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# Writing

The best writing advice:

> "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know." - Ernest Hemingway

### Books on writing

* [Why I Write](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9644.Why_I_Write) by George Orwell
* [On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10569.On_Writing) by Stephen King
* [Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird) by Anne Lamott
* [On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53343.On_Writing_Well) by William Zinsser
* [The Elements of Style](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33514.The_Elements_of_Style) by William Strunk and E.B. White
* [The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1319.The_War_of_Art) by Steven Pressfield
* [A Rulebook for Arguments](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454614.A_Rulebook_for_Arguments) by Anthony Weston
* [The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821371-the-sense-of-style) by Steven Pinker
* [Daily Rituals: How Artists Work](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15799151-daily-rituals) by Mason Currey

## Links

* [The Day You Became A Better Writer](https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/the_day_you_bec.html) by Scott Adams
* [Writing Briefly](http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html), [Write Like You Talk](http://www.paulgraham.com/talk.html) by Paul Graham
* [Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit](https://channel101.fandom.com/wiki/Story_Structure_101:_Super_Basic_Shit) by Dan Harmon
* [Brandon Sanderson - 318R Lectures](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH3mK1NZn9QqOSj3ObrP3xL8tEJQ12-vL) - [notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XpHaeK464xN2aqQm3QipYWbawuabEoCjg4HUe5CMkRo/edit)
* [Riding The Writing Wave](https://www.perell.com/blog/writing) by David Perell
* [Kurt Vonnegut on how to write a short story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVcIhnvSx8)