✍️ Fanfiction Community

Inside the networks of writers and readers who build thriving creative ecosystems around beloved fictional universes, forging connection through shared imagination.

Community Building on the Web

by Amy Jo Kim • 1999

Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.

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101

🏘️ Community Management 🎨 Community Design 🔄 Membership Models 🌱 User Onboarding 🎉 Community Rituals

Community Building on the Web 86%

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by Amy Jo Kim 1999

3.68

101 ratings

🏘️ Community Management 🎨 Community Design 🔄 Membership Models 🌱 User Onboarding 🎉 Community Rituals

Writing Alone, Writing Together

by Judy Reeves • 2002

How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.

4.01

👥 Writing Community ✍️ Writing Workshops 🖋️ Freewriting 👓 Peer Critique 🎨 Creativity Exercises

Writing Alone, Writing Together 86%

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by Judy Reeves 2002

4.01

78 ratings

👥 Writing Community ✍️ Writing Workshops 🖋️ Freewriting 👓 Peer Critique 🎨 Creativity Exercises

Superfans

by Pat Flynn • 2019

Build a fan base that buys, shares, and stays: the four-stage method for creating true believers.

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Superfans 86%

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by Pat Flynn 2019

4.12

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Cognitive Surplus

by Clay Shirky • 2010

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

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Cognitive Surplus 85%

Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.

by Clay Shirky 2010

3.83

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Coding Freedom

by Gabriella Coleman • 2012

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

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280

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Coding Freedom 85%

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

by Gabriella Coleman 2012

3.82

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💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Building Successful Communities of Practice

by Emily Webber • 2016

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

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254

🏘️ Communities Of Practice 📚 Organizational Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Social Learning 🔨 Community Building

Building Successful Communities of Practice Summary

Building Successful Communities of Practice 85%

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

by Emily Webber 2016

3.86

254 ratings

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Get Together

by Bailey Richardson • 2019

Start with five passionate friends, not 500 strangers: the lean playbook for communities that last.

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735

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Get Together 85%

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by Bailey Richardson 2019

3.77

735 ratings

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About Writing

by Samuel R. Delany • 2006

The sentence, not the world, is science fiction's true unit of meaning. A master explains why.

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459

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About Writing 85%

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by Samuel R. Delany 2006

4.26

459 ratings

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Writing Fantasy Heroes

by Jason M. Waltz • 2008

Turn your fantasy heroes from armored clichés into people who bleed, doubt, and still inspire.

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215

✍️ Fantasy Writing ⚔️ Heroic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Heroes 🔄 Trope Subversion 🌀 Mythic Structure

Writing Fantasy Heroes 85%

Turn your fantasy heroes from armored clichés into people who bleed, doubt, and still inspire.

by Jason M. Waltz 2008

3.87

215 ratings

✍️ Fantasy Writing ⚔️ Heroic Fantasy 😬 Reluctant Heroes 🔄 Trope Subversion 🌀 Mythic Structure

Storyteller

by Kate Wilhelm • 2005

Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.

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350

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Storyteller 85%

Twenty-seven years of Clarion distilled: character drives story, and every word must earn its place.

by Kate Wilhelm 2005

3.93

350 ratings

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The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler • 2006

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

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The Wealth of Networks 85%

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by Yochai Benkler 2006

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The Springboard

by Stephen Denning • 2000

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

3.29

📖 Business Storytelling 🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

The Springboard 85%

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

by Stephen Denning 2000

3.29

72 ratings

📖 Business Storytelling 🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

Ursula K. Le Guin

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

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✍️ Writing Craft 🎙️ Author Interviews 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding ✨ The Writing Life 📚 Literary Analysis

Ursula K. Le Guin 85%

Ursula K. Le Guin shares the philosophy behind her worlds, her craft, and the power of stories.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018

4.28

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1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts

by Ryan Andrew Kinder • 2014

A thousand prompts, from six-word tales to random-object chaos, each a cure for the blank page.

3.72

415

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1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts 85%

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by Ryan Andrew Kinder 2014

3.72

415 ratings

🖊️ Writing Prompts ⚡ Flash Fiction 🔒 Constrained Writing 🧱 Writer's Block 🎨 Creative Practice

The Art of Community

by Charles H. Vogl • 2016

Seven elements that forge a meaningful community, where members grow and look out for each other.

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The Art of Community 85%

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by Charles H. Vogl 2016

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Context

by Cory Doctorow • 2011

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372

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Context 85%

by Cory Doctorow 2011

3.66

372 ratings

🕸️ Internet Freedom 📜 Copyright Reform 🔐 Digital Rights 🏛️ Platform Politics 📚 Digital Publishing

Blogging For Dummies

by Susannah Gardner • 2008

From choosing a platform to making money: the beginner's roadmap to blogging, no jargon required.

3.56

538

🖥️ Blogging For Beginners 📝 Content Creation 🌐 Online Publishing ✍️ Writing Advice 💬 Community Building

Blogging For Dummies 85%

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by Susannah Gardner 2008

3.56

538 ratings

🖥️ Blogging For Beginners 📝 Content Creation 🌐 Online Publishing ✍️ Writing Advice 💬 Community Building

Here Comes Everybody

by Clay Shirky • 2008

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

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Here Comes Everybody 85%

Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.

by Clay Shirky 2008

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 📱 Digital Sociology ✊ Collective Action 🕸️ Network Effects 🤝 Peer Production

Bandersnatch

by Diana Pavlac Glyer • 2016

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

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🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

Bandersnatch 85%

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016

4.28

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🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

Writing Prompts For Creative Writers

by Levon Sparks Salone • 2014

Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.

🖊️ Writing Prompts ⚡ Flash Fiction 🔒 Constrained Writing 🧘 Writing Practice 🌱 Aspiring Writers

Writing Prompts For Creative Writers Summary

Writing Prompts For Creative Writers 85%

Pick a prompt. Use the words. Hit the word count. Fifty setups that turn resistance into pages.

by Levon Sparks Salone 2014

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How to Write Romantasy

by Jenna Moreci • 2025

Romance and fantasy demand opposite things from a story. Here is how to make them inseparable.

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How to Write Romantasy 85%

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by Jenna Moreci 2025

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🏰 Fantasy Writing 💕 Romance Writing 🌍 Worldbuilding ⚡ Character Chemistry 📋 Plotting Methods

The Art and Business of Online Writing

by Nicolas Cole • 2020

Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.

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🖋️ Online Writing 📈 Content Marketing 👥 Audience Building 💻 Writing For The Web 🏷️ Personal Branding

The Art and Business of Online Writing Summary

The Art and Business of Online Writing 85%

Forget your own blog. The platform game that turns online writing into a paid audience.

by Nicolas Cole 2020

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🖋️ Online Writing 📈 Content Marketing 👥 Audience Building 💻 Writing For The Web 🏷️ Personal Branding

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

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🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 84%

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by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

How to Write & Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit

by Robert W. Bly • 2010

Turn a niche expertise into income: the blueprint for selling simple how-to content across formats.

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185

🛒 Info Products ✍️ How-To Writing 🔄 Content Repurposing 📧 List Building 🎯 Niche Marketing

How to Write & Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit Summary

How to Write & Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit 84%

Turn a niche expertise into income: the blueprint for selling simple how-to content across formats.

by Robert W. Bly 2010

3.80

185 ratings

🛒 Info Products ✍️ How-To Writing 🔄 Content Repurposing 📧 List Building 🎯 Niche Marketing

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

by Donald Maass • 2016

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

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The Emotional Craft of Fiction 84%

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

by Donald Maass 2016

4.25

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Newsletter Ninja

by Tammi Labrecque • 2018

Your mailing list is not a megaphone. The relationship-first playbook for authors who hate selling.

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🏗️ Author Platform Building ✍️ Indie Authors 📚 Self-Publishing ✉️ Email Marketing 📋 List Building

Newsletter Ninja 84%

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by Tammi Labrecque 2018

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The Anatomy of Story

by John Truby • 2007

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

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🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Fiction Craft 🌱 Organic Storytelling 📈 Plot Development

The Anatomy of Story 84%

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

by John Truby 2007

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🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Fiction Craft 🌱 Organic Storytelling 📈 Plot Development

Writing Deep Scenes

by Martha Alderson • 2015

Three layers power every great scene. Learn to weave them so readers feel, not just follow.

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✍️ Fiction Writing 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎬 Scene Construction 🦋 Character Transformation 🧵 Thematic Storytelling

Writing Deep Scenes 84%

Three layers power every great scene. Learn to weave them so readers feel, not just follow.

by Martha Alderson 2015

4.09

318 ratings

✍️ Fiction Writing 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎬 Scene Construction 🦋 Character Transformation 🧵 Thematic Storytelling

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

by Holger Weßling • 2019

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 84%

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

by Holger Weßling 2019

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

A World Without "Whom"

by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

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📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

A World Without "Whom" 84%

The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.

by Emmy J. Favilla 2017

3.72

491 ratings

📖 Style Guides 🌐 Internet Linguistics 🔄 Language Evolution 🤝 Inclusive Language 📝 Descriptivism

Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers

by Richard Botto • 2017

Money isn't the first ask. Build a crowd, earn their trust, then launch your campaign.

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🎬 Indie Filmmaking 💰 Crowdfunding Strategy 📣 Audience Building 📱 Social Media Marketing 🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship

Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers 84%

Money isn't the first ask. Build a crowd, earn their trust, then launch your campaign.

by Richard Botto 2017

4.40

15 ratings

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek

by Dave Marinaccio • 1994

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

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All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek Summary

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek 84%

The leadership and ethics curriculum hidden inside Star Trek, finally pulled into plain sight.

by Dave Marinaccio 1994

3.46

407 ratings

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Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction 🏛️ Mythology And Meaning 🧠 Continental Philosophy

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 84%

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by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction 🏛️ Mythology And Meaning 🧠 Continental Philosophy

Everything Is Miscellaneous

by David Weinberger • 2007

Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.

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📐 Information Architecture 🏷️ Folksonomies 🗂️ Classification Systems 👥 Social Knowledge ✍️ User-Generated Content

Everything Is Miscellaneous 84%

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by David Weinberger 2007

3.74

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Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

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🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir 🛠️ Lean Startup 🗽 Internet Freedom

Without Their Permission 84%

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013

3.70

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Stars Above

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

The origin stories of a cyborg princess, a wolf soldier, and the family who sparked revolution.

4.14

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Stars Above 84%

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by Marissa Meyer 2016

4.14

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The Physics of Superheroes

by James Kakalios • 2006

Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.

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The Physics of Superheroes 84%

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by James Kakalios 2006

3.92

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Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish

by Joseph Bates • 2015

Your novel, start to finish: a guide that treats structure as discovery's framework, not a cage.

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Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish Summary

Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish 84%

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by Joseph Bates 2015

4.21

184 ratings

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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

by Chuck Klosterman • 2003

Your Saved by the Bell reruns taught you more about love than Jane Austen.

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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs 84%

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by Chuck Klosterman 2003

3.74

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How To Start A Cult

by Jody Raynsford • 2021

Forget brand loyalty. Build a following so devoted your customers do the recruiting for you.

3.89

🏘️ Brand Communities 🏕️ Tribal Marketing 📍 Brand Positioning 🧱 Community Building 💛 Customer Loyalty

How To Start A Cult 84%

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by Jody Raynsford 2021

3.89

88 ratings

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How To Write a Page Turner

by Jordan Rosenfeld • 2019

Master the craft of tension: how to make every scene drive readers forward, word by word.

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How To Write a Page Turner 84%

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by Jordan Rosenfeld 2019

4.21

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✍️ Fiction Craft ⚡ Narrative Tension 👀 Reader Engagement ⚔️ Conflict Design ⏱️ Pacing

Blog, Inc.

by Joy Deangdeelert Cho • 2012

The playbook for turning a blog about your obsessions into a business that actually pays.

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Blog, Inc. 84%

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by Joy Deangdeelert Cho 2012

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Through the Dark

by Alexandra Bracken • 2015

After a plague, psychic kids are caged. A band of runaways builds a family as resistance.

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Through the Dark 84%

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by Alexandra Bracken 2015

4.21

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Monkeys with Typewriters

by Scarlett Thomas • 2012

Fiction is craft, not chance: the rules for plot, character, and sentences that grip readers.

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Monkeys with Typewriters 84%

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by Scarlett Thomas 2012

4.17

534 ratings

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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

by George Saunders • 2021

Seven Russian classics, read one line at a time, reveal the hidden machinery of great fiction.

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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain 84%

Seven Russian classics, read one line at a time, reveal the hidden machinery of great fiction.

by George Saunders 2021

4.53

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Writing the Paranormal Novel

by Steven Harper • 2011

Vampires need rules, werewolves need feelings. A paranormal craft guide from magic to manuscript.

4.01

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Writing the Paranormal Novel 84%

Vampires need rules, werewolves need feelings. A paranormal craft guide from magic to manuscript.

by Steven Harper 2011

4.01

376 ratings

✍️ Genre Writing Guides 🌍 Fantasy Worldbuilding ✨ Magic Systems ✏️ Craft Exercises 📬 Publishing Advice

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

by Gary Vaynerchuk • 2013

Give value long before you sell, and make every post feel native to its platform.

3.95

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Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook 84%

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by Gary Vaynerchuk 2013

3.95

9k+ ratings

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Invisible Ink

by Brian McDonald • 2010

Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.

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Invisible Ink 84%

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by Brian McDonald 2010

4.38

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Dialogism

by Michael Holquist • 1990

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

4.09

📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Dialogism 84%

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

by Michael Holquist 1990

4.09

88 ratings

📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Working in Public

by Nadia Eghbal • 2020

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

3.92

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💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics 🔧 Digital Labor 🌐 Community Management

Working in Public 84%

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

by Nadia Eghbal 2020

3.92

951 ratings

💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics 🔧 Digital Labor 🌐 Community Management

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