Be Straight with Me
Emily Dalton
Published 2020
240 pages
The most popular writing books of 2020
Writing guides help you put words on the page and make them better. Grammar and style, storytelling, plotting a novel, writing for work and finding a publisher are all covered. Beginners will find encouragement, and experienced writers will find tools to sharpen their craft. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
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Writing in the Dark
Tim Waggoner
Published 2020
231 pages
The Anatomy of Prose 12 Steps to Sensational Sentences
Sacha Black
Published 2020
384 pages
Your Hidden Superpower
Adrienne Bankert
Published 2020
224 pages
Mastering the Process From Idea to Novel
Elizabeth George
2020 · 2021 edition
336 pages
Choice Words Writers on Abortion
Annie Finch, Audre Lorde, Dorothy Parker, Joyce Carol Oates, Lucille Clifton, Gloria Steinem, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lindy West, Camonghne Felix
2020 · 2022 edition
420 pages
Inclusive Conversations Fostering Equity, Empathy, and Belonging across Differences
Mary-Frances Winters
Published 2020
192 pages
Find Your Voice
Angie Thomas
Published 2020
192 pages
27 Essential Principles of Story
Daniel Joshua Rubin
Published 2020
384 pages
The Presidents vs. the Press
Harold Holzer
Published 2020
576 pages
Figure It Out Essays
Wayne Koestenbaum
Published 2020
288 pages
Up All Night Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-hour News
Lisa Napoli
2020 · 2021 edition
306 pages
Your Author Business Plan Take Your Author Career to the Next Level
Joanna Penn
Published 2020
150 pages
Red Sands
Caroline Eden
Published 2020
288 pages
Illa Decepción
Berta Dávila
Published 2020
148 pages
Your Story Matters
Leslie Leyland Fields
Published 2020
224 pages
The Boy With Two Hearts
Icon Icon Books
2020 · 2021 edition
280 pages
Dickens's Tricks
John Mullan
Published 2020
352 pages
Citizen Reporters S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America
Stephanie Gorton
2020 · 2024 edition
384 pages
Hope in the Mail Reflections on Writing and Life
Wendelin Van Draanen
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
Tom Stoppard A Life
Hermione Lee
2020 · 2021 edition
872 pages
The Occupation Thesaurus A Writer's Guide to Jobs, Vocations, and Careers
Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman
Published 2020
320 pages
Synthesizing Gravity Selected Prose
Kay Ryan
2020 · 2021 edition
320 pages
Farnsworth's Classical English Style
Ward Farnsworth
Published 2020
168 pages