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

If You Want to Write

A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

By
Brenda Ueland
Brenda Ueland(Introduction),
Andrei Codrescu
Andrei Codrescu(Introduction)
1938 • 179 pages

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67 books

Writing Editing

francesca
Francesca Penchant
The Chicago Manual of Style
Dreyer’s English
Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Aspects of the Novel

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16 books

Essays

sinclarius
Charlie
How Did You Get This Number
The Opposite of Loneliness
I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

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65 books

Art

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Charlie
The Art of Urban Sketching
The Art of The Last of Us
The Art of Videogames
Alphouse Mucha
Damn Good Advice
Steal Like an Artist
Art Through the Ages

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398 books

Library

BetoM
Beto
Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist
Among Thieves
It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
The Chess Artist
Rule 34

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5 books

Guy Kawasaki

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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Mindset:The New Psychology of Success
Influence
Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information

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121 books

Non Fiction

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Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas
The Boozy Baker
My Drunk Kitchen
Bossypants
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
My Horizontal Life

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67 books

Historical Fiction

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Marjorie
The Night Circus
Outlander
Dans le lit du Highlander
Silent in the Sanctuary
Dragonfly in Amber
Dark Road to Darjeeling
Silent in the Grave

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42 books

Library Borrow

MarjorieQuinn
Marjorie
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
Grimspace
The Iron Duke
Silent in the Grave
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Madame Tussaud
Changeless

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358 books

Dl

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Silas Marner
Iacocca
Open
Decoded
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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117 books

Business

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You Can Negotiate Anything
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
How we decide
Thinking in systems : a primer
Own the Room

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Nonfiction

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Deb Nance
Barefoot Books World Atlas Sticker Book
Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World
Sinister Savannah
Deadly Spider Bite!
The Whaleship Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick
Skulls!
Half-Earth

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114 books

Writing

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Deb Nance
S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Trial by Journal
This Is Not a Book
Write This Book: a do-it-yourself mystery
The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language

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273 books

Inspiration

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Deb Nance
The World According To Mister Rogers
Dios Hara Algo Grande: God Is Up to Something Great
Too Busy To Count The Years
The Art of Noticing
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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285 books

Owned

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Press Start to Play
The Rage of Dragons
Mirror Gate
Applied Empathy: The New Language of Leadership
The Killing Fog
Your Perfect Year
Enchantress

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94 books

Recommendations

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The Kite Runner
A Dog's Purpose
The Power of Now
Eaters of the Dead
On the Road
Dead until Dark
Bunnicula

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68 books

2021 Reading Challenge

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Krys
Reamde
Mexican Gothic
An American Sunrise: Poems
Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
Kill the Farm Boy
Learn German with Stories: Café in Berlin - 10 Short Stories for Beginners
A Closed and Common Orbit

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78 books

2021 Reads

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Reamde
Mexican Gothic
An American Sunrise: Poems
Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World
Kill the Farm Boy
Learn German with Stories: Café in Berlin - 10 Short Stories for Beginners
A Closed and Common Orbit

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16 books

Favorites

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Francesca Penchant
Paris Spleen
Monsieur Vénus: A Materialist Novel
Against Nature
Empire Of The Senseless
Our Lady of the Flowers
Crash
Making Your Life as an Artist

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9 books

Writing

tweppy
Audrey
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Characters & Viewpoint
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity

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42 books

Non Fiction

tweppy
Audrey
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Eminent Victorians
Twelve years a slave.
Destructive Emotions
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
The Diary of a Young Girl
Unbroken

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19 books

Writing

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Liz
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Elements of Style
Characters & Viewpoint
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

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65 books

Non Fiction

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Liz
Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry
Being the Mom: 10 Coping Strategies I Learned by Accident Because I Had Children on Purpose
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Women, Food and God
Crying in H Mart

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37 books

Non Fiction

sinclarius
Charlie
Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
Several Short Sentences about Writing
Design Is a Job
The Opposite of Loneliness
Ruined by Design
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

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445 books

Non Fiction

Funicello
Annette
They Cage the Animals at Night
The blue zone
Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
The China Study
Once Upon a Secret
Please Stop Laughing at Me... One Woman's Inspirational Story