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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee

466 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
nonfiction reference self help adventurous informative slow-paced
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
fiction science fiction short stories emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution by Jonathan Abrams

Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution

Jonathan Abrams

313 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
nonfiction history sports informative inspiring medium-paced
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sacks

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

Mike Sacks

453 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
nonfiction funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry by Mike Sacks

And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry

Mike Sacks

337 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
nonfiction funny informative medium-paced
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Still Life with Woodpecker

Tom Robbins

288 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
fiction contemporary magical realism funny fast-paced
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

268 pages • first pub 1932 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
17776: What football will look like in the future by Graham MacAree, Jon Bois

17776: What football will look like in the future

Graham MacAree, Jon Bois

125 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction science fiction sports adventurous slow-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

394 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0ryanberger's review
fiction classics contemporary challenging funny medium-paced