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How to Write Great Dialog: Your Book Needs This (How To For You 13)
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Dorothy May Mercer (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm
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Karl Wiggins (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 597,
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Scrivener Essentials: A Quick Start Visual Guide For Windows Users
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Karen Prince (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 130 ratings
score: 497,
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Scrivener Essentials: A Quick Start Visual Guide for Mac Users
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Karen Prince (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 67 ratings
score: 396,
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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
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Howard Mittelmark (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 4,175 ratings
score: 396,
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Naked Truths About Getting Book Reviews
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Gisela Hausmann (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 111 ratings
score: 300,
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Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book
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Scott Lorenz (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Fiction Writer's Sexuality Guide: Sex—It's More Than a Scene
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Dr. J. (Goodreads Author)
4.80 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 300,
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 312,643 ratings
score: 298,
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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4.13 avg rating — 44,435 ratings
score: 296,
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Naked Words: The Effective 157-Word Email
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Gisela Hausmann (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 296,
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The Coffee Break Guide to Social Media for Writers: How to Succeed on Social Media and Still Have Time to Write
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Amy Denim (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 200,
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The Coffee Break Guide to Business Plans for Writers: The Step-By-Step Guide to Taking Control of Your Writing Career
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Amy Denim (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 196,
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A Field Guide for Immersion Writing: Memoir, Journalism, and Travel
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3.67 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV
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David Corbett (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 665 ratings
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How to Write a Memoir - procrastination to print made simple
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Chris Thrall (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Put Them Through the Maze: The Secrets of How to Write the Ultimate Novel
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T.D. McMichael (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Seven Step Guide to Authorpreneurship
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Rochelle Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Write for the King of Glory
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Mary C. Findley (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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You Can Write Characters with Physical Disabilities
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The Elements of Active Prose
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Tahlia Newland (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers
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Cristina G. (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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Title to Come
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Kevin E. Spall (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
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3.97 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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Brand the Author (Not the Book): A Workbook for Writing & Launching Your Own Author Brand Plan
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Karen A. Chase (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Best Women's Travel Writing 2005: True Stories from Around the World
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Lucy McCauley (Editor)
3.41 avg rating — 41 ratings
score: 99,
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
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4.11 avg rating — 2,527 ratings
score: 98,
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Naked News for Indie Authors: How NOT to Invest Your Marketing $$$
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Gisela Hausmann (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 72 ratings
score: 98,
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Naked News for Indie Authors How to Get on TV
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Gisela Hausmann (Goodreads Author)
4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 97,
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