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This book puts the pen in your hand. It's a great first book for new writers or those trying to get back to feeling excited about the blank page.

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For practical writing craft, this is the best manual I've ever seen. Short, simple, and teaches you to serve your reader better. I'm not a horror writer or a YA writer but this book was a huge gift to my own practice. He tells it plain, spells it out, and helps you get your ego out of the room so you can focus on what matters: your story and your audience.

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Clean, clear behavioral science for the layman. James Clear's exact approach might not work for you (it's not a perfect fit for my neurotype or personality), but this book will give anyone a solid baseline vocabulary for looking at how to shift your habits so that you can do what you REALLY want to do (like write a million words a year, the way that I do.)

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This isn't a book "about" writing, but the way this book is written can change the way you think, see, and work. Writing is not an isolated act, it is part of a conversation with every thinker you've ever been touched by, and this book helps me remember that. It can jolt you full of energy to change the world with your words, the way this author has.

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If you want to get writing done but when you don't have an editor's deadline breathing down your neck, understanding your own motivational cues and behaviors is a big help. This book is clear and thorough and honest about the science of intrinsic motivation, and it helped me unlearn a lot of myths about "why" we "do things."

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This book is an unwieldy mix of practical advice and personal memoir, and I like that because reading it reminds me I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT. If Stephen King can do this, what'll stop me from telling my own stories however feels right to me?

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Why am I including a book by a West Point coach in my hippie writing list? Confidence is the difference between getting your writing done and just "thinking about it." Confidence is a skill you can learn, just like any other. This book's refreshing perspective on confidence offers practical ways to do so, and I think flexing the confidence muscle is vital for people who maybe haven't always experienced cultural support for their voices. "Have the confidence of a mediocre white man" is advice I've heard a lot, but nobody ever tells you HOW. This book kinda tells you how?

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