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Francesca Penchant

Writing Editing

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The Chicago Manual of Style

1906 • 20 Readers • 973 pages • 4.3

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1997 • 1 Reader

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Dreyer’s English

2019 • 4 Readers • 293 pages • 4.5

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Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers

2009 • 5 Readers • 5

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

1999 • 1,005 Readers • 288 pages • 4.3

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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

1994 • 443 Readers • 237 pages • 4.2

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Aspects of the Novel

1927 • 45 Readers • 204 pages • 3.7

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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

1938 • 26 Readers • 179 pages • 3.6

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Wired for Story

2012 • 59 Readers • 262 pages • 3.9

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Writing Is My Drink: A Writer's Story of Finding Her Voice

2013 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

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2005 • 1 Reader • 4

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Nonconformity: Writing on Writing

1996 • 4 Readers • 148 pages • 3.5

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Architecture of the Novel: A Writer's Handbook

2007 • 1 Reader • 198 pages • 3

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This Year You Write Your Novel

2007 • 20 Readers • 111 pages • 2.9

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1 Reader

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

2013 • 149 Readers • 305 pages • 3.5

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Making Your Life as an Artist

2014 • 1 Reader • 192 pages • 5

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Me: A Memoir

1939 • 1 Reader • 4

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Put Your Heart On The Page: An Introduction To Writing

2014 • 1 Reader • 5

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A Moveable Feast

1964 • 310 Readers • 211 pages • 3.9

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Suicide Century: Literature and Suicide from James Joyce to David Foster Wallace

2017 • 1 Reader • 277 pages • 5

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#24

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

1993 • 47 Readers • 288 pages • 4.3

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Th Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing Volume 2

1988 • 1 Reader

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The Best Punctuation Book, Period

2014 • 6 Readers • 243 pages • 4

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1993 • 425 pages

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The Secrets of Grown-Ups: An Autobiography

2013 • 1 Reader • 290 pages

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Beautiful Shadow

2010 • 544 pages

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A Girl Like I: An Autobiography

1966 • 1 Reader • 281 pages • 4

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Writing about Music: A Style Sheet

1988 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

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Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art

1996 • 1 Reader • 189 pages

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2016 • 2 Readers • 4

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Between You & Me

2015 • 40 Readers • 228 pages • 3.4

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The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life

2002 • 1 Reader • 1

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Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form

1997 • 3 Readers • 396 pages • 4

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Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel

9 Write Great Fiction

2008 • 2 Readers • 268 pages

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The Copyeditor's Handbook

2000 • 8 Readers • 560 pages • 5

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Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar

36 Adams 101

2017 • 3 Readers

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Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve

2017 • 20 Readers • 288 pages • 3.8

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Fast Draft Your Memoir

2018 • 2 Readers • 191 pages

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No Plot? No Problem!

2004 • 43 Readers • 176 pages • 3.8

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Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

2022 • 1 Reader • 2

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Zen in the Art of Writing

1973 • 12 Readers • 191 pages • 3

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Draft No. 4

2013 • 51 Readers • 208 pages • 3.8

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What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing

2017 • 9 Readers

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The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size

2007 • 3 Readers • 268 pages • 3.5

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#48

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

1986 • 126 Readers • 286 pages • 3.9

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6 Readers • 4.5

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

9 Save the Cat!

2018 • 100 Readers • 322 pages • 4.5

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#51

Poe for Your Problems

2021 • 240 pages

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Dust Tracks on a Road

1942 • 34 Readers • 348 pages • 3.8

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2 Readers

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The Fire Next Time

1962 • 444 Readers • 128 pages • 4.5

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1 Reader • 5

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On Writing

2015 • 9 Readers • 224 pages • 3

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Big Magic

2015 • 324 Readers • 5 pages • 3.8

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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative

2019 • 43 Readers • 273 pages • 3.6

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4 Readers • 4

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On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer

#6 of 4 in Field Notes

2023 • 6 Readers • 73 pages • 4.7

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9 Save the Cat!

2005 • 8 Readers • 215 pages • 4

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Words Are My Matter

2016 • 31 Readers • 316 pages • 4

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A Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas

475 Readers • 4

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#64

The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

2023 • 9 Readers • 336 pages • 5

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At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life

1998 • 1 Reader • 5

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Still Writing

2013 • 24 Readers • 230 pages • 4.7

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The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life

2011 • 2 Readers • 5

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The Great Failure

2004 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 3

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After Sappho

2022 • 98 Readers • 289 pages • 3.7

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