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Create Your Writer Platform Summary
Create Your Writer Platform
The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author
by Chuck Sambuchino 2012 258 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
On Writing Horror Summary
On Writing Horror
A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
by Mort Castle 2006 274 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Writing
Horror
Reference
The Content Fuel Framework Summary
The Content Fuel Framework
by Melanie Deziel 2020 204 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Business
Writing
Journalism
Objective Communication Summary
Objective Communication
Writing, Speaking and Arguing
by Leonard Peikoff 2013 377 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Writing
Communication
Word Power Made Easy Summary
Word Power Made Easy
The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary
by Norman Lewis 2014 779 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Writing
Language
Documentary Storytelling Summary
Documentary Storytelling
Creative Nonfiction on Screen
by Sheila Curran Bernard 2010 368 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Writing
Film
Academic
The Entrepreneur's Guide To Getting Your Shit Together Summary
The Entrepreneur's Guide To Getting Your Shit Together
by John Carlton 2013 394 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
Real Artists Don't Starve Summary
Real Artists Don't Starve
Timeless Strategies for
by Jeff Goins 2017 244 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Business
Writing
Art
You Are a Writer Summary
You Are a Writer
by Jeff Goins 2014 134 pages
3.80
3k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Reference
Big Magic Summary
Big Magic
Creative Living Beyond Fear
by Elizabeth Gilbert 2015 288 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Self Help
Writing
Personal Development
The Wealthy Freelancer Summary
The Wealthy Freelancer
12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle
by Steve Slaunwhite 2010 288 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Writing
Parisian Lives Summary
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir
by Deirdre Bair 2019 341 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
France
Newsletter Ninja Summary
Newsletter Ninja
How to Become an Author Mailing List Expert
by Tammi Labrecque 2018 146 pages
4.57
1k+ ratings
Writing
Business
Research
How Not to Get Rich Summary
How Not to Get Rich
The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain
by Alan Pell Crawford 2014 224 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Biography
Finance
Biography Memoir
Perennial Seller Summary
Perennial Seller
The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
by Ryan Holiday 2017 256 pages
4.15
3k+ ratings
Business
Writing
Entrepreneurship
Secrets of a Freelance Writer Summary
Secrets of a Freelance Writer
How to Make $100,000 a Year or More
by Robert W. Bly 2006 416 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Writing
Business
Great Leads Summary
Great Leads
The Six Easiest Ways To Start Any Sales Message
by Michael Masterson 2015 206 pages
4.56
500+ ratings
Business
Writing
Psychology
Working Summary
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
by Robert A. Caro 2019 240 pages
4.44
6k+ ratings
Writing
Memoir
Biography
How To Write Funny Summary
How To Write Funny
Your Serious, Step-By-Step Blueprint For Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing
by Scott Dikkers 2014 146 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Writing
Comedy
Humor
Content Design Summary
Content Design
by Sarah Richards 2017 234 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Design
Writing
Business
The Successful Author Mindset Summary
The Successful Author Mindset
A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey
by Joanna Penn
4.39
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
The One Hour Content Plan Summary
The One Hour Content Plan
The Solopreneur's Guide to a Year's Worth of Blog Post Ideas in 60 Minutes and Creating Content That Hooks and Sells
by Meera Kothand 2017 148 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Business
Writing
Social Media
Email Persuasion Summary
Email Persuasion
Captivate and Engage Your Audience, Build Authority and Generate More Sales With Email Marketing
by Ian Brodie 2013 162 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Business
Communication
Writing
Telling True Stories Summary
Telling True Stories
A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
by Mark Kramer 2007 317 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Writing
Journalism
Essays
Self Publishing Books 101 Summary
Self Publishing Books 101
Helping You Get Published and Noticed
by Shelley Hitz 2012 54 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Imagine Summary
Imagine
How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer 2012 279 pages
3.95
49k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page Summary
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page
by Sam Leith 2017 288 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Leadership
Long Story Short Summary
Long Story Short
The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need
by Margot Leitman 2015 320 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Communication
Making Movies Summary
Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet 2010 242 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Art
Coaching the Artist Within Summary
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2010 258 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Mastering Creative Anxiety Summary
Mastering Creative Anxiety
24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2011 272 pages
3.93
100+ ratings
Writing
Self Help
Art
The Hero and the Outlaw Summary
The Hero and the Outlaw
Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes
by Margaret Mark 2001 399 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Design
Writing Poetry To Save Your Life Summary
Writing Poetry To Save Your Life
How To Find The Courage To Tell Your Stories
by Maria Mazziotti Gillan 2013 202 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
How To
The Unpublished David Ogilvy Summary
The Unpublished David Ogilvy
by David Ogilvy 2014 192 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Business
Biography
Writing
Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison 2010 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Poetry
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2009 306 pages
3.77
3k+ ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose 2009 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Writing the Breakout Novel Summary
Writing the Breakout Novel
Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
by Donald Maass 2002 272 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Get to the Point! Summary
Get to the Point!
Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
by Joel Schwartzberg 2017 128 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
Business
Communication
Self Help
Words That Work Summary
Words That Work
It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
by Frank Luntz 2007 384 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Communication
Business
Writing
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit
Learn It and Use It for Life
by Twyla Tharp 2009 260 pages
4.07
38k+ ratings
Art
Self Help
Writing
Stein on Writing Summary
Stein on Writing
A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
by Sol Stein 2014 322 pages
4.28
4k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
The Practice of Poetry Summary
The Practice of Poetry
Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
by Robin Behn 1992 300 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Reference
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook Summary
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World
by Gary Vaynerchuk 2013 224 pages
3.96
8k+ ratings
Business
Social Media
Entrepreneurship
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 173 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
How to Be an Artist Summary
How to Be an Artist
by Jerry Saltz 2020 144 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Art
Self Help
Writing
The Practice Summary
The Practice
Shipping Creative Work
by Seth Godin 2020 271 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Writing
The Art of the Click Summary
The Art of the Click
How to Harness the Power of Direct-Response Copywriting and Make More Sales
by Glenn Fisher 2018 239 pages
4.01
50+ ratings
Writing
Business
How to Grow a Novel Summary
How to Grow a Novel
The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
by Sol Stein 2014 260 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Cashvertising Summary
Cashvertising
How to Use More Than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make BIG MONEY Selling Anything to Anyone
by Drew Eric Whitman 2008 208 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Writing
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