Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
By: Robert McKee
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, Action offers writers the keys to propulsive sto…
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1. Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
By: K.M. Weiland
4.31
Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition
About the BookPowerful Character Arcs Create Powerful StoriesHave you written a story with an excit… read more
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2. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
By: Ian Fleming
3.64
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more
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"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
3. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By: Thomas S. Kuhn
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more
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4. The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
By: Christopher Vogler
4.10
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Provides new insights and observations from Vogler's pioneering work in mythic structure for writer… read more
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"A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is no…"-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
"I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your …"-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
"Although well played by Billy Zane, Cal in the screenplay is one of the weakest part of the design, and would have been a more effective rival if he were more seductive, a better match for Rose, real…"-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
5. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
By: John Gardner
4.01
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of a… read more
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6. 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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"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
7. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
8. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Hardcover
A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care,… read more
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9. Red Harvest
By: Dashiell Hammett
4.12
Format: 652 pages, ebook
The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also… read more
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10. Adventures in the Screen Trade
By: William Goldman
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more
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11. Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story
By: K.M. Weiland
4.32
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Is Structure the Hidden Foundation of All Successful Stories? Why do some stories work and other… read more
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12. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
13. The Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
By: None
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
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14. The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface
By: Donald Maass
4.29
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Engage Your Readers with Emotion While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plott… read more
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"Plot happens outside but story happens inside. Readers won't get the true story, though, unless you put it on the page--both the big meaning in small events, and the overlooked implications of large …"-Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface
15. In the Blink of an Eye
By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
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16. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
17. The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
By: Erik Bork
4.25
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
THE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the writing process -- the first par… read more
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18. Anatomy of Genres
By: John Truby
4.23
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and a… read more
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19. Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 11)
By: K.M. Weiland
4.48
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
The Six Transformational Character Arcs of the Human LifeReady to take your story’s character arcs … read more
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20. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
3.72
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more
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21. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
22. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more
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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
23. Parade
By: Rachel Cusk
3.70
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From the exhilarating mind of Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, Parade disturbs and defin… read more
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"He knew that [his work] embodied change, and he wasn’t interested in change. He was interested in the fragments that change leaves behind in its storming passage toward the future."-Rachel Cusk, Parade
"Not to be understood is effectively to be silenced, but not understanding can in its turn legitimise that silence, can illuminate one’s own unknowability. Art is the pact of individuals denying socie…"-Rachel Cusk, Parade
"Sanity and insanity were not opposites but rather were the two faces of inanimate matter, the point at which the existence of consciousness can get no further in breaking down the existence of substa…"-Rachel Cusk, Parade
"The impulse to have a child is very often a response to the woman’s own childhood, as though her childhood has left her incomplete, or has taken a part of her that she is driven to find again. The st…"-Rachel Cusk, Parade
24. 12 Notes: On Life and Creativity
By: Quincy Jones
4.25
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers… read more
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25. The Fourth Turning Is Here:
By: Neil Howe
3.96
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more
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26. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
By: Ryan Holiday
4.21
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more
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27. The Science of Storytelling
By: Will Storr
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our… read more
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"The gift of story is wisdom"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species."-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Locked inside the black vault of our skulls, stuck forever in the solitude of our own hallucinated universe, story is a portal, a hallucination within the hallucination, the closest we'll ever really…"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Stories work on multiple evolved systems in the brain and a skilled storyteller activates these networks like the conductor of an orchestra, a little trill of moral outrage here, a fanfare of status …"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
28. How to Draw a Novel
By: Martín Solares
3.72
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Black Minutes and Don’t Send Flowers , How to Draw a Novel is… read more
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29. Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
By: Paul Guyot
4.53
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Kill the Dog is the first book on screenwriting written by an actual working professional screenwri… read more
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30. The Science of Writing Characters: Using Psychology to Create Compelling Fictional Characters
By: Kira-Anne Pelican
4.37
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
The Science of Writing Characters is a comprehensive handbook to help writers create compelling and… read more
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31. Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
By: Robert McKee
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, Action offers writers the keys to propulsive sto… read more
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