Books like Writing Situations
Loved Writing Situations by Sidney I. Dobrin? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Writing Situations →8 books
- 1Writing Without Teachers
Writing Without Teachers
Peter ElbowA practical, reflective guide to the process of writing that treats the writer's own habits and situation as the starting point.
- 2Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
Anne LamottA personal and practical book on the working life of a writer, with advice on getting words onto the page.
- 3On Writing
On Writing
Stephen KingA memoir-style guide combining the author's own working life with direct advice on craft and revision.
Books like it → - 4Steering the Craft
Steering the Craft
Ursula K. Le GuinA short set of exercises on the technical elements of prose, aimed at writers who want to understand how sentences work.
- 5Writing Down the Bones
Writing Down the Bones
Natalie GoldbergA collection of short writing practices that encourages regular, unfiltered writing as a habit.
- 6They Say / I Say
They Say / I Say
Cathy BirkensteinA widely used guide to academic writing that focuses on how to enter and respond to a conversation.
- 7Writing Analytically
Writing Analytically
Jill StephenA college-level guide to analytical writing that teaches students to build arguments from close reading.
- 8The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style
E. B. WhiteA short, long-established handbook of clear English usage and sentence-level choices.
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