7 best-selling crafts books like Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success by Kristen Kieffer

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Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success

By: Kristen Kieffer

4.42

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Is there a gap between where you are and where you want to be in your writing life?Maybe you have a…

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1. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

By: Natalie Goldberg

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her b… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Write about “leaving."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"keep your hand moving"

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"Begin with “I remember."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

"We learn writing by doing it."

-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

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2. What to Say When You Talk to Yourself

By: Shad Helmstetter

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Negative programming prevents individuals from becoming and doing exactly what they want. Any amoun… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Writing Life

By: Annie Dillard

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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4. 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

By: Laura Vanderkam

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

There are 168 hours in a week. This is your guide to getting the most out of them. It's an unqu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott

4.24

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."

-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

6. Zen in the Art of Writing

By: Ray Bradbury

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more

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7. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

By: Francine Prose

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

In her entertaining and edifying New York Timesbestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites … read more

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8. Sawkill Girls

By: Claire Legrand

3.67

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. … read more

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"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He'll follow you home and won't let you sleep"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware the woods and the dark, dank, deep. He'll follow you home, and he won't let you sleep."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

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9. Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

By: Tori Dunlap

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Feminism that isn't intersectional, that doesn't help others and work to change systemic inequality, is not feminism."

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"…the culture [had]…a manipulative but disingenuous 'we're not coworkers, we're family' mind-set. (Always be wary of a company that says seemingly well-meaning shit as this. We share a cubicle, not a …"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"But when you confuse shames emotional alarm (I feel disconnected from money, what do I want to do about that?) with who you are (I’ll never get my shit together, I’m just bad with money), you’ve been…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

"We live in a patriarchal world—a system that aids and abets inequality. In this system that has gatekept financial information and tools from marginalized groups, it is an act of protest to be financ…"

-Tori Dunlap, Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

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10. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss

By: Jenna Bush Hager

4.27

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, bestselling author, and coanchor of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer

By: Julia Cameron

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A 6-Week Artist’s Way Program Julia Cameron has been teaching the world about creativity since h… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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13. Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

By: Matthew Salesses

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking resource for fiction writers, teachers, and students, this manifesto and practica… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"Workshops operate on the golden-rule policy: do for others as you want for yourself. Your fellow classmates will see from your comments what kind of feedback to give no matter how much of a push the …"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

"You should ask macro questions and point out macro opportunities. Which means, for example, you might state your understanding (or not) of the story, list observations that seem especially juicy, ask…"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

"When you are workshopped, it is important to remember that you will not connect with everything that is said. You shouldn’t! Don’t listen to everything; don’t take every suggestion—trust your instinc…"

-Matthew Salesses, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

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14. How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book (Writing Craft Books)

By: Joanna Penn

4.39

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Writing a novel will change your life.It might not be in the way that you expect, but when you hold… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
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15. The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1)

By: Rochelle Hassan

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary fantasy YA debut from Rochelle Hassan about monsters, magic, and wicked fae, perfect… read more

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"It was like every emotion he'd had to suppress in order to survive the last year and a half was now crashing into him all at once. Every vulnerability he'd locked away so that he could command the ho…"

-Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1)

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16. How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships

By: Nicole LePera

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of The Holistic Psychologist and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How to… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Elements of Fiction

By: Walter Mosley

3.79

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel , Walter Mosley supplied aspiring wr… read more

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  • crafts
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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18. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

By: Jessica McCabe

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."

-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

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19. How to Think More Effectively: A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity (Work series)

By: The School of Life

4.11

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with … read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Writing the Shadow : Turn Your Inner Darkness Into Words (Writing Craft Books)

By: Joanna Penn

4.40

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you want to connect with readers on a deeper level? Do you want your books to stand out in a se… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
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21. Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success

By: Kristen Kieffer

4.42

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Is there a gap between where you are and where you want to be in your writing life?Maybe you have a… read more

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17 Top nonfiction books like Build Your Best Writing Life: Essential Strategies for Personal Writing Success by Kristen Kieffer

Transform Your Habits

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg

4.21

Transform Your Habits

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself

Shad Helmstetter

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Writing Life

Annie Dillard

3.26

Transform Your Habits

168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

Laura Vanderkam

3.60

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11 Best audiobook books like Elements of Fiction by Walter Mosley

Transform Your Habits

Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between

James Scott Bell

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Memoir

Mary Karr

4.56

Transform Your Habits

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)

Lisa Cron

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Several Short Sentences About Writing

Verlyn Klinkenborg

4.13

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