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  1. 45 Master Characters, Revised Edition by Victoria Lynn Schmidt Nov 2023 • 1 annotation
  2. All the Knowledge in the World by Simon Garfield Feb 2024 • 11 annotations
  3. An Emotional Dictionary by Susie Dent Dec 2023 • 24 annotations
  4. An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language by Ali Almossawi & Alejandro Giraldo Jul 2023 • 2 annotations
  5. Creating Characters by Writer's Digest Books May 2024 • 1 annotation
  6. Do I Make Myself Clear? by Harold Evans Sep 2023 • 8 annotations
  7. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel L. Everett Jan 2024 • 1 annotation
  8. Draft No. 4 by John McPhee Mar 2025 • 5 annotations
  9. Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Apr 2022 • 9 annotations
  10. Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler Nov 2024 • 2 annotations
  11. Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Aug 2022 • 1 annotation
  12. I Is an Other by James Geary Mar 2024 • 115 annotations
  13. Interesting Stories about Curious Words by Susie Dent Dec 2023 • 25 annotations
  14. It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences by June Casagrande Feb 2024 • 21 annotations
  15. On Language by Noam Chomsky Nov 2023 • 1 annotation
  16. Ray Bradbury: On Writing by Ray Bradbury May 2024 • 2 annotations
  17. Rewrite Right! by Jan Venolia & Ellen Sasaki Nov 2023 • 59 annotations
  18. Story Genius by Lisa Cron Jul 2024 • 84 annotations
  19. Story or Die by Lisa Cron Sep 2023 • 111 annotations
  20. Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated) by Jay Heinrichs Sep 2023 • 16 annotations
  21. The Art of Brevity by Grant Faulkner Jan 2025 • 22 annotations
  22. The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation by Bryan A. Garner Nov 2023 • 6 annotations
  23. The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth Nov 2024 • 102 annotations
  24. The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Becca Puglisi Oct 2022 • 2 annotations
  25. The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma by Becca Puglisi & Angela Ackerman Aug 2022 • 22 annotations
  26. The Gift of the Gab by David Crystal Nov 2024 • 1 annotation
  27. The Language Hoax by John H. McWhorter Dec 2023 • 1 annotation
  28. The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi May 2024 • 14 annotations
  29. The Occupation Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers by Becca Puglisi Nov 2023 • 1 annotation
  30. The Plot Machine by Dale Kutzera Aug 2023 • 8 annotations
  31. The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi Nov 2023 • 42 annotations
  32. The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr Dec 2023 • 39 annotations
  33. The Secret Life of Pronouns by James W. Pennebaker Dec 2023 • 45 annotations
  34. The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker Aug 2023 • 35 annotations
  35. Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher Jul 2024 • 16 annotations
  36. Verbal Judo, Second Edition by George J. Thompson Jan 2024 • 2 annotations
  37. Winning Arguments by Stanley Fish Feb 2024 • 6 annotations
  38. Wired for Story by Lisa Cron Dec 2023 • 81 annotations
  39. Woe Is I by Patricia T. O'Conner Mar 2025 • 37 annotations
  40. Word Play by Peter Farb Aug 2023 • 12 annotations
  41. Write Great Beginnings by Sandra Gerth Nov 2023 • 4 annotations
  42. Writing for Social Scientists by Howard S. Becker Jun 2024 • 21 annotations
  43. Writing on Both Sides of the Brain by Henriette Anne Klauser Sep 2024 • 7 annotations
  44. Writing to Be Understood by Anne Janzer Mar 2025 • 8 annotations
  45. Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side by Trish Hall Nov 2023 • 29 annotations