personal curriculum: on writing ✍️💭📓

a collection of books on creative writing I've either loved or found helpful knowledge from (highly recommend Jane Burroway's Writing Fiction! especially for beginner's struggling to get a foothold)

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last updated October, 2026

6 books
The No Plot? No Problem! Novel-Writing Kit

The No Plot? No Problem! Novel-Writing Kit

Chris Baty

First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

Joe Moran

FLASH!: Writing the Very Short Story

FLASH!: Writing the Very Short Story

John Dufresne

27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park

27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park

Daniel Joshua Rubin

Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Janet Burroway

Elements of Fiction

Elements of Fiction

Walter Mosley

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