✂️ Rewriting

Books about the craft and discipline of revision, where the real writing happens in the second, fifth, or twentieth draft. These guides help writers learn to see their own work with fresh eyes and reshape it into something sharper.

Save the Cat!

by Blake Snyder • 2005

Fifteen beats, forty cards, and one rule to make your hero likeable on page ten.

4.01

22k+

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 📋 Beat Sheets 🎤 Pitching 🎭 Genre Tropes

Save the Cat!

Fifteen beats, forty cards, and one rule to make your hero likeable on page ten.

by Blake Snyder 2005

4.01

22k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 📋 Beat Sheets 🎤 Pitching 🎭 Genre Tropes

Refuse to Be Done

by Matt Bell • 2022

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

4.43

2k+

📖 Novel Writing ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure 🖋️ Prose Style

Refuse to Be Done

Finish your novel in three drafts: a rough discovery, a full rewrite, and a layered polish.

by Matt Bell 2022

4.43

2k+ ratings

📖 Novel Writing ✍️ Drafting Techniques ⏰ Writing Habits 🧱 Story Structure 🖋️ Prose Style

Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R

by Syd Field • 1998

Ten ways a screenplay breaks, and the concrete fix for each.

3.82

373

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Three-Act Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧑‍🎤 Character Arcs

Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R

Ten ways a screenplay breaks, and the concrete fix for each.

by Syd Field 1998

3.82

373 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Three-Act Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧑‍🎤 Character Arcs

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

by Greg Dean • 2000

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

3.95

399

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.

by Greg Dean 2000

3.95

399 ratings

🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Joke Writing 🎭 Comedy Performance 🌱 Creative Process 😰 Performance Anxiety

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

755

✍️ 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

4.14

755 ratings

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

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