Copy Editing✏️ Punctuation Marks📚 Language Memoir🧐 Editorial Judgment🗽 New Yorker Style
Between You & Me Summary
Between You & Me
Punctuation, pronouns, profanity: the New Yorker copy desk's secrets for making every sentence work.
by Mary Norris 2015 240 pages
3.61
6k+ ratings
📝 Copy Editing✏️ Punctuation Marks📚 Language Memoir🧐 Editorial Judgment🗽 New Yorker Style
Sticky Branding
by Jeremy Miller • 2015
Email averages $44 for every dollar. The nurture sequence that turns strangers into customers.
3.93
176
📧 Email Marketing💻 Digital Marketing🎯 Lead Generation🚀 Sales Funnels🤖 Marketing Automation
Sticky Branding Summary
Sticky Branding
Email averages $44 for every dollar. The nurture sequence that turns strangers into customers.
by Jeremy Miller 2015 216 pages
3.93
176 ratings
📧 Email Marketing💻 Digital Marketing🎯 Lead Generation🚀 Sales Funnels🤖 Marketing Automation
Easy Copywriting
by Dewa Eka Prayoga • 2015
Market knowledge beats wordcraft ten to one. The Indonesian playbook for copy that sells.
4.18
172
✍️ Copywriting Fundamentals📬 Direct Response Marketing🇮🇩 Indonesian Business🧠 Persuasion Techniques📰 Headline Writing
Easy Copywriting Summary
Easy Copywriting
Market knowledge beats wordcraft ten to one. The Indonesian playbook for copy that sells.
by Dewa Eka Prayoga 2015 236 pages
4.18
172 ratings
✍️ Copywriting Fundamentals📬 Direct Response Marketing🇮🇩 Indonesian Business🧠 Persuasion Techniques📰 Headline Writing
Forensics
by D.P. Lyle • 2008
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
4.34
375
🖋️ Crime Writing🔬 Forensic Science🩺 Forensic Pathology🔍 Crime Scene Investigation⏱️ Death Investigation
Forensics Summary
Forensics
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages
4.34
375 ratings
🖋️ Crime Writing🔬 Forensic Science🩺 Forensic Pathology🔍 Crime Scene Investigation⏱️ Death Investigation
Blog, Inc.
by Joy Deangdeelert Cho • 2012
The playbook for turning a blog about your obsessions into a business that actually pays.
3.64
1k+
✍️ Blogging Guides🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship📋 Content Strategy🖼️ Visual Branding👥 Audience Building
Blog, Inc. Summary
Blog, Inc.
The playbook for turning a blog about your obsessions into a business that actually pays.
by Joy Deangdeelert Cho 2012 177 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
✍️ Blogging Guides🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship📋 Content Strategy🖼️ Visual Branding👥 Audience Building
Stylish Academic Writing
by Helen Sword • 2012
Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.
4.06
1k+
📝 Academic Writing📚 Scholarly Publishing🗣️ Plain Language🏛️ Disciplinary Norms📖 Narrative Research
Stylish Academic Writing Summary
Stylish Academic Writing
Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.
by Helen Sword 2012 220 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
📝 Academic Writing📚 Scholarly Publishing🗣️ Plain Language🏛️ Disciplinary Norms📖 Narrative Research
The Shadow of a Great Rock
by Harold Bloom • 2011
The King James Bible as literature: irony, personality, a god more character than creator.
3.48
185
📖 Scripture As Literature👑 King James Bible🎨 Aesthetic Criticism🔄 Bible Translation✡️ Hebrew Bible
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
The King James Bible as literature: irony, personality, a god more character than creator.
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.48
185 ratings
📖 Scripture As Literature👑 King James Bible🎨 Aesthetic Criticism🔄 Bible Translation✡️ Hebrew Bible
Acne
by Laura Chinn • 2022
Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.
4.28
1k+
🩹 Severe Acne🏚️ Family Dysfunction🎭 Dark Humor Memoir🧴 Body Image Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoirs
Acne Summary
Acne
Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.
by Laura Chinn 2022 320 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
🩹 Severe Acne🏚️ Family Dysfunction🎭 Dark Humor Memoir🧴 Body Image Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoirs
How to Write One Song
by Jeff Tweedy • 2020
One song, no talent required. The daily practice and word games that get it done.
4.22
7k+
🎸 Songwriting Craft🎨 Creative Process✍️ Lyric Writing🧱 Creative Blocks⏰ Creative Discipline
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
One song, no talent required. The daily practice and word games that get it done.
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 173 pages
4.22
7k+ ratings
🎸 Songwriting Craft🎨 Creative Process✍️ Lyric Writing🧱 Creative Blocks⏰ Creative Discipline
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback
by Michael Rabiger • 1987
From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.
4.21
336
🎬 Film Directing👁️ Visual Storytelling🖼️ Shot Composition✂️ Film Editing🎥 Film Production
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback Summary
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger (1992-01-01) Paperback
From research to final cut: the documentary director's craft, where ethics and story meet the lens.
by Michael Rabiger 1987
4.21
336 ratings
🎬 Film Directing👁️ Visual Storytelling🖼️ Shot Composition✂️ Film Editing🎥 Film Production
Under Their Thumb
by Bill German • 2009
A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.
3.99
424
🎸 Rock Memoirs🎤 Music Journalism📣 Fan Culture🎬 Behind The Music🔀 Blurred Boundaries
Under Their Thumb Summary
Under Their Thumb
A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.
by Bill German 2009 372 pages
3.99
424 ratings
🎸 Rock Memoirs🎤 Music Journalism📣 Fan Culture🎬 Behind The Music🔀 Blurred Boundaries
Plot
by Ansen Dibell • 1988
Plot isn't what happens; it's why it matters. A practical guide to structuring fiction that grips.
3.88
500+
✍️ Fiction Craft🏗️ Story Structure⚙️ Plot Mechanics🎬 Scene Construction⏳ Narrative Pacing
Plot Summary
Plot
Plot isn't what happens; it's why it matters. A practical guide to structuring fiction that grips.
by Ansen Dibell 1988 176 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
✍️ Fiction Craft🏗️ Story Structure⚙️ Plot Mechanics🎬 Scene Construction⏳ Narrative Pacing
Silver Screen Fiend
by Patton Oswalt • 2015
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
3.62
7k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs💡 Creative Ambition🎪 Alternative Comedy
Silver Screen Fiend Summary
Silver Screen Fiend
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
by Patton Oswalt 2015 240 pages
3.62
7k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs💡 Creative Ambition🎪 Alternative Comedy
Securing Democracy
by Glenn Greenwald • 2021
Brazil's judges conspired to jail a president and elect another. One leak proved it.
4.30
151
🏛️ Political Corruption🗞️ Press Freedom🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowing⚖️ Judicial Overreach
Securing Democracy Summary
Securing Democracy
Brazil's judges conspired to jail a president and elect another. One leak proved it.
by Glenn Greenwald 2021 258 pages
4.30
151 ratings
🏛️ Political Corruption🗞️ Press Freedom🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowing⚖️ Judicial Overreach
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
by Tom Heehler • 2011
Eloquence isn't big words. Master the small ones: prepositions, articles, and rhythmic restraint.
4.17
337
🖋️ Rhetorical Style📚 Vocabulary Building✍️ Word Craft🎭 Figurative Language🗣️ Rhetorical Devices
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus Summary
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
Eloquence isn't big words. Master the small ones: prepositions, articles, and rhythmic restraint.
by Tom Heehler 2011 400 pages
4.17
337 ratings
🖋️ Rhetorical Style📚 Vocabulary Building✍️ Word Craft🎭 Figurative Language🗣️ Rhetorical Devices
Dreaming in Chinese
by Deborah Fallows • 2010
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
3.63
2k+
📖 Language Memoirs🏮 Chinese Culture🧠 Linguistic Relativity🗣️ Everyday Linguistics🎓 Language Acquisition
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
📖 Language Memoirs🏮 Chinese Culture🧠 Linguistic Relativity🗣️ Everyday Linguistics🎓 Language Acquisition
Inbound PR
by Iliyana Stareva • 2018
Make journalists and clients come to you: an inbound playbook that finally makes PR measurable.
3.87
46
📢 Public Relations📝 Content Marketing🧲 Inbound Methodology💻 Digital Transformation🏢 Agency Business
Inbound PR Summary
Inbound PR
Make journalists and clients come to you: an inbound playbook that finally makes PR measurable.
by Iliyana Stareva 2018 192 pages
3.87
46 ratings
📢 Public Relations📝 Content Marketing🧲 Inbound Methodology💻 Digital Transformation🏢 Agency Business
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place👁️ Urban Observation✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022 416 pages
3.65
422 ratings
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place👁️ Urban Observation✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction
Backstory
by Ken Auletta • 2003
Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.
3.50
74
📰 News Industry🖊️ Editorial Independence🏛️ Press Ownership📊 Business Journalism👥 Newsroom Leadership
Backstory Summary
Backstory
Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.
by Ken Auletta 2003 332 pages
3.50
74 ratings
📰 News Industry🖊️ Editorial Independence🏛️ Press Ownership📊 Business Journalism👥 Newsroom Leadership
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
by Georgia Pritchett • 2021
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
3.82
6k+
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
by Georgia Pritchett 2021 293 pages
3.82
6k+ ratings
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
Publishing E-Books For Dummies
by Ali Luke • 2012
How to write, format, price, and promote an e-book that sells, no publisher required.
4.23
162
🏷️ Self-Publishing📱 Ebook Publishing📢 Book Marketing🏗️ Author Platform📦 Amazon Kdp
Publishing E-Books For Dummies Summary
Publishing E-Books For Dummies
How to write, format, price, and promote an e-book that sells, no publisher required.
by Ali Luke 2012 320 pages
4.23
162 ratings
🏷️ Self-Publishing📱 Ebook Publishing📢 Book Marketing🏗️ Author Platform📦 Amazon Kdp
Stand Before Your God
by Paul Watkins • 1994
Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.
4.04
343
🏫 Boarding School Stories🇺🇸 American In England🎓 Elite Education🦋 Loss Of Innocence💔 School Bullying
Stand Before Your God Summary
Stand Before Your God
Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.
by Paul Watkins 1994 254 pages
4.04
343 ratings
🏫 Boarding School Stories🇺🇸 American In England🎓 Elite Education🦋 Loss Of Innocence💔 School Bullying
Cook, Eat, Repeat
by Nigella Lawson • 2020
The case for brown food, anchovies, and leftovers: essays and recipes for pleasure without apology.
4.11
1k+
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Food Memoirs✍️ Cooking Essays😋 Food Pleasure🌱 Seasonal Cooking
Cook, Eat, Repeat Summary
Cook, Eat, Repeat
The case for brown food, anchovies, and leftovers: essays and recipes for pleasure without apology.
by Nigella Lawson 2020 352 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏠 Home Cooking📖 Food Memoirs✍️ Cooking Essays😋 Food Pleasure🌱 Seasonal Cooking
How Not to Get Rich
by Alan Pell Crawford • 2014
Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.
3.63
123
🏦 Financial Biography🎩 Gilded Age✍️ Literary Biography📉 Business Failures🎲 Speculation
How Not to Get Rich Summary
How Not to Get Rich
Before he was America's most beloved author, Mark Twain was its most disastrous investor.
by Alan Pell Crawford 2014 224 pages
3.63
123 ratings
🏦 Financial Biography🎩 Gilded Age✍️ Literary Biography📉 Business Failures🎲 Speculation
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
by Wole Soyinka • 2006
A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.
4.02
500+
🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics🌍 Postcolonial Africa📚 African Literature✊ Activist Memoirs🏺 Cultural Reclamation
You Must Set Forth at Dawn Summary
You Must Set Forth at Dawn
A stolen artifact, a dictator's table, a secret peace mission: a Nobel laureate's life off stage.
by Wole Soyinka 2006 528 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
🇳🇬 Nigerian Politics🌍 Postcolonial Africa📚 African Literature✊ Activist Memoirs🏺 Cultural Reclamation
Paralegal Career For Dummies
by Scott A. Hatch • 2006
Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.
3.98
166
📋 Paralegal Careers🏛️ Legal Profession🇺🇸 American Legal System🔍 Legal Research✍️ Legal Writing
Paralegal Career For Dummies Summary
Paralegal Career For Dummies
Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.
by Scott A. Hatch 2006 384 pages
3.98
166 ratings
📋 Paralegal Careers🏛️ Legal Profession🇺🇸 American Legal System🔍 Legal Research✍️ Legal Writing
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
by Stuart Ross • 2022
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
3.84
189
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🕯️ Grief Memoir🛡️ Emotional Avoidance📝 Writing As Therapy🎤 Confessional Poetry
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers Summary
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
by Stuart Ross 2022 141 pages
3.84
189 ratings
🖋️ Poetic Memoir🕯️ Grief Memoir🛡️ Emotional Avoidance📝 Writing As Therapy🎤 Confessional Poetry
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution🤝 Inclusive Language📝 Descriptivism
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom"
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017 311 pages
3.72
491 ratings
📖 Style Guides🌐 Internet Linguistics🔄 Language Evolution🤝 Inclusive Language📝 Descriptivism
Fire Up Your Writing Brain
by Susan Reynolds • 2015
Writer's block is a neural habit. Rewire it with the brain science that helps you finish.
3.81
189
✍️ Writing Craft🧠 Neuroplasticity🚧 Creative Blocks🔄 Habit Formation⏰ Writing Routines
Fire Up Your Writing Brain Summary
Fire Up Your Writing Brain
Writer's block is a neural habit. Rewire it with the brain science that helps you finish.
by Susan Reynolds 2015 272 pages
3.81
189 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🧠 Neuroplasticity🚧 Creative Blocks🔄 Habit Formation⏰ Writing Routines
Read Books All Day and Get Paid For It
by Jennie Nash • 2019
Turn editorial skills into a thriving coaching business, from niche selection to real paydays.
4.48
145
💼 Coaching Business✍️ Writing Mentorship🎯 Niche Marketing💰 Value-Based Pricing🤝 Client Attraction
Read Books All Day and Get Paid For It Summary
Read Books All Day and Get Paid For It
Turn editorial skills into a thriving coaching business, from niche selection to real paydays.
by Jennie Nash 2019 152 pages
4.48
145 ratings
💼 Coaching Business✍️ Writing Mentorship🎯 Niche Marketing💰 Value-Based Pricing🤝 Client Attraction
Handwriting Analysis
by Karen Kristin Amend • 1980
Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.
3.82
247
✍️ Graphology🧩 Personality Types🤫 Nonverbal Communication📋 Projective Tests🛋️ Freudian Psychology
Handwriting Analysis Summary
Handwriting Analysis
Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.
by Karen Kristin Amend 1980 196 pages
3.82
247 ratings
✍️ Graphology🧩 Personality Types🤫 Nonverbal Communication📋 Projective Tests🛋️ Freudian Psychology
Writing as a Path to Awakening
by Albert Flynn Desilver • 2017
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
3.77
128
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice📖 Reading As Craft✨ Creative Spirituality
Writing as a Path to Awakening Summary
Writing as a Path to Awakening
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
by Albert Flynn Desilver 2017 210 pages
3.77
128 ratings
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice📖 Reading As Craft✨ Creative Spirituality
The Writer's Idea Book
by Jack Heffron • 2000
Never run out of material: habits and prompts to keep you writing through every block.
3.88
1k+
✍️ Writing Craft💡 Writing Prompts🧱 Writer's Block🌱 Idea Generation🧠 Inner Critic
The Writer's Idea Book Summary
The Writer's Idea Book
Never run out of material: habits and prompts to keep you writing through every block.
by Jack Heffron 2000 262 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft💡 Writing Prompts🧱 Writer's Block🌱 Idea Generation🧠 Inner Critic
A Book of Silence
by Sara Maitland • 2008
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
3.76
1k+
🧘 Contemplative Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism👁️ Sensory Perception🤝 Solitude Vs Loneliness🗺️ Landscape And Mind
A Book of Silence Summary
A Book of Silence
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
by Sara Maitland 2008 320 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism👁️ Sensory Perception🤝 Solitude Vs Loneliness🗺️ Landscape And Mind
The Spell of the Sensuous
by David Abram • 1996
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
4.17
5k+
🌀 Phenomenology🌍 Environmental Philosophy🦊 Animism👁️ Embodied Perception🌿 Deep Ecology
The Spell of the Sensuous Summary
The Spell of the Sensuous
The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.
by David Abram 1996 368 pages
4.17
5k+ ratings
🌀 Phenomenology🌍 Environmental Philosophy🦊 Animism👁️ Embodied Perception🌿 Deep Ecology
The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester • 1998
The Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributor was a murderer confined to an asylum.
3.84
100k+
🎯 Lexicography🔗 Criminal Insanity💥 Civil War Trauma🎩 Victorian Scholarship📚 Bibliomania
The Professor and the Madman Summary
The Professor and the Madman
The Oxford English Dictionary's most prolific contributor was a murderer confined to an asylum.
by Simon Winchester 1998 242 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
🎯 Lexicography🔗 Criminal Insanity💥 Civil War Trauma🎩 Victorian Scholarship📚 Bibliomania
Description & Setting
by Ron Rozelle • 2005
Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.
4.02
500+
✍️ Writing Craft🖼️ Descriptive Writing📖 Fiction Technique👁️ Show Don't Tell🗺️ Setting Development
Description & Setting Summary
Description & Setting
Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.
by Ron Rozelle 2005 224 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🖼️ Descriptive Writing📖 Fiction Technique👁️ Show Don't Tell🗺️ Setting Development
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
4.00
1k+
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor✍️ Language Memoir🔬 Descriptive Grammar
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
🧱 Language Mechanics🗣️ Pop Linguistics😂 Grammar Humor✍️ Language Memoir🔬 Descriptive Grammar
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